New Build Question

[1arko23]

Hello Everyone,

I currently have the i7 920 (@2.67Ghz) with P6T Motherboard and GT9400 Graphics Card... I have been editing videos with Cyberlink PowerDirector 14 in 720p and the computer struggles with processing video (looks choppy)...

I wanted to upgrade the graphics card and overclock the CPU to 3.2Ghz but have been thinking about just upgrading the whole setup.

Here are the parts that I am looking at for this build and would like to get any insight on what I should get to be able to edit videos in 1080p without the choppiness.

I plan on buying the following:

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  - Intel Core i5-7600K LGA 1151
  - ASUS PRIME Z270-A LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI DVI M.2 USB 3.1 Z270 ATX Motherboard
  - EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GAMING, ACX 2.0 (Single Fan), 3GB GDDR5, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphics Cards 03G-P4-6160-KR
  - G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 2666 Desktop Memory Model F4-2666C15D-16GVR
  - Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Internal Desktop Hard Drive - WD2002FAEX

Going to reuse the 600w Power Supply, Cooling Fans and the Case.

Thank You

 

[Darkbreeze]

What is the brand and model number of your current power supply? How old is it?

How much memory is currently installed?

Honestly, I think your main problem is most likely the card but of course the entire system is pretty dated, so it could honestly be almost anything including a drive issue or a gasping power supply.

 

[1arko23]

What is the brand and model number of your current power supply? How old is it?

How much memory is currently installed?

Honestly, I think your main problem is most likely the card but of course the entire system is pretty dated, so it could honestly be almost anything including a drive issue or a gasping power supply.

Thanks for the quick reply. I currently have Corsair Vengeance 24gb (6x4GB) DDR3 1600 MHz and the Power Supply is OCZ MODXSTREAM-PRO.

The whole computer was built in 2008 or 2009 from what I remember.

Thanks again for the help.

 

[Darkbreeze]

That's a pretty long stretch for any power supply, much less one made for OCZ by Sirtec, as that one was. Not 100% certain of their track record on the ModXstream Pro units but I know they've got a pretty terrible history around that time for some poorly built platforms.

If you upgrade, I would 100% plan on including a high quality power supply that's capable of supporting that card.

Honestly, if you plan on editing 1080p video to any serious extent, upgrading is probably a foregone conclusion. Your current card has about half the VRAM that Cyberlink recommends when using Powerdirector 14, although it certainly has more than the bare minimum required.

Also, and I don't know if this applies to you or not, but Cyberlink indicates the following on their website.

PLEASE NOTE: For users of NVIDIA cards using pre-Kepler architecture who have updated to graphics driver 340.43 or later, the CUDA video hardware video encoder feature in PowerDirector is no longer available. To re-enable hardware acceleration, please download and install an earlier driver.