First PC for - Gaming - Video Editing - $1000 Budget - Suggestions Welcome - Gift for 13 year old son - Want a cool PC

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Part % of Budget Cost Target Item

Processor 19.00% $189.99 AMD FX-8370 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor

Video Card 17.90% $179.00 XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card

PVR 13.80% $138.00 Elgato Game Capture HD

OS 8.90% $89.00 Operating System Win 7

SSD Drive 8.90% $89.00 PNY Optima 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

Mboard 7.80% $78.00 Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard

RAM 7.76% $77.58 Corsair Vengence Blue DDR3-1600

P Supply 7.57% 75.71 PC Power & Cooling Silencer MK III 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply

Hard Drive 7.50% $75.00 Western Digital 1.5 TB want a reliable part

Tower 5.90% $59.00 Inwin GT1 White ATX Mid Tower Case

v editing 5.90% $59.00 Cyberlink Power Director

Mirophne 5.90% $59.00 Blue snowball

Keyboard 3.00% $29.95 Microsoft ergonomic keyboard

optidrive 2.10% $21.00 Asus 24x DVD-RW Serial-ATA Internal OEM Optical Drive DRW-21b1ST Black

Mouse 2.00% $19.99 Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse

Fan(s) 0.90% $9.00 Cooler Master SickleFlow 120 - Sleeve Bearing 120mm Blue LED Silent Fan for Computer Cases, CPU Coolers, and Radiators

Actual Total $1,248.22
Goal Total 1000
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($209.78 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($74.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($109.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card ($328.99 @ Directron)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($38.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($88.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1031.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-02-17 02:52 EST-0500
 
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Thanks Rockie, I'm hoping to purchase the parts next week. Here are some comments from today, thinking about this impending purchase:
*If my son plays games mostly on the X-box, so we need such a powerful video card? He is more of a FIFA sports game guy than a shooter/racing/3D game guy, although he does play some shooters.
* Will that video card help with video rendering in CyberDirector, Premier Elements, or Premier Pro?
* Do Nvidia graphics cards out-perform other graphics cards (since this is GTX, I guess it is an Nvidia build)
* Is there a Mid or full ATX board that you like at around the same price, since we want to continue to upgrade our computer
* I read some favorable reviews of Seagate Barracuda hard drives, so I might choose one with similar characteristics to the WD hard drive
* I also read about balancing the system, and I think I'll want to start with 16 MB of RAM for the video editing, and possibly more in the future

Thanks for your advice! I still will probably get some glowing fans or glass sides for the PC, as I want it to look super cool for my son, as well as do useful things, such as play games!

Thanks again!



 
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Would this work with any GTX graphics card (it seems like "GTX") means NVidia, but that other makers, such as Asus, Gigabyte, etc. make the GTX graphics cards. So would ShadowPlay work with all of these? If so, sounds like a great idea, and I appreciate your input! Thanks!

 
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Im really suggesting you to get R9 280x (Well it had twice power consumption than NVIDIA) but they can be effective on Designing. (It had 356-bit Memory Width which is awesome for multi tasking, on the other side you can play Fifa safely with awesome FPS(I got em 6months ago))

NVIDIA outperform on Gaming, but not on multi tasking (Lets stick on your needs)

16GB Rams should be enough for first build (Be sure you bought up 8gb x 2, so you can use the Dual-Channel technology)

Video Editing (Need a lot of Space, would suggest to get 256 SSD Samsung, for faster load + Windows, and get either 1TB/2TB Seagate Barracuda would be awesome)

Also for microphone, what did it used for? Since you can get like headset + microphone for 20-30bucks i suppose.
 
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