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Advice about new PC

movdx

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I am looking for a new pc and i need your advice.

1) What will you be doing with this PC?

Autocad + Erdas Imagine + ArcInfo, image processing of very large satellite photos of extremely high quality

2) What's your budget?

1000 euros

3) Which country do you live in?

Europe that's why we will discuss only about parts

4) What exact parts do you need for that budget?

Case - PSU - CPU - MB - HDD - SSD - GPU - RAM - DVD ROM

5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing?

Some 1Tb HDDs

6) Will you be overclocking?

If i get an K core cpu yes

7) What is the max resolution of your monitor?

What size is it? 1900 x 1200

8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?

2 weeks

9) What features do you need in a motherboard?

RAID Firewire SATA 6Gb/s

10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
windows 7 64 bit


Sorry if I missed anything from the guide.
 
What stores will you be able to purchase items from?
 
Sorry for not giving you an accurate image. Let's use amazon.co.uk as a reference.
 
Sorry for not giving you an accurate image. Let's use amazon.co.uk as a reference.

That's not very helpful considering that Amazon.co.uk has their parts in pounds rather than euros. Any other site that ships to your country?
 
Prelim build:
€189 - Intel Core i5-2500K CPU
€111 - MSI P67A-G45 Intel P67 ATX Motherboard
€86 - 2 x G.Skill Ripjaws F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL 2 x 4GB DDR3 1333 RAM
$140 - Asus ENGTX550 Ti GTYX 550 Ti 1GB PCI-E Video Card
€95 - Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SSD
€57 - Samsung Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
€24 - LG GH22NS70 DVD Burner
€68 - Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W PSU
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Total: €770

Choose your own case. I recommend any of these cases:
$60 - Cooler Master HAF 912 RC-912-KKN1 ATX Case
$60 - NZXT Source 210 Elite ATX Case
$70 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K58W ATX Case
$70 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K56 ATX Case
$90 - Cooler Master CM690 II Advance ATX Case
$90 - Lian Li Lancool PC-K7B ATX Case
$100 - Lian Li PC-7B Plus II ATX Case
$100 - Cooler Master HAF 922 RC-922M-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$110 - NZXT Whisper WHI - 001BK ATX Full Tower Case
$100 - Lian Li PC-7FN ATX Case
$110 - Lian Li PC-60FN ATX Case
$113 - Velocity Micro GX2-W Silver Classic Aluminum Case with Side Window
$110 - Fractal Design Arc Mini Tower
$120 - Corsair Carbide Series 400R ATX Case
$130 - Fractal Design Define R3 Black ATX Case
$140 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-001WT White Full Tower ATX Case
$140 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-001BK Black Full Tower ATX Case
$140 - Lian Li PC-9F ATX Case
$140 - Cooler Master HAF 932 RC-932-KKN1-GP ATX Case
$140 - Antec Performance One Series P183 V3 ATX Case
$143 - NZXT Phantom PHAN-002OR Black Finish w/Orange Trim Full Tower ATX Case
$160 - Corsair Graphite Series 600TM ATX Case
$170 - Corsair Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T ATX Case
$160 - Silverstone RV02B-W ATX case
$178 - Silverstone RV02B-EW ATX case
$190 - Corsair Obsidian Series 650D ATX Case
 
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