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[Agooony]

What would be a good motherboard to go with this build. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/kGtDkL

 

[TechyInAZ]

Please correct your link, you need to put the permalink in instead of the URL.

 

[Agooony]

whoops fixed it

 

[jaraldo]

Just wondering why you are using such an old socket
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_2011

An i5-4670k or some newer i7 and an asrock z97 extreme4 would be better.

 

[jaraldo]

I thought that this would be a better option 😛

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($208.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $518.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

That is a great CPU and a great motherboard, I don't think they can disappoint you at all

 

[Agooony]

I thought that this would be a better option 😛

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($309.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($208.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $518.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

That is a great CPU and a great motherboard, I don't think they can disappoint you at all

my pc isn't mainly going to be for gaming so don't you think the 6 core would be a better option?

 

[jaraldo]

umm lol. I'm beyond confused at this point 😛 That combo I listed you is about as good as it gets and yet you say it's too much, when you were about to buy a $500 3 year old CPU.

Professional video editors use the i7 in their machines and it is not just for gaming at all. It's for the more part the best CPU you can get right now.

I'm not trying to mock or anything, I'm just really confused at what you are trying to build.

Could you answer some of these questions so we can better help you.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/353572-31-build-upgrade-advice

 

[Agooony]

Approximate Purchase Date: this week

Budget Range: 2000 max

System Usage from Most to Least Important: video editing/rendering

monitor: 3 Asus Moniters

windows 7 pro sp1

Overclocking: no

SLI or Crossfire: no

 

[jaraldo]

You shouldn't really need more than $1500 to have an amazing video editing machine with 3 monitors. Anything more than that is just adding on extras in my opinion. I'll see what I can come up with.

Do you already have the operating system and monitors? or are those your preferences?

 

[Agooony]

You shouldn't really need more than $1500 to have an amazing video editing machine with 3 monitors. Anything more than that is just adding on extras in my opinion. I'll see what I can come up with.

Do you already have the operating system and monitors? or are those your preferences?

yes no need to add those I know what I'm getting already.

 

[jaraldo]

Alright then, no worries. Since this is an rendering machine the motherboards won't matter a whole bunch, I think this one would be best:

ASRock X79 Extreme6
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-x79extreme6

It's the cheapest one that has room later if you want to add in up to 64gb of ram. If you only wanted 32gb of ram then the ASRock X79 Extreme4 would be good.

 

[Agooony]

Alright then, no worries. Since this is an rendering machine the motherboards won't matter a whole bunch, I think this one would be best:

ASRock X79 Extreme6
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-x79extreme6

It's the cheapest one that has room later if you want to add in up to 64gb of ram. If you only wanted 32gb of ram then the ASRock X79 Extreme4 would be good.

won't more cores mean better performance in rendering videos?

 

[jaraldo]

Some tasks with be improved with hyperthreading, some tasks will be faster with more cores. In general, yes more cores will be better for rendering.

You are correct in saying the 4730k is one of the best CPUs for video editing, as I said before, I was just confused on your intentions at the start.

Your build will be great for what you need. I still recommend the Extreme6 as the choice of motherboard.

Here are some topics/builds about video editing machines. (they are short 😛)

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1896052/intel-4930k-xeon-2630v2-video-rendering-editing.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1999632/video-editing-build-budget-2000.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1995544/building-photo-editing-rig-2000-2014.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2142040/gaming-editing-build-2000-2500.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2058569/build-000.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2130135/2000-budget-build-gaming-rendering-animation.html