Spec - Do I have enough juice?

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owawil

Member
Hi!
Just got a very very good quote from PCS and tempted to buy it but Im not sure I have enough juice to power it once I had some items I have at home, mainly more hard drives and a cd burner.

Spec is:

Case:
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU):
Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics

Motherboard:
ASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX

Memory (RAM):
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (4 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card:
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 520 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - 3D Vision Ready

1st Hard Disk:
500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive:4x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ROM (£36)

Memory Card Reader:INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT

Power Supply:450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)

Processor Cooling:SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card:ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities:ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & 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 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

Tempted to put a SSD in instead of the main drive but apart from that, do I have enough power?
The machine will be used mostly for video editting and games so any other alternative setups would be great to read about.
 
Fear

Fear

Prolific Poster
If you can post your max budget then i am sure someone will find a better balanced spec for you, the GT 520 GPU is not really a gaming card it should be ok on low settings but if you want med or high settings then you need to be looking at a GTX 550Ti at the minimum.
 
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owawil

Member
Thanks! My budget is around the £1k mark.

As I say I would like to use it mostly for video editing but if I was to game on it I would want everything up as high as I could.

Cheers,
O.
 
Fear

Fear

Prolific Poster
Case
InWIN MANA-136 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8P67 LE: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Free Item
FREE Batman Arkham City with any Nvidia® GeForce GTX560 or above!
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX650 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£72)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £985.00 including VAT and delivery.
 
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owawil

Member
Thanks for that. I have plenty of spare HDD though so I was thinking, would it be better to drop the HDD down to a smaller size and up the memory from 8GB to 16GB?

Would also like a Blu-Ray player rather than a re-writer as I don't burn many DVDs and can always add this at a later stage....
 
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Fear

Fear

Prolific Poster
If you can stretch your budget to £1065 you could drop the HDD to a 750GB caviar black (if you drop to the 500GB you only save another £5 so not worth it) then you can get 16GB samsung ram and the Bluray player that is £45 as this will also write DVD's.
 
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owawil

Member
I think I might be pushing it to up my budget to £1065 but will have a look as see. Do you think it is worth me going up to 16GB RAM or am I just being greedy? :)

As I say, will be doing mostly video editing, photo editing and games will be a secondary task, but when I do play I want it to look pretty :)

Thanks for all your help.
 
mantadog

mantadog

Superhero Level Poster
If you do find yourself short of RAM it can be added at a later date, its a quick and easy job. You are always better to have plenty of RAM for video editing, but 8GB is still quite alot.

Another option if you wanted more ram +blu ray etc. You could drop down to a 560ti on the GPU, would save you about £80 that could be spent elsewhere. The 560ti is like the sweetspot of the current Nvidia range, very quick card and good value for money too. If gaming is only a secondary consideration then a GTX 570 isn't needed, the 560ti will be able to crank up the settings to a decent level for a good while to come.
 
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owawil

Member
Thanks for the advice about the graphics card and RAM.

I think I will stick with 8Gig and see what happens. As you say, I can always add at a later stage. I might drop down the Graphics card as well as I would quite like a SSD and this would allow me to do that.

Think I am almost ready to order!! *excited*
 
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owawil

Member
Ok, here is hopefully my final spec, I've stretched the budget but I think it will be worth it in the long run....thoughts please.

CasePCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
MotherboardASUS® P8Z68-V: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, NVIDIA®SLI™, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM)8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card1.25GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 570 - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
Memory - 1st Hard Disk120GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 130MB/sW)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card ReaderINTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power SupplyCORSAIR 750W ENTHUSIAST SERIES™ TX750 V2-80 PLUS® BRONZE (£86)
Processor CoolingSUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound CardONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network FacilitiesONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating SystemGenuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office SoftwareNO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-VirusNO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
DeliverySTANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build TimeStandard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days

I've put the 750W PSU in because I will be adding 2 or 3 500Gb HDD in to the machine which I already have and I will also put in a Blu-ray player at a future date. Thought it would be better to get the PSU, GPU and SSD just now and then I can upgrade other areas as and when required.
 
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