How's this for a video editing build?

Ace22k · Oct 25, 2013

This will be my first build and I plan on making the purchase on either Black Friday or Cyber Monday. I might buy from a place like Cyber Power simply because I'm a little unsure in my building abilities/knowledge. My ideal budget is $1,500 give or take. I just want to make sure everything is compatible and I'm not under/over-spending in certain spots?

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 74.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.20 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($138.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($166.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($102.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: LG BH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($69.47 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) ($129.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1478.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-25 00:08 EDT-0400)

Deus Gladiorum · Oct 25, 2013

Ace22k :

This will be my first build and I plan on making the purchase on either Black Friday or Cyber Monday. I might buy from a place like Cyber Power simply because I'm a little unsure in my building abilities/knowledge. My ideal budget is $1,500 give or take. I just want to make sure everything is compatible and I'm not under/over-spending in certain spots?

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 74.4 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste ($6.20 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-PRO ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($138.98 @ NCIX US)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($166.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($249.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 500R Black ATX Mid Tower Case ($102.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($54.99 @ Microcenter)
Optical Drive: LG BH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($69.47 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit) ($129.98 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $1478.56
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-25 00:08 EDT-0400)

Excellent, except ew, Windows 8. The Liquid CPU cooler seems unnecessary as well, but overall it's really solid.

Ace22k · Oct 25, 2013

Deus Gladiorum :

Yeah, I'm actually still on the fence with Windows 7 vs Windows 8.

What do you recommend in place of the liquid CPU?

BTW I forgot to mention, but I might overclock if I can safely do it. IDK much about it though.

realchaos · Oct 25, 2013

Nothing wrong with Windows 8. I recommend 8 over 7 because it has better security and it'll have a longer support time.
If you don't like the Windows 8 interface, you can install Start8 to make it look like Windows 7 but keep the pros of Windows 8.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ Outlet PC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Extreme4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($139.50 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($177.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Video Card ($239.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair 500R White ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($44.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($96.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1328.38
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-25 00:31 EDT-0400)

-Removed the H60. The CM Hyper 212 EVO cools just as good at the H60 at a much cheaper price.
-Faster RAM. It will help in video editing.
-Better quality SSD.

Overall, it's the same performance at about $100 cheaper.

Outlander_04 · Oct 25, 2013

Ace22k :

The water cooler is worse than a good air cooler and costs twice as much . Its also pretty noisy.

The artic silver is a waste of money . Read the article on the homepage about TIM

Make sure the memory is rated for 1.5 volts or less

Stick with Win 8 . Faster , better license . Not sure why you need the pro version though . What features does it add that you want? If you dont know you dont need them

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