Jay05

I suppose there is a danger of going too OTT with too much spec. Yours sounds simlple and more cost effective. Would I really need those expensive Velociraptors? Seems people say not to bother anymore and get SSDs and use a fast HDD alterntive like the WD Blacks or RE4s. If i go for their cheaper spec PC instead, would this be a better solution? Gladiator Vegas Pro NLE - Aria PC

Thanks for the advice! =) It seems they have noticed there mistake and do use the Silencio and not the Define R3. Not too worried about cleaning as it will be under my desk away from my hands most of the time. I gave them a ring about some of the specs and eSATA is present on the Icybox card reader at the front of the case with the two USB3.0 ports. I asked if it would be messy buy doing some googling myself and it doesn't bother me with the cables out the back of the case a bit. As i said the case will be on the floor and its actually handy to have those two back panel USB3.0 ports at the front instead so saves me crawling under my desk lol! They also said the case features 1x USB3.0 as well so a nice 3x USB3.0 ports at the front for me! Choice of motherboard isn't an issue for me. It has plenty of expansion ports which is great for me. Not interested in an OverClocked machine as theres always that risk of failure and I don't want that editing my stuff. The FireWire card is very handy for me. I have 2 external FireWire hard drives. A lot of motherboards don't even have FireWire, and those that do only have just the one and those are on the higher end boards. Lol yeah Parallel ports wth ay? =P What can you actually use with them today?

What's wrong with the motherboard in that build? Yeah i saw that but it should be OK if i ring CS or their tech support to explain and it will be noted.

Thanks mate, great advice! I must point out i'm not going to be building this especially with this budget as i don't trust myself. Looking around various etailors, Aria seem to offer the best value for money. I was looking at - Gladiator Xpress Pro NLE - Aria PC What do you reckon?

My budget is about £1500 to spend on it all minus monitor and extra bits; just the base system. Need an upgrade! The new i7s look the way forward and 8GB will be enough?

I have an old PC I bought a while back which is very slow for Adobe. I need something suffice to edit some video footage daily? I'm lost on technology these days so all help appreciated! Thanks!