work/home PC for CAD and photo

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ztech6

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Looking at this spec for wok/home PC. As well as the standard office suit I'll be using high end cad software (solid works or possibly catia v5), also editing photo with light room and eventually Photoshop and video with moviemaker. I have 1Tb SATA HDD and DVD writer to go in plus I have another Samsung 24" screen to attach (will be a 2 screen setup). Any thoughts?

Case
InWIN GT1 BLACK GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® ROG STRIX Z370-H GAMING: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 - DVI, HDMI, 3x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!


FREE Middle-Earth: Shadow of War with select GTX 10 Series Graphics Cards!
1st Hard Disk
NOT REQUIRED
M.2 SSD Drive
500GB WD Blue™ 3D NAND M.2 SSD (up to 560MB/sR | 530MB/sW)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
EK-TIM ECTOTHERM THERMAL COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans
2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ FX OEM
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Monitor
Samsung LS24D330HSX/EN 24" LED monitor
Speakers
Creative GigaWorks T20 Series II 2.0 Multimedia Speakers
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Quantity
1

Price £1,970.00 including VAT and delivery
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
I'd suggest a few tweaks:


Case
FRACTAL FOCUS G BLACK GAMING CASE (Window)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard
Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 - DVI, HDMI, 3x DP - GeForce GTX VR Ready!
FREE Middle-Earth: Shadow of War with select GTX 10 Series Graphics Cards!
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
500GB Samsung 850 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 650W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212X (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
WIRELESS 802.11 AC1200 867Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc DVD & Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Monitor
Samsung LS24D330HSX/EN 24" LED monitor
Speakers
Creative A250 2.1 Speakers with Subwoofer
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price £1,982.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z370-pc/jABMUArxzn/

The WD Blue SSDs aren't particularly fast. An 850 Evo will be a bit faster, and won't use up one of your M.2 slots. Alternatively you could go for the 500gb 960 Evo M.2 SSD which is much faster than either.

The Ultra Gaming mobo has a similar featureset to the Z370-H but it has USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type C.

The 8700k could ideally have a better cooler especially if you're video editing.

The sound card will probably have little or no benefit - the onboard sound is quite good and you're only looking at £69 speakers.

And tbh I'm not convinced by spending £69 on a pretty simple 2.0 speaker set.

For a £2000 system, a more efficient and better quality PSU would seem appropriate.

As much as I like the Inwin GT1, for a £2000 system a bit better a case might be worth it.
 
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ztech6

Member
Thanks very much Oussebon !
I've not had the luxury of a decent speaker set up as the video is be played on HD TV system not on the PC once edited. Also and I seldom listen to music on the PC as I have a very basic speaker set up at the moment but that may change if I have better sound. Would the motherboard be able to drive a better speaker set up or would in need to add a sound card as well?
Thanks
 
Oussebon

Oussebon

Multiverse Poster
The motherboard has fairly decent onboard sound. The 'bottleneck' to your audio experience is probably still going to be your speakers/headphones, especially if you're shopping in the budget/mid range - i.e. it won't be the motherboard that's limiting what relatively cheap speakers can do.

I'm not really convinced how much better a pair of speakers for £69 are really going to be. Depending on what your current speakers are, I'd suggest going for something like the Creative A250 2.1 set for £32 to get you by. If you decide you want something better down the line, you can look into some proper speakers and a USB DAC, rather than a fairly cheap or mid-range gamer-oriented soundcard.

I'd suggest checking out https://www.head-fi.org/ and the articles and forums there.

It's certainly at least worth trying out the onboard audio before making any decision about whether/what soundcard or DAC to buy :)
 
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