$3500 PC Building

[mrpeter]

Hi guys.

I want a new video editing dedicated PC. Plz help me with the components, want a top of line computer.

i7 3970x, 1 SSD, 2x HDD SATA III, 16GB RAM.

And would be great some MOBO with Firewire, beyond, for sure, USB 3.0

Give your suggests and mainly help me with the graphic cards.

I saw about Noctua NH-D14 and Corsair H100i. For sure I go with Corsair, right?

And another thing: isn´t GTX 690 much better than Titan?

Thanks.

 

[X79]

No need to spend that much.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($0.00 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus GRYPHON Z87 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($170.00 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair XMS3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($100.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Samsung 830 Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($194.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB Video Card ($407.86 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master HAF X ATX Full Tower Case ($179.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 750W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($64.99 @ NCIX US)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) ($130.77 @ Amazon)
Total:
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-04 13:19 EDT-0400)

Some of these types of parts would be nice.

 

[mrpeter]

Thanks X79.

But I want better components, like 2133Mhz RAM. And the Haswell is worst than 3970x EE.

The MOBO like ASUS P9X79.

The GTX 690 is much better than 7970, isn´t is?

 

[X79]

The point is, that you usually see a situation where:

Component price increases extremely much.

Yet component performance, doesn't follow.

Thus you end up paying extremely much, for extremely little.

Whereas if you get things which are more balanced (yet still really good!)

You'll have more cash for later and your money won't have been wasted.

1600Mhz RAM is not bad. But you're welcome to go higher. However if I were you, I wouldn't

expect to feel a considerable difference. As for the GTX 690 yes it's a powerful GPU, but the

7970 is the best value for money at that price point. It's still a superb GPU. You can go Nvidia

though, such as a GTX 770 or 80.

 

[Gathorisx]

No need for a i7, a 8 core would be better in editing etc, a nvidia card is a good idea because of CUDA, it's much less than $3500 man, upgrade to 690 if you wish not Titan, it outperforms unless up you SLI titans, choose your OS then it's ready. Windows 7 professional is a good idea.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/12TO5
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/12TO5/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/12TO5/benchmarks/

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($111.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($94.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card ($419.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Phantom 410 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($121.97 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-207MBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Total: $913.91
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-04 13:37 EDT-0400)

 

[X79]

Oh and, the GTX 690 has much of the performance of the Titan.

Same goes for the GTX 780. But they tend to be cheaper.

And you won't need a new CPU cooler if you're not OC'ing .

 

[darren0000]

The point is, that you usually see a situation where:

Component price increases extremely much.

Yet component performance, doesn't follow.

Thus you end up paying extremely much, for extremely little.

Whereas if you get things which are more balanced (yet still really good!)

You'll have more cash for later and your money won't have been wasted.

1600Mhz RAM is not bad. But you're welcome to go higher. However if I were you, I wouldn't

expect to feel a considerable difference. As for the GTX 690 yes it's a powerful GPU, but the

7970 is the best value for money at that price point. It's still a superb GPU. You can go Nvidia

though, such as a GTX 770 or 80.

Very true, hell go for the 8350 with water cooler and get the cross hair mobo

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-Crosshair-Formula-Z-Motherboard-PCI-Express/dp/B008RPZ3RA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370369066&sr=8-1&keywords=8350+with+crosshair
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-FX8350-Edition-Processor-4-2GHz/dp/B009O7YUF6/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370369110&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=8350+watercool

 

[darren0000]

Or
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-SABERTOOTH-Motherboard-CrossfireX-Supports/dp/B007KZQEHQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370369247&sr=8-1&keywords=sabertoothhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-SABERTOOTH-Motherboard-CrossfireX-Supports/dp/B007KZQEHQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370369247&sr=8-1&keywords=sabertooth

 

[darren0000]

Ocz vertex ssd for boot and 3tb western digital black HDD seconndary

 

[mrpeter]

Thank you everybody.

I´m thinkin in buy i7-3970X. My doubt is if should I wait for 4970X or 4960X launch. Because I dont know when it will be launched.

So I would go with 3970X/4970X and GTX 690. But as it is expensive componentes, what should I do at first:

- buy GTX 690 and upgrade my Intel Dual-Core
or
- buy the i7 and a new MOBO without the GPU for a while?

After I intend to buy both.

Which way would I get a better perform.?

 

[X79]

You might want to check this:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i7-3970x-sandy-bridge-e-benchmark,3348-10.html

 

[SIRmisterD]

Here is a build but it is at $3000, but this will leave you some room for peripherals, such as mice, keyboard, speaker/headset, etc.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/130BT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/130BT/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/130BT/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($499.99 @ Microcenter)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($99.99 @ Newegg)

Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 12g Thermal Paste ($16.98 @ Outlet PC)

Motherboard: ASRock X79 Extreme3 ATX LGA2011 Motherboard ($197.86 @ Newegg)

Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($354.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($124.99 @ NCIX US)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card ($663.98 @ Newegg)

Sound Card: Asus Xonar Essence ST 24-bit 192 KHz Sound Card ($207.10 @ TigerDirect)

Wireless Network Adapter: Asus PCE-AC66 802.11b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($91.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: Corsair 1200W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($249.99 @ NCIX US)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($89.94 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $2897.76

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-06-04 21:17 EDT-0400)