~$1250 Gaming and Editing Rig

[thecallofdiamonds]

Budget Range: $1250 USD though I am Australian so it would be $1600 AUD (Also it would be really great if you could use Australian sources though it isn't nessesary as I can translate the prices and shops to AUD

System Usage from Most to Least Important:
Gaming (as long as it could get max/ nearly max graphics on 1080p and/ or 1440p),

Video Editing/ After Effects (Mostly short films though I have enrolled into a arts (mainly media) school for next year so I may be doing some photo editing and 4k Film editing (If this is too difficult to do, I'm happy with a 1080p/ 1440p Editing Rig)

Streaming: Just as an option that I'm thinking of doing.

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, headphones, microphone, mousepad

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Scorptec, PCCaseGear (again, both Australian sites though isn't nessesary.)

Country: Australia

Things of My build I'm pretty sure of:
Case: NZXT S340/ S340 Elite
SDD and HDD
16 Gigs+ Ram (After Effects playback is torture with 8 gigs of ram)

Overclocking: No

Monitor Resolution: 1080p/ 1440p

Additional Comments:
I'm planning on doing short films though I have enrolled into a arts (mainly media) school for next year so I may be doing some photo editing and 4k Film editing (If this is too difficult to do, I'm happy with a 1080p/ 1440p Editing Rig

Just going to note I used this format off Neopragmatist's request on a build.

 

[JackM3]

Here is a rig I made:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/7JCXcc

I used a AMD Ryzen 5. You could use the 7 for a bit more, but this one was a bit faster with a few less cores.
The cooler comes up with a thing saying that it might need other brackets, but it says that for every one I tried. On the description it says it is compatible with AM4. I have 2 sticks of memory (16GB total). I got 2 GB because you can upgrade it later with more. The graphics card can do just about all you want and you can get better for more if you would like. I have a 200GB SSD and a 2TB HDD becasue you said you want to do video editing. The case is the S340 Black and the PSU is a fully moduar allowing for replacing cables. I also has room to upgrade components. I dont have a monitor but you can mess around if you want to throw that in for the 1250 price. Hope you like and feel free to tweak it. Peace

 

[Gahl1k]

Here: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/pkcDWX
The only reason I included two monitors is that I don't know if you want a competitive gaming one with 144Hz, or a colour accurate one with IPS panel but 60Hz. Of course, you can change this to your liking.

 

[JackM3]

Yes you just changed the motherboard from mine and added monitors which put it $800 over the budget he selected. The GPU is way to much for this build and if you want to get anywhere close to his budget you cant use $500 GPUS.

 

[Gahl1k]

It's in Australian Dollar, mate.

 

[jpe1701]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($288.00 @ Shopping Express)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($124.00 @ Umart)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($189.00 @ Umart)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($134.50 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($87.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB AMP! Edition Video Card ($589.00 @ Scorptec)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($109.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($95.00 @ Shopping Express)
Total: $1615.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-20 14:09 AEST+1000

 

[thecallofdiamonds]

Yes you just changed the motherboard from mine and added monitors which put it $800 over the budget he selected. The GPU is way to much for this build and if you want to get anywhere close to his budget you cant use $500 GPUS.

Hi, thanks for the suggestions guys. I'm always stupid and making this mistake I forget to include the monitor in my build cost. Right now I have a monitor that can do the job though I do want another one. I might go with the competitive monitor at first though if ever needed I'll use the colour correct one in dual setup. it's between these two builds an that one by jpe1701 down below. There both pretty good!

 

[JackM3]

It would work but it is still over his budget of $1600 Australian dollars.

 

[JackM3]

Yes jpe has a very nice build and has a great deal on a 1070.