photoshop and video pc

[jimdic]

Hi I am trying to get a spec for a new pc to take advantage of adobe cs5, using raw photos and AVCHD video. not professional but short of time.
any suggestions welcome, it has been suggested that i drop the cpu to a 930 and use the money to upgrade to 24 gig samsung ram.
At moment have an pcspecialist dual core 32 bit e8400 with 4 gig ram , a 400 gb hard disk, always full




Case
COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-960 (3.20GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, INTEL X.M.P (6 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD6400AARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE


1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£98)

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£62)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD


Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£108)

Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Wireless Desktop® MK250 Keyboard and Mouse Combo (£19)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Data Recovery
NONE
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days

 

[LDUK]

Hi I am trying to get a spec for a new pc to take advantage of adobe cs5, using raw photos and AVCHD video. not professional but short of time.
any suggestions welcome, it has been suggested that i drop the cpu to a 930 and use the money to upgrade to 24 gig samsung ram.
At moment have an pcspecialist dual core 32 bit e8400 with 4 gig ram , a 400 gb hard disk, always full




Case
COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-960 (3.20GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM)
12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, INTEL X.M.P (6 x 2GB KIT)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD6402AAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
640GB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD6400AARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE


1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£98)

Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)
Processor Cooling
COOLIT ECO A.L.C (ADVANCED LIQUID COOLER) (£62)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD


Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£108)

Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Wireless Desktop® MK250 Keyboard and Mouse Combo (£19)

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Data Recovery
NONE
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days

Looks like you don't need our help since you just build a fantastic PC for your needs!

 

[PCS]

Welcome to our forums

The specification you have selected looks great, and is fairly well balanced. However, I have a few suggestions:

1. Keep the specification as it is rather than changing to a i7-930 with 24GB RAM, as this will be unbalanced (lower CPU with lots of RAM).

2. You mentioned that your hard drive is always full - therefore I would recommend going for a 1TB hard drive (or 3 x 1TB). They won't cost much more, and will be more future proof because data sizes are constantly increasing.

 

[Meds]

Hey,

I have taken a look at your specification for you. As LDUK says, the specification is pretty much spot on!

One thing I would mention is to not downgrade the CPU to allow for more RAM as I really can't see anything pushing the 12GB RAM you already have. I would also change to the Samsung RAM rather than the Kingston as the Samsung is much more stable. Plus if you change the order to 12GB Samsung 1333 (3 x 4GB) if you ever need 24GB RAM, there will be ample room to upgrade in the future.

Apart from that, there isn't really much I would change!

 

[jimdic]

thanks everyone,i started with just 3x2 gig ram you get so close to it never noticed that the samsung ram left 3 empty ram slots!!
will change at least one data drive to 1TB
changing case to corsair 600t £139, because of heat isses & do not want aggressive led type case! (esp red) hope delivery comes
hope that it will not be that much noisier as much prefer computer in main room than in cupboard.

wow started of not too bad now its costing a small country, but rather that than be disappointed

 

[jimdic]

price drop on gtx 470

now price differance between gtx 460 and gtx 470 is only £48
is it worth the heat & power usage to get a faster gpu for video editing
thanks for your help

 

[Gorman]

is it worth the heat & power usage to get a faster gpu for video editing

If the editing programs support CUDA then most definately yes.

And im still missing the point in our collective geek history when heat and power usage became a bad thing.

 

[Sleinous]

Heat = Power, agreeing with Gorman here.

It's so useful having a heater next to me in winter, especially as we're not great fans of heating in winter as its an oil tank = expensive

 

[LDUK]

I know CS5 programs support CUDA. You may have to edit the card support list, but that's easy as pie and well worth it!

 

[jimdic]

job done

thanks to all, ordered looking forward to this beast charging rather than just going to sleep!