Need your views on this desktop spec?

joemardo1

hello there,

I need a new desktop (definately not a laptop) badly aand I wonder if you would be kind enough to look at what I have configured at pcspecialist.

Processor (CPU)

AMD PHENOM II X4 945 SOCKET AM3 (3.00GHz/8MB CACHE)

Memory (RAM)

4GB CORSAIR XMS2 DUAL-DDR2 800MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY

Motherboard

ASUS® M4N78-AM: DUAL DDR2, S-ATA II, PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI

Operating System

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)

USB Options

6 x USB 2.0 PORTS (4 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD

Memory - 1st Hard Disk

500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

2nd Hard Disk

500GB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (7,200rpm)

RAID (HDD 1 & 2)

NONE

1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive

22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive

22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM

Graphics Card

1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT220 PCI EXPRESS

2nd Graphics Card

NONE

Sound Card

ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)

Network Facilities

ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT

Modem

56KBPS INTERNAL V92 DATA/FAX/VOICE MODEM
　　

Memory Card Reader

NONE

Case

COOLERMASTER SILEO 500 QUIET MID TOWER CASE

Power Supply & Case Cooling

450W Quiet Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£25)

Processor Cooling

STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER

Firewire & Video Editing

NONE

TV Card

NONE

Monitor

22 Inch Wide TFT Silver/Black 1680 x1050 5MS D-Sub, DVI (£125)

2nd Monitor

NONE

DVI Cable

2 x 2 Metre DVI Cable (£10)

Keyboard & Mouse

Logitech® Deluxe 660 Cordless Keyboard & Optical Mouse (£18)

Mouse

NONE

Speakers

LOGITECH S120 2.0 BLACK SPEAKER SYSTEM (£7)

Webcam

NONE

Headsets (VOIP)

NONE

Surge Protection

NONE

Anti-Virus

NONE

Office Software

NONE

External Hard Drive

NONE

Home Installation

NONE

Warranty

1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1 Year Free Collect & Return (£5)

Delivery

SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS & UK OFFSHORE ISLANDS / N IRELAND (£19)

Build Time

Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 11 working days

Quantity

1




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Price for this PC System:
Price for this PC System:£679.15 ex VAT.

£798 inc VAT and Delivery.

　
I will be using it for video editing and music making and a few things have pushed up the price I think like the quieter case etc.
what do you think?
Many thanks
Joe

joeypesci

Hmmm, it's ok but for video editing, I feel the graphics card is pants and will struggle. Look at where it comes on this list

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?cpu=GeForce+GT+220M

Also the power supply, at that price, is no doubt generic crap that came with the case, with all that kit it will probably struggle and not last long.

Mobo is a load end one but looks like it's not to bad performance wise

http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Motherboards/10-Low-Budget-AMD-Motherboards.html

Where you buying it from? Might be able to get a better deal from Ebuyer with the benefit people leave reviews on them.

Marty_J

If you want to do video editing and music making, you really should be considering a Mac.

Macs are widely used in both those fields.

joeypesci

Only issue is Macs are hugely over priced for what they are. Spec a video editing Mac out and it will probably come to more than £1k extra than what you could get if you had the same, if not better, components in a PC.

Marty_J

joeypesci wrote: »

Only issue is Macs are hugely over priced for what they are. Spec a video editing Mac out and it will probably come to more than £1k extra than what you could get if you had the same, if not better, components in a PC.

Not really; truly equivalent systems are usually around the same price. People who do video editing on a cluster of Macs hidden away in some other room don't buy them because they look nice.