[Ken.p]

I'm thinking of having a pc built for me (because of lack of time to do it myself) by a company such as pc specialist or similar, the main use of this system will be home video and photo editing, I want it to be as powerful and as upgradable as possible.
I was considering a quad core cpu and want a reasonable gpu, plenty of memory hard drive space (2 of them), all of this in a case that is not too big and a 20/22in monitor.
If any of you out there has built such a system or knows what will do a great job, I would appreciate your help.
The maximum I would like to spend (to include everything keyboard, mouse, speakers etc. ) is £1200.
Thanks

[alex]

This is what I came up with from pc specialist. Good builder by the way, terrific service.

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™2 Quad Q6600 (4 X 2.40GHz) 1066MHz FSB/8MB L2 Cache
Memory (RAM)
2GB CORSAIR DOMINATOR 1066MHz - LIFETIME WARRANTY (2x1GB)
Motherboard
ASUS® P5K: DDR2, SATAII, 2 xPCI-e x16, 3 PCI, PCI-e x1
Operating System
WINDOWS® VISTA Home Premium (inc Genuine CD & License) (£59)
USB Options
8 x USB 2.0 PORTS (6 REAR + 2 FRONT) AS STANDARD
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7200rpm)
3rd Hard Disk
NONE
1st CD/DVD Drive
20x Dual Layer LightScribe DVD Writer ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd CD/DVD Drive
16x DVD-ROM WITH 48x CD-ROM
Graphics Card
512MB GEFORCE 8800GT PCI Express + DVI + TV-OUT
2nd Graphics Card
NONE
Sound Card
8 Channel Realtek ALC883 High Definition Audio (P5K-SE)
Modem
NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Floppy Disk Drive
NONE
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Case
Stylish Silver/Black Trident case + 2 front USB
Power Supply & Case Cooling
600W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£59)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD CPU COOLER
Firewire & Video Editing
NONE
TV Card
NONE
Monitor
LG L226WTQ 22 inch Wide: HDCP/DVI/2MS/1680 x1050 (Special: £179)
2nd Monitor
NONE
DVI Cable
1 x 2 Metre DVI Cable (£5)
Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® Cordless Internet Pro Desktop Keyboard & Mouse (Black) (£16)
Mouse
NONE
Speakers
CREATIVE INSPIRE 2.1 T3100 SPEAKER SYSTEM (£22)
Printer
NONE
Surge Protection
NONE
Webcam & VoIP
NONE
Media Center Kit
NONE
Anti-Virus
NONE
Office Software
NONE
Warranty
1 Year Return-to-Base incl 1 Year Free Collect & Return: £5

£1135 all in.

[Ken.p]

Thanks for your spec for my new pc, just a few things though, as i'm going to be doing some video editing in hi-def is there any benefit in going for the 64bit vista and has that particular mobo got wi-fi built in ? and maybe this is the wrong section of the forum but does anyone know how much hard drive space i'll need for hi-def video editing ?

[ComputerGuy]

Its all down to how much you do. I bought a 750GB HDD because I do video editing. Alex has quoted two 500GB (or 1TB) hard drives which is more than enough.