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Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: As soon as possible.
Budget Range: $500 Give or take.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Video editing, Interested in gaming.
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: GPU,Hard Drives. Power Supply – Corsair AX750
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, amazon.com
Location: NJ, USA
Parts Preferences: I want another EVGA GTX video card. I am interested in WD drives.
Overclocking: N/A
SLI or Crossfire: N/A
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Video editing (Currently using Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12.0 64 bit) I’m working my way up to Adobe Premiere (Eventually a Creative Suite), Interested in gaming (ARMAII – 3) and other FPS Games.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I need GPU recommendations for one of my computers. I need extra hard drive storage for my fast growing video collection.
Hello Tomshardware.
Video Card Situation:
I own two very similar computers (Specs Listed Below). When I built computer #1, I purchased an EVGA GTX 570. When I built computer #2 I took the EVGA GTX 570 from computer #1 and inserted it into computer #2. That was fine for a while when I was doing most of my work on computer #2. Nowadays I find myself doing most of my video editing on computer #1 due to the comfort of location. It renders videos quite well without a video card but I know it could be a lot speedier.
My questions are something along the lines of – Should I put the EVGA GTX 570 back into computer #1 or should I buy a newer 600 Series GTX card for it? If I do buy a 600 Series GTX card, would it be better if I put it into computer #2 to get the most out of it or will computer #1 gain just as much from it?
Hard Drive Situation:
Plain and simple, I just need some storage drives. I need them to store the raw video footage files that I import; I will then transfer the individual files and work on a project on an SSD. I would then store the final rendered video back on the “new” drive.
I have been looking into the WD 2TB Caviar Black and the WD 2TB Green Drives. Are the Green drives a good idea for my situation or should I just shell out double the price for the Caviar Black Drives?
Computer Specs:
Build #1
Case: Corsair 300R
Power Supply: Corsair AX750
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3
CPU: i7 2700K
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Graphics Card: None
Hard Disk Drive 1: WD Caviar Black 1TB WD1002FAEX
Solid State Drive 1: Crucial M4 128GB
Optical Drive 1: Lite On DVDRW IHAS 424 98
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit
Build #2
Case: Corsair 400R
Power Supply: Corsair AX750
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme6
CPU: i7 3770K
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 570 012 P3 1572 AR
Hard Disk Drive 1: WD Caviar Black 1TB WD1002FAEX
Solid State Drive 1: Crucial M4 256GB
Optical Drive 1: Lite On DVDRW IHAS 424 98
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit
Let me know your recommendations. I greatly appreciate any information you may provide.
Thanks.
Budget Range: $500 Give or take.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Video editing, Interested in gaming.
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: GPU,Hard Drives. Power Supply – Corsair AX750
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, amazon.com
Location: NJ, USA
Parts Preferences: I want another EVGA GTX video card. I am interested in WD drives.
Overclocking: N/A
SLI or Crossfire: N/A
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Video editing (Currently using Sony Movie Studio Platinum 12.0 64 bit) I’m working my way up to Adobe Premiere (Eventually a Creative Suite), Interested in gaming (ARMAII – 3) and other FPS Games.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: I need GPU recommendations for one of my computers. I need extra hard drive storage for my fast growing video collection.
Hello Tomshardware.
Video Card Situation:
I own two very similar computers (Specs Listed Below). When I built computer #1, I purchased an EVGA GTX 570. When I built computer #2 I took the EVGA GTX 570 from computer #1 and inserted it into computer #2. That was fine for a while when I was doing most of my work on computer #2. Nowadays I find myself doing most of my video editing on computer #1 due to the comfort of location. It renders videos quite well without a video card but I know it could be a lot speedier.
My questions are something along the lines of – Should I put the EVGA GTX 570 back into computer #1 or should I buy a newer 600 Series GTX card for it? If I do buy a 600 Series GTX card, would it be better if I put it into computer #2 to get the most out of it or will computer #1 gain just as much from it?
Hard Drive Situation:
Plain and simple, I just need some storage drives. I need them to store the raw video footage files that I import; I will then transfer the individual files and work on a project on an SSD. I would then store the final rendered video back on the “new” drive.
I have been looking into the WD 2TB Caviar Black and the WD 2TB Green Drives. Are the Green drives a good idea for my situation or should I just shell out double the price for the Caviar Black Drives?
Computer Specs:
Build #1
Case: Corsair 300R
Power Supply: Corsair AX750
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3
CPU: i7 2700K
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Graphics Card: None
Hard Disk Drive 1: WD Caviar Black 1TB WD1002FAEX
Solid State Drive 1: Crucial M4 128GB
Optical Drive 1: Lite On DVDRW IHAS 424 98
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit
Build #2
Case: Corsair 400R
Power Supply: Corsair AX750
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme6
CPU: i7 3770K
RAM: Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 570 012 P3 1572 AR
Hard Disk Drive 1: WD Caviar Black 1TB WD1002FAEX
Solid State Drive 1: Crucial M4 256GB
Optical Drive 1: Lite On DVDRW IHAS 424 98
Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit
Let me know your recommendations. I greatly appreciate any information you may provide.
Thanks.
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