Help Needed for a new Set Up

[lalawhee]

Hi

I'm in need of a new desktop, have a handful of questions that hope you guys can help me with.

1) Never build a PC before, is it recommended for me to build it this time on my own? Or anyone to recommend?

2) Usually run my PC in a non air-con environment, and can run for longgg hours sometimes. Is a chassis with heavy ventilation or cooler needed?

3) A budget of $1300 (including OS and monitor), not a gamer usually need the PC for movies, music, photo editing. Is the budget enough for a set up that can last me a few decent years, if not, able to up my budget to $1500

4) Will be putting my previous soundcard and 2 HDD in it, will this affect the required PSU rating?

5) Lastly can anyone recommend me a set-up with these conditions?


Sorry for all the trouble and the lengthy post. Would really appreciate your help. Thanks!

 

[Jian19]

$1.1k

i5-4460 + Asrock b85m pro4 ~ $378
Kingston 8gb ddr3 ~ $67
Samsung 850 evo 250gb ssd ~ $163
Wd Blue 1tb ~ $75
Seasonic s12g 450w ~ $89
Samsung oem drive ~ $24
Fractal Design Arc mini r2 ~ $129
CM hyper 212 ~ $57
Win8 64 oem ~ $135 / $33 (g2a)
Dell u2414h ~ $329

$1117 buy and assemble @ pctheme ask for discount. U can also try contact fortran service, he will bring the parts over and assemble @ ur place.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Hi

I'm in need of a new desktop, have a handful of questions that hope you guys can help me with.

1) Never build a PC before, is it recommended for me to build it this time on my own? Or anyone to recommend?

2) Usually run my PC in a non air-con environment, and can run for longgg hours sometimes. Is a chassis with heavy ventilation or cooler needed?

3) A budget of $1300 (including OS and monitor), not a gamer usually need the PC for movies, music, photo editing. Is the budget enough for a set up that can last me a few decent years, if not, able to up my budget to $1500

4) Will be putting my previous soundcard and 2 HDD in it, will this affect the required PSU rating?

5) Lastly can anyone recommend me a set-up with these conditions?


Sorry for all the trouble and the lengthy post. Would really appreciate your help. Thanks!

3) Storing movies locally or just streaming off web? Photo editing with what sort of softwares? How heavy is it?

4) What sound card is that? Running off PCI or PCI Express slot? HDD running off IDE or SATA interface?

 

[noobiee]

do you have a friend who can help you in real life?

sometimes its a headache to figure all out on your own

especially when you have no experience..

 

[NobunagaOda]

Video editing especially for 4K takes alot of resources. Need to have a good graphics card, processor and ram. i7, GTX760 and minimum 8GB ram.

 

[Jian19]

Ppl photo editing only read properly

 

[lalawhee]

3) Storing movies locally or just streaming off web? Photo editing with what sort of softwares? How heavy is it?

4) What sound card is that? Running off PCI or PCI Express slot? HDD running off IDE or SATA interface?

I will be storing movies locally. Photo editing are mainly with photoshop and sometimes will have to run it concurrently with other programs like onOne Photo Suite, Photomatix Pro, Topaz Labs.

It's a creative SoundCard (xtrememusic i guess) running on PCI slot. and HDD running of SATA

Once in awhile might do some video editing and I intend to max out my budget as well too.

Is 1300 enough for these requirements?

 

[lalawhee]

$1.1k


Win8 64 oem ~ $135 / $33 (g2a)

May I know why the price for this can differ so much? and what is g2a?