First time PC build

Jonnydt

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Jun 13, 2013
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Hi Guys,

I'm planning on building a PC mainly for Adobe premiere and after effects. I've come up with the below spec. advice would be welcome on suitability and other cheaper alternatives where possible. I'm based in the Uk. Thanks all

CPU -Intel Core i7-3770K

Motherboard - ASRock Z77 Extreme6

Power supply - EVGA 120-PG-0650-GR SuperNova NEX 650W

GPU - PNY GeForce GTX 660 XLR8 NVIDIA Graphics Card - 2GB

Memory - Corsair Vengeance White LP 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

HDD - Seagate 1TB SATA 3 Performance Hard Drive OEM ST1000DM003

SSD - Sandisk Extreme 120GB SSD - Solid State Drive - SDSSDX-120G-G25

Ext HDD - 1TB for basic file storage

Optical Drive - Pioneer BDR-208DBK

 

Jonnydt

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Jun 13, 2013
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Budget is the region of £800 ish. As long as it can happily run Cs6, has a firewire I'll be happy. Scope to improve it over time would be good as well.

Thanks for the help.
 

princejeet

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May 16, 2013
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Hey check this
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/COi
Component Selection Owner Rating Price Where
CPU

Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core
£257.99 Aria PC
Motherboard

Asus Z87-PLUS ATX LGA1150
£137.65 Aria PC
Memory

Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600
£52.99 Dabs
Storage

Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM
£68.17 Amazon UK
Video Card

Asus GeForce GTX 660 2GB
£186.72 Dabs
Case

Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower
£35.98 Dabs
Power Supply

XFX 550W ATX12V / EPS12V
£52.59 Dabs
Total: £792.09