A program like that is how I monitored the heat of my overheating laptop back in Australia. I tried finding one recently while wondering if overheating was the cause of the lag issues with this one, but there was some barrier to installation or something and I gave up? I can't remember. I should probably install that one now, but... ehh...
The budget's just the vaguest of ideas that came to mind before I'd done any research, and I'm absolutely not bound to it! I don't mind going up to £3000 if I'll get something better and longer-lasting for it.
When installing the second drive a few years ago, I think I found that I could only install that additional one and there was no space for any more? But again I can't really remember. Are hard drive slots typically limited?
And how much should I be worried about static electricity? I was only basing that on several beginner's guides that I saw that all mentioned it as if it was a major concern, but obviously I don't have a clue.
I'm looking at the one you linked to, and at the memory options in particular, but there are several that say 32GB and I don't know how to distinguish between them. The same is true about all the part choices! It's hard to make a decision when I don't really understand what I'm actually choosing between.
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The importance of the static electricity thing... is somewhat debated, it seems, and appears to depend on your conditions. I've never worried about it too much, and under normal circumstances it's unlikely to be an issue. This article [LINK] goes into it a bit:
"Here's a dirty little secret: our hardware expert Jarred Walton never wears a grounding strap, and he says he can't point to a single case of a static discharge causing a component to fail. Having said that, he says he isn't in an environment where he builds up a lot of static, and has usually touched enough grounded metal objects by the time he reaches for a CPU or GPU that anything built up would have dissipated. [...] Our recommendation is to simply touch your case before touching anything delicate. It's fairly unlikely you'll have actually built up enough to do any damage (unless you're shuffling around in socks trying to be Electric Man), but it takes half a second and just might save the life of your CPU. As for a grounding strap—grab one if you're paranoid, but we think it's an unnecessary precaution." Note that the only things this would even apply to when handling components are the Motherboard, CPU or GPU, less so for installing/removing hard drives or just opening the case.
As for the listed RAM, any of those will be fine. Some people distinguish different speeds of RAM (and some even overclock their RAM) but even for high intensity gaming it matters very little. The only difference between the RAM listed on the website seems to be the manufacturer. Kingston and Corsair are both reputable names.
Concerning your budget, of course you want to future proof, but at the level of components you're looking at right now you're really going to suffer from diminishing returns. If you want to spend an extra few hundred pounds on getting a 12-core instead of an 8-core when you might not even need either for your day-to-day work is up to you (it certainly won't reduce the lag in windows file viewers, which I can basically guarantee you is hard-drive related).
What was the most demanding program you mentioned - DaVinci Resolve? That seems to be more GPU-bound, according to what I've read (though RAM and hard-drive speeds will make a huge difference also), so if you want to spend extra money there, upgrade that. This systems builder [LINK] lists a lot of different cards and says to go "with the best one your budget can afford" which is not very helpful, but with the level of editing that you're doing I think it's likely an RTX 3070 will be just fine. Again, if you're really worried about if it will be enough, check what the problem is in your current configuration, but if you just want to spend enough money that it will last you the next 3-5 years, the configurations I mentioned will be more than enough.
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Oh, I just realised you were asking about hard drive slots as well - that will primarily depend on the case. Technically, the only limiting factor is the number of connections on your motherboard, but since you need a place to put the hard drives as well...
If the PC builder lists the case, you can google that to see its specifications. The once I last recommended (with the "Kolink castle midi tower case") comes with "2x 3,5/2,5“ Drive slots and 4x slots for 2,5” drives". 2,5" drives will be regular SSDs, 3,5" drives will be your regular HDDs. So nothing to worry about there!
The budget's just the vaguest of ideas that came to mind before I'd done any research, and I'm absolutely not bound to it! I don't mind going up to £3000 if I'll get something better and longer-lasting for it.
When installing the second drive a few years ago, I think I found that I could only install that additional one and there was no space for any more? But again I can't really remember. Are hard drive slots typically limited?
And how much should I be worried about static electricity? I was only basing that on several beginner's guides that I saw that all mentioned it as if it was a major concern, but obviously I don't have a clue.
I'm looking at the one you linked to, and at the memory options in particular, but there are several that say 32GB and I don't know how to distinguish between them. The same is true about all the part choices! It's hard to make a decision when I don't really understand what I'm actually choosing between.
"Here's a dirty little secret: our hardware expert Jarred Walton never wears a grounding strap, and he says he can't point to a single case of a static discharge causing a component to fail. Having said that, he says he isn't in an environment where he builds up a lot of static, and has usually touched enough grounded metal objects by the time he reaches for a CPU or GPU that anything built up would have dissipated. [...] Our recommendation is to simply touch your case before touching anything delicate. It's fairly unlikely you'll have actually built up enough to do any damage (unless you're shuffling around in socks trying to be Electric Man), but it takes half a second and just might save the life of your CPU. As for a grounding strap—grab one if you're paranoid, but we think it's an unnecessary precaution." Note that the only things this would even apply to when handling components are the Motherboard, CPU or GPU, less so for installing/removing hard drives or just opening the case.
As for the listed RAM, any of those will be fine. Some people distinguish different speeds of RAM (and some even overclock their RAM) but even for high intensity gaming it matters very little. The only difference between the RAM listed on the website seems to be the manufacturer. Kingston and Corsair are both reputable names.
Concerning your budget, of course you want to future proof, but at the level of components you're looking at right now you're really going to suffer from diminishing returns. If you want to spend an extra few hundred pounds on getting a 12-core instead of an 8-core when you might not even need either for your day-to-day work is up to you (it certainly won't reduce the lag in windows file viewers, which I can basically guarantee you is hard-drive related).
What was the most demanding program you mentioned - DaVinci Resolve? That seems to be more GPU-bound, according to what I've read (though RAM and hard-drive speeds will make a huge difference also), so if you want to spend extra money there, upgrade that. This systems builder [LINK] lists a lot of different cards and says to go "with the best one your budget can afford" which is not very helpful, but with the level of editing that you're doing I think it's likely an RTX 3070 will be just fine. Again, if you're really worried about if it will be enough, check what the problem is in your current configuration, but if you just want to spend enough money that it will last you the next 3-5 years, the configurations I mentioned will be more than enough.
If the PC builder lists the case, you can google that to see its specifications. The once I last recommended (with the "Kolink castle midi tower case") comes with "2x 3,5/2,5“ Drive slots and 4x slots for 2,5” drives". 2,5" drives will be regular SSDs, 3,5" drives will be your regular HDDs. So nothing to worry about there!