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Hello! I am looking to invest and by invest i mean for this machine to last for quite some time!

I am a professional photo editor and creative designer looking for a beast of a machine. I went onto this website Chillblast. This is what i found and what i selected.

Any advice on if this will last for quite some time and also any additional components I may need or! to any in this offer that I dont really need? the lower the cost ofcourse better but im not afraid to pay for the best.



Chillblast Fusion Photo OC VI Chillblast Fusion Photo OC VI
4.2GHz Six-Core Core i7, 32GB, X99 Motherboard Either GeForce GTX 770 / Quadro 600K

Selected products:
Fractal Design Define R4 Low Noise Case - Black Pearl
Intel Core i7 5960X Haswell-E 8-Cored 3.50GHz Processor (Overclocked up to 4.2 GHz)
Corsair Hydro Series H100i Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Generic thermal paste
ASUS X99-Deluxe Intel X99 Motherboard
32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666MHz Memory (8 x 4GB sticks)
Chillblast NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 2GB Graphics Card
250GB Samsung 840 EVO Solid State Drive
3000GB 7200rpm Hard Disk - 6Gbps
3000GB 7200rpm Hard Disk - 6Gbps
RAID 1 Configuration - Choose 2 identical hard disks above
Blu-Ray ReWriter
Corsair CX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified PSU
Onboard High Definition Audio
17 in 1 3.5" Internal Card Reader
Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
Windows Optimisation Service
Standard Chillblast Cable Management
5 Year Warranty with 2 Years Collect and Return (UK only)
Bullguard Internet Security - Free 3 Month Trial!
Reconfigure

= £2462.97
 
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Novuake
Overpowered/overpriced CPU and RAM, but a subpar GPU in comparison.
As mentioned, PSU is shoddy for such a high end build.

WHat is your budget?

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Well the thing is i dont no anything about pcs really. only ever re-placed psu and memory. hard to find something that wont rip you off and will last.
 
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It's not really hard to build a PC yourself, just a matter of putting some components in place, everything's on manual really, everything is with Warranty, and good, reliable brands are made to last, ultimately your decision though :)
You can follow some DIY custom PC building series on Youtube, its a matter of days and you'll know the basics well. And custom PC will be much cheaper than pre-builts, with more performance, take my word here.
 
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Didnt mean to pick as solutiion haa meant to reply. Budget is anything from 1.5-3k.
 
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backup situation? I do commissions for companys. But in terms of a backup machine my current is good but not amazing.
 
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Backup situation, as in backing up your data. Not an extra machine to keep working, but copies of whatever you are working on in case of disaster.
Dying hard drive, flood, fire, virus, theft, accidental deletion or corruption, etc, etc....
 
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well for individual clients i would probably upload the files to a cloud of some sort. I just had my external drive with my client work on corrupt and die so i plan to have that sorted.
 
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OK. Was just asking, because that is too often neglected.
Personally, I wouldn't be comfortable with a cloud only solution, but if you are, go for it.
 
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cloud option will be the backup but files will be on computer still.
 
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And when that cloud provider shuts down? Or gets hacked?
Or you are temporarily without internet access?
 
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Ye sure but how backed up can you really be? I have a second external i can put it on aswell. what do you suggest then
 
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Any file, especially image and video, that exists in only one place may be said to not exist at all.

For an income generating system, you really need multiple layers.

1. The working file on the PC
2. Possibly on another drive in that same PC
3. On a whole other PC
4. Long term storage elsewhere...possibly 'the cloud'. Or even a rotating set of drives that you store elsewhere.

It's just one of those things you have to do.
And many people don't think about it, until 2 minutes after that realize they needed a backup copy.
Then it is actually too late.

"oops...my external drive fell off the desk. How can I get the pictures of my family back?"
"oops...my cloud provider went out of business. How can I get those files?"
"oops...a virus encrypted all my files! What can I do?"
"oops...I accidentally formatted the wrong drive."
 
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+1, multiple backups are always recommended for any person with some imp or valuable data. Security of that backup is as important.
 
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