Best editing board with 4770k?

[Malek_3]

I am ordering a 4770k because it seems a good bang for buck. Unless you guys can recommend a better PSU at $300.

My old Q6600 just dived after 10 years. LOVED it. Need a new processor and board.

Good board for the 4770k?

 

[okcnaline]

Anything would do. There's no ECC for Z97, apparently.

 

[Malek_3]

What is ecc? And what version of the z97 do you prefer?

 

[Spectre694]

What is ecc? And what version of the z97 do you prefer?

ECC= Error correcting RAM you don't need since I'm guessing by editing you mean video.

It doesn't matter on the board too much just look for one with the features you want. Do however, stay with good brands like ASUS, MSI, AsRock, Gigabyte, etc. Personally I'm partial to ASUS.

 

[Malek_3]

Thanks man. So if I do the z97-a it says RAM is DDR3 3200(OC).
Do I HAVE to get overclocked ram?
Also do I have to get 3200? Or can I use 1600?

 

[Malek_3]

Nevermind it does both. Lol

 

[okcnaline]

Yep, Z97-A would work. And yes, both speeds work, since max speed is DDR3-3200 anyways.

 

[Malek_3]

My last question is I have this silencer power supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009

Will it work with either a97-a or a97-e?
Pin wise and such

 

[okcnaline]

Ooooooo.... PC Power and Cooling? 😀

Aside from age, these are SeaSonic. Works well.

 

[Malek_3]

Rad thanks man. Had that beast power with my q6600.
I also have a sapphire R-270x for GPU. I think its good for now.

DO I need anything else? Is stock heatsink good on the 4770k?

Any suggestion if z97a or z97e is better for editing?

 

[okcnaline]

R9 270X...? Uh... But that thing can't really do video editing.
Motherboard's fine. Same for the 4770K, unless you want to overclock.

And just a slight precaution: good capacitors begin to degrade significantly at the 10 year mark, so I give the PSU 3 more years until it begins to fail to deliver as much voltage as it would originally do.

 

[Malek_3]

And for RAM what is the timing 9-9-9-30 stuff? Only difference I can see in most DDR3

 

[Malek_3]

I have been doing editing just fine with my q6600 and r270x....
gigabyte motherboard. Just thought it was time to upgrade since one of my hdds went bad.

I think I have had the power supply for maybe 5 years? If it goes bad would it damage anything? Or just die?

 

[Spectre694]

I have been doing editing just fine with my q6600 and r270x....
gigabyte motherboard. Just thought it was time to upgrade since one of my hdds went bad.

I think I have had the power supply for maybe 5 years? If it goes bad would it damage anything? Or just die?

The r270 is fine. Not my first choice due to lack of CUDA but no sense in replacing it just for video editing OpenCL is good enough these days for video.

The PSU is likely fine as they age they can have lower output/looser regulation . Odds are you are still good though. You can check they voltages with a multi-meter if you want though.

DDR3 tighter (lower numbers) timing means the RAM is faster than the same MHz rated RAM with looser timings. Capacity trumps speed for editing.


The stock heatsink is fine but since you are editing and your CPU will be under significant load most of the time it isn't a bad idea to pick up a decent aftermarket cooler for lower temps and a slight OC. The current favorite "budget" (still performs very well) cooler is the Cryorig H7

 

[okcnaline]

Yep, just a slightly off thing to use a R9 270X for editing.

If it's at 5 years for the PSU, it'll be fine. When the caps are degraded enough, the PC simply won't turn on if there isn't enough voltage that is able to pull through.

 

[Malek_3]

Thanks for all the help guys