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[George]

I don't know why I said snowboarding, I'm skiing so will be attaching the GoPro to the end of my pole as well as helmet and chest.

I'm not sure where we are going yet, last year myself and friend went to Sauze d'Oulx in Italy for a week and it was fantastic, I'm trying to get more of my mates interested this year.

I'll look into a second battery nearer the trip, the supplier I bought the camera off didn't list any but the camera is only been out a week.

Regarding the PC, is it worth getting a SSD just to load windows and other programs on and then using a normal SATA drive for bulk storage?

[Scottymon]

Regarding the PC, is it worth getting a SSD just to load windows and other programs on and then using a normal SATA drive for bulk storage?

Absolutely mate!  That's exactly what I've been doing for 4 years.. it's a great way of doing things imo.

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SSD's make a lot of difference, last year upgraded an oldish VAIO laptop to SSD, it was slow on the HDD... given it a new lease of life with just an i3 processor:

i3 SSD completely OFF to ON

i7 SSD opening progs:

[majinvash]

Hi

If you have the spare money yes an SSD would improve load up time and make things faster..

For the same money you could get a bigger Sata HDD which would benefit you for what you are after.

For actually using the PC for video editing, I honestly don't think you would notice the difference. The finalising time would be faster but actual usage, not so much.

I am not anti SSD at all but they are expensive for the performance increase.

My PC has them

i7 4770
Asus Mobo
32GB DDR3 2400Mhz Ram
2 x 250 Intel SSD In Raid 0
2 x 3TB WD Red
Nvidia 680 Graphics Card
Corsair 1250W PSU

But I play games on time as well.

Mat

[George]

Could I be cheeky and ask Mat and the others who have contributed towards this thread to spec me up their suggestion on here:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/

Just the following:

Processor
Motherboard
Graphics
Ram
HDD
Case
PSU

I'd prefer under £500 but could go as high as £800

[edd666999]

I5 4670k + decent cooler
Asus z87 - k
Gti 670
8gb 1600mhz vengeance
Samsung 250gb Evo
Zalman z11 plus
Be quiet 630w psu

Run it and when it becomes sluggish the i5 will over clock and there headroom for a 2nd gtx670

[Nodz]

I5 4670k + decent cooler
Asus z87 - k
Gti 670
8gb 1600mhz vengeance
Samsung 250gb Evo
Zalman z11 plus
Be quiet 630w psu

Run it and when it becomes sluggish the i5 will over clock and there headroom for a 2nd gtx670

Roughly the same as what I'm about to upgrade my internals to. I'm gonna be getting:

Intel i5 4670K
Asus Z87 Deluxe
Corsair 16gb (2x 8gb)
Samsung 840 Pro 256gb SSD

And that would go with my:
Corsair H100 Cooler
Samsung 830 120gb SSD
Samsung 1TB HDD
Asus GTX 560 (I think)
NZXT Phantom case
Corsair 1000W PSU

[majinvash]

http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/processors/intel4thgencorei3i5andi71150socket/bx80646i54670k.html CPU - The Fan it comes with is fine.
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/motherboards/intel1150h81chipset/microatxformfactor/h81m-e.html Motherboard - Simple you dont need anything more advanced
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/memory-pc/ddr3-pc3-128001600mhz/bls2cp8g3d1609ds1s00ceu.html Plenty
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/cases/cases/fd-ca-core-1000-bl.html Simple and clean
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/powersupplies/nov-psg400.html Modular and reliable
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-internal/sata2tbto2.5tb/wd2002faex.html Primary Hard Drive with OS
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/harddrives-internal/sata3tbto4tb/wd40efrx.html Secondary Drive
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/opticaldrives/satadvdwriters/sh-224dbbebe.html DVD
http://www.novatech.co.uk/products/components/amdradeongraphicscards/amdhd7850series/fx-785a-cnjc.html Graphics card that supports the software that GoPro requires

[edd666999]

Don't forget to shop around....novatech is rarely the cheapest! But when they are great service.

[Rumple]

Aria seems to beat most places on price! 

[edd666999]

Aria seems to beat most places on price! 

And fail so hard on after sales service. Hence why I'd never again shop with them.


For me scan is round the corner so they are my preferred shop even if they are sometimes a few £ more expensive.

[Rumple]

I've never had a problem with them and I place large orders weekly?

[edd666999]

I've never had a problem with them and I place large orders weekly?

Oh ordering is fine.

DOA returns or warranty returns have both caused issue for me.

[Rumple]

Yea had a couple too but they were smooth with rma, maybe they favour business customers?

[majinvash]

Scan are our main competitor in the UK and are a great running partner.

There maybe cheaper companies out there but just remember. The cheaper you get the parts for, generally the cheaper the support you are going to get after.
I spend a great deal of my day explaining to my new recruits the concept of value.

Novatech will never try to be the cheapest and in truth the retail market isn't our target any more, we are moving more B2B and winning contracts all over.

I forgot to mention that you are going to need to budget in on top of whatever parts list you choose, about £80 for either Windows 7 or 8 Home.
8 is fine.. Its good but very very different to use. It is however going to be patched soon, so that it looks and feels much more like Windows 7.

[edd666999]

Scan are our main competitor in the UK and are a great running partner.

There maybe cheaper companies out there but just remember. The cheaper you get the parts for, generally the cheaper the support you are going to get after.
I spend a great deal of my day explaining to my new recruits the concept of value.

Novatech will never try to be the cheapest and in truth the retail market isn't our target any more, we are moving more B2B and winning contracts all over.

I forgot to mention that you are going to need to budget in on top of whatever parts list you choose, about £80 for either Windows 7 or 8 Home.
8 is fine.. Its good but very very different to use. It is however going to be patched soon, so that it looks and feels much more like Windows 7.

Have novatech closed some of their stores recently?