[Opinions Before Purchase Please] *Gaming / Video Editing Build*

[tommied7]

I'm making a Gaming and Video editing PC, I would appreciate comments on if there are other better parts that I should choose:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/JtxN23

Which is better? Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card or EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card they are roughly the same price.

Is the MOBO good for the price and can it handle video editing well? I was considering between the MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard and the Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX
LGA1150 Motherboard.

As I will be doing Video Editing I added 16GB of (2x8GB) RAM is this good?
I really like the look of this case!

Do I need thermal paste for the CPU?

I appreciate changes and recommendations <3 My max budget is £1,200

 

[Kohwali]

I'm making a Gaming and Video editing PC, I would appreciate comments on if there are other better parts that I should choose:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/JtxN23

Which is better? Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card or EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card they are roughly the same price.

Is the MOBO good for the price and can it handle video editing well? I was considering between the MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard and the Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX
LGA1150 Motherboard.

As I will be doing Video Editing I added 16GB of (2x8GB) RAM is this good?
I really like the look of this case!

Do I need thermal paste for the CPU?

I appreciate changes and recommendations <3 My max budget is £1,200

EVGA FTW edition will have higher clock speeds, so if they're the same price, I'd go with that one.

For video editing, you may want an i7 processor as well. Video editing will use hyperthreading.

16GB of RAM is good.

You'll need thermal paste for the CPU, but the Hyper 212 EVO comes with some.

For the motherboard, you could go with something inbetween like the ASUS Z97-A is highly thought of around here. It won't have as many features as the Maximus VII Hero, but it'll have solid overclocking capabilities.

 

[tommied7]

I'm making a Gaming and Video editing PC, I would appreciate comments on if there are other better parts that I should choose:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/JtxN23

Which is better? Gigabyte GeForce GTX 970 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card or EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB FTW ACX 2.0 Video Card they are roughly the same price.

Is the MOBO good for the price and can it handle video editing well? I was considering between the MSI Z97-GAMING 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard and the Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX
LGA1150 Motherboard.

As I will be doing Video Editing I added 16GB of (2x8GB) RAM is this good?
I really like the look of this case!

Do I need thermal paste for the CPU?

I appreciate changes and recommendations <3 My max budget is £1,200

EVGA FTW edition will have higher clock speeds, so if they're the same price, I'd go with that one.

For video editing, you may want an i7 processor as well. Video editing will use hyperthreading.

16GB of RAM is good.

You'll need thermal paste for the CPU, but the Hyper 212 EVO comes with some.

For the motherboard, you could go with something inbetween like the ASUS Z97-A is highly thought of around here. It won't have as many features as the Maximus VII Hero, but it'll have solid overclocking capabilities.

Would the I7-4690K be a good i7 for this build, thanks for commenting

 

[legend001523]

^yes, it will

 

[Kohwali]

Would the I7-4690K be a good i7 for this build, thanks for commenting

You mean the i7-4790K? Yes that would, but that'd go over your budget.

 

[bcr1231]

I would also get an SSD. They can greatly improve in-game recording Frame rates

 

[Kohwali]

I would also get an SSD. They can greatly improve in-game recording Frame rates

Actually, a SSD won't improve in-game FPS over a HDD: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-rift-ssd,3062-13.html

They can slightly improve the overall smoothness. Keeping games on the SSD will speed up load times, however if you play MP, you'd have to wait for other players to connect anyways. The SSD will be much better spent on storing projects in video editing.

 

[bcr1231]

I would also get an SSD. They can greatly improve in-game recording Frame rates

Actually, a SSD won't improve in-game FPS over a HDD: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-rift-ssd,3062-13.html

They can slightly improve the overall smoothness. Keeping games on the SSD will speed up load times, however if you play MP, you'd have to wait for other players to connect anyways. The SSD will be much better spent on storing projects in video editing.

Well, if Tommied7 is planning on running fraps or any video recorder (which he doesn't really mention in the post but i assumed) An SSD would help exponentially

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEGDgzlc7mA

 

[Kohwali]

Well, if Tommied7 is planning on running fraps or any video recorder (which he doesn't really mention in the post but i assumed) An SSD would help exponentially

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEGDgzlc7mA

It would help only if Tommied7 records gameplay with Fraps/Dxtory to the SSD. And that's assuming its 1080p60. 1080p30 and 720p60 will be fine on a HDD, as those two qualities are within the speeds of a HDD.

I personally use Shadowplay and Dxtory for gameplay capture - Shadowplay for video and Dxtory for the audio. Shadowplay has much smaller video sizes which I find still look acceptable and it seems post-Youtube render, the difference between a compressed video from like Shadowplay versus a lossless video from Dxtory/Fraps is quite negligible. Plus, your viewers should be more concerned about your content if your video quality is relatively good. And you don't need a SDD for Shadowplay.