Editing PC Build

[Carlos Chacon Lozano]

My friend and some theachers at my film school say that talking about video editing the only way to go is Apple, but for the money an apple cost i can build a much better pc, and these are the parts

CPU Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core

CPU Cooler Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid

Motherboard Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150

Memory Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 (NEED 32GB ???)

Storage Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" SSD
Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM

Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX

Case Corsair C70 Military Green (Green) ATX Mid Tower

Power Supply Corsair 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V (NEED
1000W/80+GOLD OR JUST A 750W/80+GOLD???)

Optical Drive LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer

Operating System Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) (NEED
PROFESSIONAL OR JUST HOME???)

Monitor Asus VG278HE 27.0"

Wireless Network Adapter TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1

i´LL BE BERY HAPPY TO KNOW YOUR OPINION AND ADVICE. SORRY IF I MADE ANY MISTAKE, ENGLISH IS NOT MY LANGUAGE. TKS A LOT.

 

[viewtyjoe]

Are you overclocking? If not, you can switch to a non-K processor, use the stock cooler, and switch to a H97 motherboard instead.

In regards to your questions: 16 GB of RAM should be plenty, you can probably swing just a 750W PSU, but that wouldn't leave a ton of headroom for overclocking, and it's up to you on home v professional. Microsoft's website is pretty good about explaining the differences.

 

[manofchalk]

- Motherboard is way overkill
- You dont need a liquid cooler
- That graphics card is wasted in a system like this. Get something like a 750Ti if you only want to leverage CUDA, or get a proper Quadro card.
- PSU is overkill (think more like 550W)
- Get 8.1 64bit, you dont need professional as it isnt RAM capped like Win7.
- Wrong monitor, get something that supports better colour not a faster refresh rate. Your looking for something more like their ProArt series.
- The case works, but if your trying to convince your lecturer to build a PC instead of buying Apple, showing them some gamer bling isnt going to convince them. Get something like a Corsair 450D.

 

[legend001523]

I agree with what manofchalk says, but the hero is a good board, and not overkill, boards like the formula and the gigabyte black edition wifi are considered overkill imo but if you can afford it for the price of a imac, it's a good build, ony thing is to wait for 900 series of gpu, is this just editing or gaming too?

 

[M0j0jojo]

What is your budget, You might need 32GB of RAM if your going to be doing some special effects and all. Dont get Corsair PSU, they are just overly expensive, instead I suggest getting an EVGA 850G2 80+ Gold Fully Modular for the PSU. I would also suggest getting Windows 7 Professional as it is easier to use, but if you are already familiar with windows 8 that is fine. For the monitor I suggest BenQ XL2420Z, though it is 24" its cheaper and I have been using BenQs monitors for over 3 years/counting and I'm having a good experience with them. Everything else looks good

 

[Carlos Chacon Lozano]

Are you overclocking? If not, you can switch to a non-K processor, use the stock cooler, and switch to a H97 motherboard instead.

In regards to your questions: 16 GB of RAM should be plenty, you can probably swing just a 750W PSU, but that wouldn't leave a ton of headroom for overclocking, and it's up to you on home v professional. Microsoft's website is pretty good about explaining the differences.

Well have never done overclocking before, but i think is time to learn, so i'll do some serious research once i build the system. I should keek the processor and the PSU then? Thanks a lot for your time and interest.

 

[logainofhades]

Change the board to an Asrock Z97 Extreme4 or Z97X Killer. If using Sony Vegas, go with an R9 290. It is superior to Nvidia cards, at least with this particular software anyway. Graphics card is not wasted in a system like this, as many video editing softwares have capability to use GPU and is faster if done with GPU than CPU alone, generally. An Evga 650w gold would be a good PSU. Liquid cooler is fine if you overclock.