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Building A PC

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  • 06-12-2010 9:53pm
    #1
    v.e.r.b.a.l
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm hoping to build my own PC in the new year, but I've never done anything like this before. I did IT in college, so I have a fair idea of the components (I've added hard-drives and RAM to my current PC before) but I'm looking for advice on how to go about this.

    I have an Xbox and I have a HDTV, so I'm just looking to make a PC that is fast and with a big hard-drive. I won't be using it for games, but I will be using it for film-making using Adobe Premiere Pro. I don't know if this means I'll need graphics cards?

    Basically I'm looking for the following and I'm hoping for advice (both on what I'll need and where I could find it?)
    • 3.60 Ghz Intel Core i5
      8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 4x2GB
      2TB Serial ATA Hard-drive
      Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
      Video Graphics Card (???)
      Blu-Ray RW & 24X DVD +/- RW Optical Drive
      Sound Card???
      Media Card Reader

    It might be a bit excessive??? Would I really save that much money by making it myself? I have a setup now where I connect my current PC to my TV with the RGB monitor connector lead. I'd love for a HDMI connection between the new PC and TV - is this possible?

    Cheers in advance for any help or advice!! :D


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    #2
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    They make a 3.6GHz i5?!!! :eek:

    Don't even look at the dual-core Core-i CPUs, quadcore is where its at. Or hexacore for high-end AMD rigs... ;) Generally for high-end applications work the more CPU cores you have, the better. While a quad i7 would be the best of the lot for Premier you'd start to run into memory and/or HDD bottlenecks unless you spent a silly amount on SSDs and/or RAID arrays etc. Premier CS5 is an utter bandwidth monster :o


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    v.e.r.b.a.l
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭v.e.r.b.a.l


    What about something like this as a starter?


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    #4
    Solitaire
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 18,377 Mod ✭✭✭✭Solitaire


    Overpriced IMHO. Although the OC is nice...


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    54kroc
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    I don't think it's overpriced, the overclocked bundle cost's around £45 more than doing it yourself and for that your getting a guarantee on the overclocked components.


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    Solitaire
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    €340 on HWVS compared to €475 for the OCUK OCd version?


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    Peebro
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭Peebro


    I personally think all those pre-Overclocked devices are a no no, Unless you really are new to it I'd recommend the stock for the better price and gives you the choice in the future should you need to OC. Buy a simple mechanism for your processor like a Hypercooler 212 evo. Well worth your time. 30 euro and with it you can overclock your processor a **** tonne.


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