Advice on this spec please.

mike.s

New member
This is my first venture into this forum and would like your considered opinion on the following spec. I use the pc for general application work, internet use, quite a lot of photo work, a little video editing, never any games. I have tried to keep the cost down but at the same time keeping the machine a little future proof, if that is at all possible! Does this case have a firewire connection on the front.

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache) + Turbo Boost
Motherboard
ASUS® P7P55D-E: USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™ SUPPORT
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5450 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
4 PORT USB 2.0 INTERNAL PCI CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Firewire & Video Editing
3 Port IEEE 1394a Firewire PCI Card (£9)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 9 to 13 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £645.00 including VAT and delivery.
 

Sleinous

Author Level
photo and video editing? Phtooshop? If so you may experienece a more enjoyable usage if you go for an Nvidia GPU in this instance and download the CUDA plugin for your work. a GT 430 or GTS 450 would be more than sufficient. Good choice on CPU, and RAM. 64mb cached drive is also a good choice. Nothing in this rig seems worthy of a modification :)
 

PCS

Administrator
Staff member
Welcome to our forums :)

This is a well balanced PC you've put together, but unfortunately the case will not have a front firewire port.
 
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