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I have these items in my cart at amazon and was curious if you folks think this is a good cheap build for video editing using Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. These items are in my budget, but if there is anything that is worth upgrading to I could save up a bit more. What do you think? I already have the case, HD, and OS.


[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TJYRnQ) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TJYRnQ/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
**CPU** | [AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd8350frhkbox) | $179.98 @ OutletPC
**Motherboard** | [Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20) | $114.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f31866c9d16gxm) | $156.99 @ Newegg
**Video Card** | [XFX Radeon R7 250 1GB Core Edition Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r7250eznp4) | $87.98 @ SuperBiiz
**Power Supply** | [Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600) | $34.99 @ Newegg
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available | $574.93
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-14 02:53 EDT-0400 |
 
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Since you are doing video editing, faster RAM would actually make a difference. Just about everything you've suggested looks pretty good, but get the fastest clock speed for RAM you can afford, after buying a killer CPU. There are many making arguments that video editors don't even need a GPU. If your budget is ~$600 then you're in good shape. Just remember that for photo and video editing the CPU is king. You can also overclock for some more performance, just make sureyou have a good CPU cooler.

The next step up in performance is a big one. If you can possibly afford it the next step price-wise is the Intel Core i7-5820K. It comes with 6-cores, and with hyperthreading you have a virtual 12 cores at your disposal. This would involve a difference mobo, and a good cooler as well though, so might be out of your price range. Hope that helps :)

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The Corsair CX series are perfectly capable of out putting their rated loads . They are not the best , they are not the highest quality but they are perfectly good enough .
Especially for a build like this that will draw 200 - 220 watts MAXIMUM where the psu will be very lightly loaded
 
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just my opinion from past experiences been a teckie for over 10 years now and seen many fail
 
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Ive been building computers for over 30 years , and I have never seen a Corsair CX psu fail in service
If that was my PC , I'd be 100% happy the psu was good enough .



 
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Thanks everyone! Very helpful stuff here, i'll definitely check out all of your opinions and balance it with my budget. I appreciate it immensely!
 
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