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[cem_devecioglu]

I have emailed you with a list of the components that are going to cost the most (CPU, Mobo, Memory,and SSD) and that is currently sitting at £375 inc VAT.

Is that list public? Assuming that OP and yourself have no objections?

No problem at all with posting the parts list Jaime, the more input the better IMO (especially as you do it for a living).
The following parts/prices are from Novatech, but if you know of cheaper then shout up.

Asus P8Z68-V LX Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) Motherboard
Intel Core i5 2400 3.1GHz (Sandy Bridge) Socket LGA1155 - Retail
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s SSD - Retail

That lot comes to £375 inc, but if Rob is happy with a bog standard 500GB 7200rpm HDD then you can shave £60 off that.
The OS is going to be Win 7 64bit, but can't confirm the actual version as I don't know whether he intends to use it standalone or on a domain.

I did say to Rob in my email that I'm quite confident the onboard Intel HD graphics will more than suffice for his needs so no need to throw £60 (or thereabouts) on a GT530.
Rob intends to supply the case & PSU, so the only thing left to add is an optical drive.

a DVD writer will be more than enough imo..

[TheBoy]

I'd agree, if gaming is off the agenda, Intel board graphics is more than good enough.  Maybe worth checking if mobo can support dual monitors, as he may wish to do that at some point if heavy editting.

Ensure the i5 has video on it, Intel just released some without the video (for members unaware, Sandy Bridge onboard video is actually on the CPU).

My own personal view of ASUS are well known, but they do make feature packed boards.

Memory - I like corsair, but don't usually like the price. I tend to stick to Crucial if not overclocking, due to outstanding warranty (which they honour), and 7% cashback via topcashback (signup link http://www.topcashback.co.uk/ref/theboy (I get a tenner))

SSD - again, in this instance, not sure of the benefit. I good caching disk should have no trouble with large files, esp if defragged regularly.


My work is more servers nowadays, still get to play desktops and laptops occasionally though

[Martian]

I'd agree, if gaming is off the agenda, Intel board graphics is more than good enough.

Turns out that gaming (as well as Blu-ray authoring/creating) was on the agenda, and moderately intensive gaming at that (CoD, MoH, etc). The RAW images the OP intends to work with are being taken with a 24MP camera so the SSD was ditched in favour of a RAID 0 setup as disk space will be chomped up in no time with them.

Although RAID 0 adds a very slight increased chance of data loss, that is not an issue as the OP already has a contingency plan for actual storage. RAID 0 does however provide a noticeable decrease in read/write times without getting anywhere near the cost of SSD.
 
I was also given an idea of the available budget, and managed to get it all in at £73 under the upper maximum.

The final spec sheet now reads:

Asus P8Z68-V LX Motherboard
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 2700K 3.50GHz
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Dual Channel RAM kit (Asus Certified)
GeForce GTX 550 Ti  1024MB GDDR5 Graphics
2x Western Digital Caviar Blue 7200rpm 500GB HDD in RAID 0 configuration
Pioneer BDR-S06XLB 12x Blu-Ray ReWriter

The "K" variant of the i7 is £13 more expensive than the stock version, but this was selected as overclocking may be on the agenda.
All in all it's going to be a pretty damn quick machine with that lot, and the final price is almost half what the OP has been quoted elsewhere for similar spec.

[TheBoy]

Gaming does put a different spin on things. Dramatically

£73 under? Almost enough to buy a Windows licence

[Marks DTM Calib]

Easy to get a windows license for that if you ahve a child.....or know somebody with one, or have on any occasion passed one in the street....

http://www.software4students.co.uk/


 

[Martian]

Gaming does put a different spin on things. Dramatically

£73 under? Almost enough to buy a Windows licence

Have you forgotten the rules about insulting other members? 

[D]

And how much is that lot + case + PSU + license + software then? Out of interest?

[F1 9LFG]

Hi all,

just an update.

Finalised spec is;

Asus P8Z68-V LX Motherboard 



2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7 2600K 3.40GHz


Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler


Corsair Vengeance Blue 16Gb DDR3 1600 (4x4Gb) CL9


Zalman ZM-RC1000 Ultra-Quiet RAM Memory Cooler


GeForce GTX 550 Ti  1024MB GDDR5 Graphics


Pioneer BDR-S06XLB 12x Blu-Ray ReWriter


CIT Mars Case and 750w PSU


2x Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB HDD in RAID 0 configuration

Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

Total build cost is about £790 plus a drink to Mark for his time.

Should be a very fast machine with a fait bit of future-proofing built in.

looking forward to getting it in my hands now!

Cheers

Rob

[F1 9LFG]

Hi all, Just out of bordom and the fact that a few members asked me to post pics of the finished PC build (also see http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=100649.msg1260930#msg1260930 )

Now up and running super  fast (well compared to what I was used to) changed the case but the build remained the same






Rob

[cem_devecioglu]

good one.. enjoy 

[F1 9LFG]

good one.. enjoy 

Cheers, Matrian did me proud