opinions on this build please

crazygeryy

ok this is what im thinking of ordering from pcspecialist.co.uk

its £751 delivered.(approx 900 euros)

i was just wondering is it good value and is it powerful enough and is there anything i should change.i dont want it for gaming so the graphics card is standard.but i will be doing a bit of video editing and converting on it.

if theres anything you need to know just ask

thanks.


COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE

Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics


ASUS® P8Z68-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX


8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)


INTEGRATED INTEL HD GRAPHICS (HDMI, DVI, 1920 X 1200)


120GB INTEL® 320 SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 270MB/sR | 130MB/sW)


2TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD2002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)


24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM


450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan


SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER

Serephucus

You can do better.

Item|Price
Total build cost: €819.30 + €30 shipping
Intel Core i7-2600K Box, LGA1155|€276.07
ASRock Z68M/USB3, Sockel 1155, mATX|€85.67
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus, alle Sockel|€25.48
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9|€29.57
Crucial M4 128GB SSD 6,4cm (2,5")|€178.49
SEAGATE Barracuda Green 2TB 5900.3 SATA 3 6Gb/s 64MB 8,9cm (3,5")|€134.90
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W|€40.95
Samsung SH-222AB bare schwarz SATA|€16.01
BitFenix Merc Alpha|€32.16


Much more powerful CPU for video encoding and convertions. You also don't need the Black drive, if you have a 128GB SSD. Most things are the same, just better value overall. Better case too.

crazygeryy

wow thats excellent.the black drive or second drive was for storage.is there any you would recommend with that build you just put up?

thanks for the quick reply much appreciated.

Serephucus

Well is there anything you want from the machine? Quiet, power efficient, good for X, etc. Anything like that?

crazygeryy

Serephucus wrote: »

Well is there anything you want from the machine? Quiet, power efficient, good for X, etc. Anything like that?

sort of.id like it to be quiet and good for video conversion/editing like I said.i just want it to be able to do stuff while I surf the net without slowing everything down. Eg id be converting a video with the pc I have now and you wouldn't be able to do much else it would be so slow.my pc is a dell dimension 4600 so id say its had better days.

Serephucus

If you want quiet, I'd swap the PSU for this:

http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=51129&agid=1626

And the case, for this:

http://www4.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=36381&agid=631

Should bring your total up to about €950, but will give you a much quieter system.