sjr,

That looks OK, but does it include an OS? Also the 1TB HDD would probably be best used as a second internal HDD and have another smaller HDD as a first drive for the OS and apps (perhaps maybe a solid state drive?) Also it does not have usb3 connectivity nor SATA III. Nvidia CUDA graphics would also future proof the system if the Adobe video editing software were to be upgraded at a later date, i.e.CS5 for easy handling of HD H.264 stuff.

It has 2 Sata 3, and 2 USB 3 connectors on the motherboard so I have no idea why you say otherwise.

Also with a 1TB drive I would just partition up the drive to have a large partition for data and a smaller one for windows and programs rather than just muck about with a smaller drive in there.

If the OP gets more money and when drive prices become more reasonable another large drive can be ran as an external drive at a later date.

Anon,

Yes, it does have usb3 and SATA III connections on the motherboard but the external usb ports are usb2 and the supplied drive is SATA II.

You obviously don't understand the need for a second drive for video editing: partitioning a single drive would give absolutely no advantage.

And what are those prices in brackets? I assume those are extras on top of the quoted price.

Price includes an OS. Mobo has USB 3.0 and SATA III see http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8...

That spec was a sample, the good thing about pcspecialist.co.uk is that you specify what you want and they build it with quality, standard components rather than the unknown parts the big box shifters use, and their prices are fairly competitive too.

The prices in brackets are the additional cost of the selected option over the default spec and are included in the total price i.e. they have already been added on.

Thanks for that sjr. What do you guys think about the setup? Any other suggestions would really be appreciated.

My mate has said he will build it for me if I am able to get the components together when returns from holiday in a couple of weeks time, will also be get discounted windows 7 (student).

Thank you.

sjr,

If that was just a sample spec, that's fair enough, but I would want external usb3 ports, a SATA III OS hard drive (maybe solid state ~80GB) and use the SATA II 1TB HDD as a second internal for working on video files. The PSU's power and cooling quoted might be more suitable for a gamer perhaps?

4M2,

What will be your suggested spec then? Any other suggestions guys?

Thanks.

Better still buy a cheap solid state and ignore disk drives until the supply has recovered?

I have done plenty of video editing and capturing on SATA II drives with an empty partition with windows sitting on the other.

It is perfectly doable and the way everybody is saying that you NEED sata 3 and SSD's make me laugh as I have been getting great results for years now this way.

The OP did say he was on a budget and until HDD prices fall again and he can get an external 2TB it would work perf3ectly well.