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I have never built a PC or owned one worth more than $900, but I am a video editor (who also does 3d graphics), and I need a new computer. I decided I am going to build to save a lot of money. If you have experience with building computers, please let me know if these parts would be good for my purposes. Thank you!


Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor
Corsair H110 Liquid CPU Cooler
Asus X79 Deluxe Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 32GB (8 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Intel 520 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (OS and Applications)
Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive x4 (RAID 10 for Main Storage)
EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked Video Card
NZXT Phantom 820 ATX Full Tower Case
Corsair 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
 
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Beezy

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this is so hawt im sweating over here lol. the 6 cores should go a LONG way with renders. only suggestion is to get a better power supply. Corsair sucks, sorry to say it (other than the AX line and the sub 750W HX units which are Seasonic and or Flextronics). Try to stick with the better PSUs brands like Antec, XFX, and Seasonic.

also another big consideration is video editors and 3d animators etc generally use 16GB + of RAM. The size of your RAM will essentially limit how big of a file you can render or work on at a time. 1600 Mhz is fine, as speed matters far far less than size.
 
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The corsair he has there is VERY good if its 80plus platinum so thats probably an AX.
 
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if its an AX its made by Seasonic/Flextronics its going to be amazing, yes. If its the HX its going to be made by ChannelWell, not amazing lol.
 
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Well i would never say corsair sucks but he is right that seasonic power supply's are generally better at the same price points as corsair power supply's,
 
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The computer I'm currently using is similar to the one you are thinking about building so I can help. There is no reason to pick a 3930k over a 4930k, unless you are getting a really good deal on it. Get a Noctua U14s instead of the h110. I switched from a H100i to the U14s and got better temperatures, while also being quieter. I would also not do that raid setup with the hard drives. If you want more storage just get either a big ssd or hard drive to go with your boot drive, and if you need backup space I would build a NAS box.
 
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Thats because the only good Corsairs are actually Seasonics or Flextronics. Most Corsairs (65% ish) are made by Channel Well, Chinese capacitors have nothing on all jap cap solutions.
 
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If this is a straight up video editing rig. Ditch the 780ti, and either get a firepro or quaddro. If its going to be a mix, I think the better mix of the two would be the 780 8gb card. Titan black would be ideal if this was a dual gaming/rendering rig. Else looks great.

Agree with seasonic, otherwise evga makes some good ones to. Corsair makes some good ones, but some bad ones. Not sure on either, so I just avoid them.
 
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ha okay, enjoy cheap chinese caps. Ill enjoy the all jap caps over here.
 
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facts like what, can you even list one?
 
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Here you go, pal. Know you know.

Corsair
AX-650 – Seasonic
AX-750 – Seasonic
AX-760 – Seasonic
AX-760i – Flextronics
AX-850 – Seasonic
AX-860 – Seasonic
AX-860i – Flextronics
AX-1200 – Flextronics
AX-1200i – Flextronics

CX-400 – Seasonic
CX-430 – Channel Well(CWT)
CX-430 v2 – Channel Well(CWT)
CX-500 – Channel Well(CWT)
CX-500 v2 – Channel Well(CWT)
CX-600 – Channel Well(CWT)
CX-600 v2 – Channel Well(CWT)

Gaming Series GS600 – Channel Well(CWT)
Gaming Series GS700 – Channel Well(CWT)
Gaming Series GS800 – Channel Well(CWT)

HX-450 – Seasonic
HX-520 – Seasonic
HX-620 – Seasonic
HX-650 – Seasonic
HX-750 – Channel Well (CWT) (DSG platform)
HX-850 – Channel Well (CWT) (DSG platform)
HX-1000 – Channel Well (CWT)
HX-1050 – Channel Well (CWT)

TX-550M – Channel Well (CWT)
TX-650 – Seasonic
TX-650 v2 – Seasonic
TX-650M – Channel Well (CWT)
TX-750 – Channel Well (CWT) (PSH(older) platform)
TX-750 v2 – Seasonic
TX-750M – Channel Well (CWT)
TX-850 – Channel Well (CWT) (PSH(older) platform)
TX-850 v2 – Seasonic
TX-850M – Channel Well (CWT)
TX-950 – Channel Well (CWT) (DSG platform)

VX-450 – Seasonic
VX-550 – Channel Well (CWT) (PSH platform)



 
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To each their own. Ive never had any problems except with Corsair PSUs in all the PC's ive dealt with.
 
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