In reply to a post by camieabz:

Case?

Coolermaster Silencio 550 with GX 550W PSU - £79.15 (Quickfind - 267881)

Ahh, my mistake. I saw that line and mistook the 'silencio' as the PSU itself.

Any comments on the spec?

All looks pretty decent even though if you're not gaming the graphics card is perhaps a bit of overkill. I'd also be tempted to add a 3rd party CPU cooler as a cool PC is a quiet PC; this is the one I have in my own PC and it does a fantastic job for not a lot of cash
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro

CPU is certainly good enough.

Graphics card is (as already mentioned) overkill if not gaming, but certainly up to the job of anything your might want, considering the other kit. It'll handle video and gaming no end.

Decent HDD. I have a 1TB F1 myself (although not as boot, as I had a velociraptor already), and use it for installing games to and keeping backups. Nice and fast for a 7200rpm drive.

8GB Memory - fine! No idea about G-skill though. I tend to use Crucial or Corsair RAM personally, so can't comment.

Not that familiar with the other kit, other than Asus is reputable, as is Coolermaster.


All that of £633 (including VAT?). Remember delivery prices (plus VAT again) too. Not bad at all. It tromps all over my 2+ year old system (velociraptor perhaps wins the HDD category) and it cost more than a grand. I haven't done a search on your mobo, but have you swotted up on the mobo vs RAM vs CPU etc, so you'll be getting the most from all? No point in getting overly slow or fast RAM for a given system. Better to get the RAM just right and save cash or hassle.

Also recommend you consider the extra 120mm fan for that case or reconsider the graphics card. Silent computing isn't always condusive with high-end graphics. Either the cards are noisy, or under cooled. Something to swot on is that card, and if it's likely to suffer from overheating. Sealed silent case + gaming card seems kind of a contradiction (imho). I've used silent cards (with big heat sinks and spreaders). You have to setup plenty of airflow in the case if gaming with them.

Just a heads up. I'm not saying I'm right. Never used the card or the case, so can't do anything other than speculate.

G-skill are good, powercolor.. not so much. The monitor might be a bit lacking for professional work too.

Thanks guys, shall look into the suggested items mentioned.

The spec I came up with was based on reaving the reviews on ebuyer and doing a few searches so not sure if a component is too much for what I need or less. The prices exclude vat (not paying vat).

12season

What monitor would you recommend?

LG or Samsung. Benq is a value brand.

In reply to a post by 12eason:

Yuk. Over-speced on most parts, and then no graphics card.

Why is it over speced? apart from the motherboard it is almost the same system I use now. Buy something with less spec and give it a couple of years or so and you wi9ll be thinking of replacing again and don't forget the OP is going to use Adobe premier and believe me that bit of software is resource hungry. I used a evaluation version, never gain.

The reason I did not put a graphic card is because I know very little about them as there are so many different models it is difficult to choose one.

I will need a new one at some point, but finding it hard to know what to get, I expect I will go for a AMD one next time