Would like some help deciding on new desktop p.c

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A while back I bought one of the new retina imac's. For the last couple of years I have been using windows after using macs for donkeys years.

I really don't like the way Mac OSX has evolved and so I have decided to jump back to windows again and the imac will be finding a new lease of life in the wife's office. I know I can run windows on it but we need another p.c anyway.

Just unsure what to buy spec wise, I don't have a massive budget around £1,000, will only be used for editing. I did see this which seemed to tick all the boxes but not sure of I can get better for my money elsewhere?

http://www.chillblast.com/Chillblast-Fusion-Photo-OC-Lite.html
 
I think you won't need that sort of budget. An i5 rather than an i7 will do what you want. Have a look at the PCSpecialist site for i5 based systems to see what you can get.

Dave
 
Does the £1000 include screen? A 5k screen is still over the £1k mark but you can get 1440p for about £400 which is still fine for editing.
 
boliston said:
Does the £1000 include screen? A 5k screen is still over the £1k mark but you can get 1440p for about £400 which is still fine for editing.
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Hi, no the 1k does not include a screen I have a couple of half decent monitors.

Tringa said:
I think you won't need that sort of budget. An i5 rather than an i7 will do what you want. Have a look at the PCSpecialist site for i5 based systems to see what you can get.

Dave
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Will do Dave isn't the i5 not a lot slower than the i7 though. Apologies I am not clued up on this stuff any more.
 
f/2.8 said:
A while back I bought one of the new retina imac's. For the last couple of years I have been using windows after using macs for donkeys years.

I really don't like the way Mac OSX has evolved and so I have decided to jump back to windows again and the imac will be finding a new lease of life in the wife's office. I know I can run windows on it but we need another p.c anyway.

Just unsure what to buy spec wise, I don't have a massive budget around £1,000, will only be used for editing. I did see this which seemed to tick all the boxes but not sure of I can get better for my money elsewhere?

http://www.chillblast.com/Chillblast-Fusion-Photo-OC-Lite.html
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If you can afford it then that should be excellent. Sure an i5 will get close to a stock i7, but this system has been tweaked and optimised to offer above standard performance. You might save £200 and get a system that will perform adequately, but not as well as this.
 
I ended up going an entirely different route and bought an xps 8700 from the dell outlet store which I am very happy with it so far.

  • XPS 8700
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-4790 processor (8MB Cache, up to 4.0GHz)
  • Windows® 8.1
  • 3 TB SATA III Hard Drive (7200RPM)
  • Hard Drive: 256 GB Solid State Mini Card
  • 32 GB Memory (4x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Quad Channel
  • 2 GB AMD Radeon HD R9 270 GDDR5
  • Windows® 8.1 (64 Bit) English
  • 12X Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM)
  • Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 + Bluetooth 4.0
It was a new and unopened customer return so brand new and cost £910 plus £22 delivery but I found a voucher code online for 10% off and they had a promo on for free delivery.

There was then a slight hold up with the delivery so they refunded me an extra £75.00 which brought the price down to £743 delivered.
 
Ive used the Dell outlet store before and bought some tremendous bargains. From what I recall there usedto be a certain time they used to load stock on to the site ( I think it might have been Tuesday lunchtime) but if you were around at the right time there were some tremendous bargains before it was all picked clean.
 
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I built the following for 1250, and it can be used with OSX (a la hackintosh) or Windows, It is very capable for both photo and video (as fast as the £2400 Mac Pro when benchmarked in photoshop and final cut pro)
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i7-4770K at 4.2ghz
Seidon 120V cooler
Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H
Corsair Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600
Seagate 600 240GB SSD
Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Toshiba 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Gigabyte Windforce Radeon HD 7950 3GB Video Card
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case
SeaSonic EVO Edition 850W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD/CD Writer
TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter
 
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