How is this for a photoshop/cinema4d/sony vegas/casual gamer?

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Hey, I am about to buy a build in the next few days and was wondering if my specs would suit my needs; I want to be able to make 3D images and render them very quickly, render videos to 1080p in a short amount of time(hopefully realtime) use PhotoShop and fraps at the same time and do some Casual gaming(MineCraft, Dirt, Microsoft Flight Sim, Battlefield 3) My budget is £800 (No higher)


  1. Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770K (3.5GHz) 8MB Cache
  2. ASUS® P8Z77-M: MICRO-ATX, USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
  3. 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
  4. 1GB AMD RADEON™ HD7770 - DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable
  5. 1TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 32MB CACHE
  6. 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
  7. INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
  8. 450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
  9. TITAN FENRIR EVO EXTREME HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£39)
  10. InWIN BLACK DRAGON RIDER GAMING CASE

£788 including Postage and VAT, I am happy with these specs and from reviews have heard that all the items are very good. I would like to know if my PSU is powerful enough and same with the fan(CPU Fan).. Also I would like to know if the specs are good enough for what I require.

-Many Thanks
Ben Wilkinson
 
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pagepack

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Unless your clocking the CPU I would drop the K version of the CPU, and choose the quiet CPU cooler. Also I would up the RAM to 16Gb, and choose the faster caviar black hard drive.
 
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Swanky777

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If your able to, I would upgrade the motherboard to the P8Z77-V and if that's out of your budget get the P8Z77-LX
 
Grinder

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The 7770 will just about play bf3 but will struggle with crysis 2 but is ok for most other games like dirt 3 and skyrim.
 
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I've changed a few things; here's the specs now. How will this be for me now? (Photoshop CS5/6, After Effects CS5/6, Cinema4D, Dirt3, MW3, BF3, Microsoft flight simulator X, Cod5, MineCraft(Screen recording at the same time)

1) i7 3770 (non K) 3.4ghz
2) ASUS P8Z77-V LX
3) 8GB RAM Kingston Hyper-X 1600MHz
4) AMD Radeon 6870HD GPU
5) Super Quiet 22dBa CPU Cooler
(I've only put things I have changed on this list)
P.s Thank you for the replies. :). This is not a definite configuration it depends on the feedback from you guys xD

Comes to £774 inc VAT and inc Postage
 
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keynes

keynes

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ViperX said:
I've changed a few things; here's the specs now. How will this be for me now? (Photoshop CS5/6, After Effects CS5/6, Cinema4D, Dirt3, MW3, BF3, Microsoft flight simulator X, Cod5, MineCraft(Screen recording at the same time)

1) i7 3770 (non K) 3.4ghz
2) ASUS P8Z77-V LX
3) 8GB RAM Kingston Hyper-X 1600MHz
4) AMD Radeon 6870HD GPU
5) Super Quiet 22dBa CPU Cooler
(I've only put things I have changed on this list)
P.s Thank you for the replies. :). This is not a definite configuration it depends on the feedback from you guys xD

Comes to £774 inc VAT and inc Postage
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CS5 can benefit from more ram, 16gb Samsung?
 
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I have made some more changes almost re done everything:
How is this for a photoshop, sony vegas, cinema4d, casual gamer?
Case
InWIN BLACK DRAGON RIDER GAMING CASE

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-3770 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache

Motherboard
ASUS® P8Z77-V: PCI-E 3.0 READY, WIFI, SLI, CROSSFIREX

Memory (RAM)
8GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS DUAL-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P (2 x 4GB KIT)

Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6870 - 2 DVI,HDMI,2 mDP - DX® 11, Eyefinity 4 Capable

Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 16MB 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
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE INTEL CPU COOLER (£19)

Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs

USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD

Operating System
NO OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIRED

Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE

Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE

Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)

Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 10 to 12 working days
 
keynes

keynes

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I'd recommend a caviar black rather than the standard HDD. You could also downgrade the motherboard to the V-LX, still you can crossfire (however the PSU is not powerful enough for that).
 
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rubensolo said:
I'd recommend a caviar black rather than the standard HDD. You could also downgrade the motherboard to the V-LX, still you can crossfire (however the PSU is not powerful enough for that).
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Right, I have changed the PSU to 600w because I plan to crossfire in the future, I have changed the HDD to caviar black and downgraded to the V-LX. How is that now?
 
keynes

keynes

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You can easily add a 2nd hd 7770 if needed with the new PSU :yes:

The HD 6870 is a more powerful card but consumes more power, if you are happy with the HD 7770 just stick to that one.
 
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rubensolo said:
You can easily add a 2nd hd 7770 if needed with the new PSU :yes:

The HD 6870 is a more powerful card but consumes more power, if you are happy with the HD 7770 just stick to that one.
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So I can crossfire a 6850 and a 7770? If I wanted to like early next year :')
 
keynes

keynes

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ViperX said:
So I can crossfire a 6850 and a 7770? If I wanted to like early next year :')
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You can have add a 2nd 7770 with the power supply you have or you can have 2 x HD 6870 but for the HD 6870 in crossfire you may need a better psu (650w)
 
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rubensolo said:
You can have add a 2nd 7770 with the power supply you have or you can have 2 x HD 6870 but for the HD 6870 in crossfire you may need a better psu (650w)
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Well, I am highly looking forward to getting this PC. Thanks for your help, I am not going to order it yet because I am going to make sure it is definitely what I want. :')
 
keynes

keynes

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ViperX said:
Well, I am highly looking forward to getting this PC. Thanks for your help, I am not going to order it yet because I am going to make sure it is definitely what I want. :')
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No problem. Best thing is to do more research and once you are happy with the spec just order it , good luck :)
 
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I was just looking at the motherboard online and where would the 2nd GFX card go? There is only one PCI-E x16
 
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