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So I'm on the verge of buying a custom PC from PC specialist, http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/quotes/intel-haswell-pc/PSJ7BYfczV/ , which will be used for video editing and rendering, what do you guys think? Any better pc's/prices or websites out there?

I have found this, http://bit.ly/1dI3gpY , very recently but my only issue is cooling, I'm going to be rendering for hours on end and don't want the PC to burn up and so is the only reason why I am hesitant is that it doesn't specify if it has extra case fans or liquid cooling...or anything other than just the standard CPU fans..Is ebay trusted for pcs? Should I trust this, more than likely, custom build?

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I'd definitely go the custom PCSpecialist route, it looks like it would be a better machine. One note: definitely bump up that PSU wattage, that's pretty bottom of the line, and if you ever wanna upgrade any parts you'll probably want more juice. I'd say shoot for 550W minimum; 650W isn't a bad idea.

I'm sure you could probably trust that ebayer, they have excellent reviews, I just think the other route will be a better machine. Have you considered building your own? Could probably get more bang for your buck that way...

By the way, what software are you using? If it's Adobe, you need to go Nvidia over AMD graphics.

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Here's a sample build you could do yourself. I even swapped the graphics card for a better one, and it's still...
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I'd definitely go the custom PCSpecialist route, it looks like it would be a better machine. One note: definitely bump up that PSU wattage, that's pretty bottom of the line, and if you ever wanna upgrade any parts you'll probably want more juice. I'd say shoot for 550W minimum; 650W isn't a bad idea.

I'm sure you could probably trust that ebayer, they have excellent reviews, I just think the other route will be a better machine. Have you considered building your own? Could probably get more bang for your buck that way...

By the way, what software are you using? If it's Adobe, you need to go Nvidia over AMD graphics.

EDIT:
Here's a sample build you could do yourself. I even swapped the graphics card for a better one, and it's still about the same price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£219.99 @ Ebuyer)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£74.23 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£84.57 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£93.55 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£59.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£46.96 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270X 2GB Video Card (£144.99 @ Ebuyer)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter (£25.98 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£47.98 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£67.37 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£10.78 @ Scan.co.uk)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (£98.99 @ Aria PC)
Total: £975.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-05 05:29 GMT+0000)
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1XEgj
 
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I'd feel more comfortable buying it from pcspecialist building it myself.
Regarding the graphics card, I plan on using Sony Vegas and flight simulator X...is the card okay for that? And why is nvidia better than AMD? Would the GTX 650i be better then?

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If you're not using Adobe, then any graphics card will work fine (Adobe uses Nvidia CUDA cores for acceleration, that's why I mentioned that). The card you selected in your pcspecialist build will work fine, but do add a better power supply if possible.
 
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If I was to use adobe after effects (very basically, e.g. The one month trial to edit a few graphics) would it be absolutely required to have nvidia or would I be fine using the AMD?

And I've done a little more searching, I've found this...is this better? And more trusted? It's about £60 cheaper so I'm not sure where I'm saving the money...http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/Reconfigure.asp?price=1050.36&idproduct=1715&idconf=311628&act=placeOrder

Thanks

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No, it's not required at all. But for long term, highly recommended.

That DinoPc build looks good. With the £60 you save, you could upgrade that graphics card, if you so desire.
 
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One final thing, sorry...I've upgraded the RAM, Case and cooling system...http://www.dinopc.com/shop/pc/Reconfigure.asp?price=1119.97&idproduct=1715&idconf=311628&act=placeOrder is this now okay? And with the case, will it fit the fan in will it have more or less fans compared to the original pcspecialist PC, since my main reason for buying a new PC is for supreme cooling when rendering for hours. I'm not much into gaming and so thought upgrading the graphics isn't too necessary.

Thanks,

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That case comes with 5 fans, it looks like, which is plenty for good case airflow; I don't think you'll have any problems there.

And the graphics card upgrade would be huge for video editing as well. Sony Vegas can utilize GPU processing power, so the more you have, the more it can use, the faster your renders.
 
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I use movie studio, does this also utilize gpu power?

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