Hi guys,
My computer has recently suffered the terrible fate of suddenly getting very old.
In an attempt to upgrade its withered motherboard, it became very apparent that I need a completely new computer.
Currenlty my friend is helping me build a Windows PC capable of running Adobe Software very efficiently with a quick rendering speed.
The programs I use mainly are After Effects, Photoshop, Premier Pro, Flash etc (Basically everything included in Production Premium)
I'm looking to make the computer last me a fair while, perhaps capable of running the next editions of Creative Suite.
Mainly I'm working in Illustration and Animation in both my college work and personal projects.
So far we have a rough guide consisting of these components. The budget I'm working on is keeping roughly under £1500.
Motherboard: Asus Sabertooth TUF X58 Motherboard, USB 3.0, SATA III
SABERTOOTH X58 - Asus Sabertooth TUF X58, Intel X58, S1366, PCI-E 2.0 , DDR3 1866MHz, USB3/SATA 6Gb/s, SATA RAID, ATX
RAM: Corsair Memory XMS3 12GB DDR3 2000 Mhz CAS 9 Triple Channel Desktop
CMX12GX3M3A2000C9 - 12GB (3x4GB) Corsair DDR3 XMS3, PC3-16000 (2000), Non-ECC, Unbuffered, 9-10-9-27, 1.65V
Casing: NZXT Hush Black Mid Tower Computer Case
NZXT Hush HU-001B, Black Mid Tower Gaming Case, w/o PSU
Processor: Intel Core i7 970 Six Core Processor - CPU
BX80613I7970 - Intel i7 970, S1366, Gulftown Six Core, 3.2 GHz, QPI 4.8GT/s, 24x Core Ratio, Retail + Free Shogun 2
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB Hard Drive
1TB Western Digital WD1002FAEX Caviar Black, SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 64MB Cache, 8 ms
Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-650HXUK HX 650W Modular Power Supply (PSU)
CMPSU-650HXUK - 650W Corsair HX Series, Modular, 80 PLUS Bronze, 85% Eff', SLI/CrossFire, EPS 12V, 120mm Fan
CD-ROM: Lite On BD-ROM, IHOS104-37, SATA, Black, OEM
LiteOn IHOS104-37 4xBlu-Ray, 8x DVD Reader OEM inc Software
Graphics Card: POV Point of View GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB NVIDIA Graphics Card
VGA-560Ti-A1 - 1GB Point of View GTX 560 Ti, 40nm, 4000MHz GDDR5, GPU 822MHz, Shader 1644MHz, 384 Cores, DVI/ mHDMI
Mainly the areas up for debate are:
1. Whether a 6 core processor is really necesarry? Bearing in mind I would like the PC to last me a while, I basically need to know whether
there's any use in having more cores in a processor for more efficient design software usage.
2. The Graphics Card. My friend is more used to building gaming computers and knows little about what graphic cards are necessary to get the
best out of your design software. Any advice as to where I should be looking in that regard would be appreciated.
3. The possibility of investing in a Solid State Hard Drive? I've heard things about the issue with detoriation, but its all very unclear.
Would it be worth using a solid state hard drive to store my Adobe programs on? Would it improve the speed in which I read information from the program?
Any other comments about the other components in this PC rough design are also appreciated. I essentially just to clarify whether I'm steering down the right path here.
This PC should come to around £1300. I wanna keep it under £1500 generally.