First build that will be used for video editing and making music, how does this look?

Kokokokoko · Oct 18, 2014

Will be used 80% heavy music making and video editing, the rest will be light gaming. Budget is around 1200 dollars. What do you think and are my components all good?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ht7HnQ

zeyuanfu · Oct 18, 2014

This build is better than yours, but at a 50$ price hike:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($252.29 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Trident X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($157.25 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ NCIX US)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card ($345.66 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 Blackout ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - 64-bit (OEM) (64-bit) ($90.26 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1246.38
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-10-18 16:15 EDT-0400

Kokokokoko · Oct 18, 2014

Gaming isn't a priority at all I don't really care about super settings and overclocking, actually I can't with the xeon. I want a music production and video rendering workhorse over everything. Would buying a lesser video card and adding 32 gigs of ram be a better option for me?

zeyuanfu · Oct 18, 2014

No, as 32 GB of RAM won't do anything except if you run 10 instances of your music creation program and watch ten videos on Youtube.

Kokokokoko · Oct 18, 2014

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LKksvK

What do you think about this? Switched to i7 for resale value. That ram looks like it has compatibility issues with both cpus since it runs at 1.6 would that be a problem?

zeyuanfu · Oct 18, 2014

You'll be spending 80$ for a higher clock speed...
Stick with the Xeon as you won't have to change it for at least 3-6 years.
The Xeon also allows for safer computing.

zeyuanfu · Oct 18, 2014

You also don't care about OCing, so unless it's for the resale value, why the 4790K?

Kokokokoko · Oct 19, 2014

zeyuanfu :

I know I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out the best option since I'm new to this. I guess the i7 will be a little faster but it holds its value a lot better as you can sell them 2 years down the line for almost the same price. And I'm also thinking about the future if I did ever want to over clock I would have the option

zeyuanfu · Oct 19, 2014

Do you think 80$ is worth about a 5-7% performance increase?

Kokokokoko · Oct 24, 2014

Went Xeon thanks for the help

zeyuanfu · Oct 24, 2014

No problem, glad to help

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