$600 Video Editing/Gaming PC Build

Widger98

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I am going to be building a video editing/gaming pc in two weeks, and I am curious as to what parts I should go with. A copy of windows 8.1 is included in the price, but I have all the other peripherals. I also require a nvidia graphics card in the pc. The PC is going to be used for mostly video editing with light gaming. I would still like the ability to play modern games on decent settings at 1080p, but I think the CPU ranks higher than the gpu in this situation. I would prefer to buy everything from one website to help simplify the ordering process and to have everything come at the same time rather than having certain parts take longer than others to arrive. I made up this build on Newegg, and I wanted your guys's opinions:


  • Deepcool Tesseract Case
    Segate 1tb HDD
    MSI 750ti (the black single fan one) GPU
    Corsair CX 500 PSU
    Windows 8.1 OEM OS
    Deepcool Ice Blade 200M CPU Cooler
    AMD FX-6300 CPU
    ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 Mobo
    G.SKILL Ripjaws 2x4gb DDR3 1600 RAM

This totals up to $598.94 with the bundle discount (RAM, CPU, and Mobo were a bundle). Can someone do better than this? I doubt this will happen, but I am interested in trying a Mini-ITX build. I doubt this can be done easily in the same price range, though. Also, while were on the topic of looks, I am a sucker for white computer cases/parts, hence why I went with the white Deepcool case.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
 
i made this for you.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($87.84 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($30.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $593.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-02 00:33 EDT-0400
 

Rhezner

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/b4htFT
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/b4htFT/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor ($87.84 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock 970 EXTREME4 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($69.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.99 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280 3GB Dual-X Video Card ($149.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.00 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $589.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-02 00:32 EDT-0400

usually those bundles aren't that great of a deal

This is a much better PC for 3 cents cheaper

1866mhz CAS 9 Ram

r9 280 is much better than a 750ti.

The cx series of PSU is known to be unreliable

A much better motherboard

The case is more of a personal preference.

I know this build does not include a CPU cooler but this case will allow you to add an evo 212 later on. The current cooler will be fine for now
 

Widger98

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I forgot to mention that the budget is $600 before rebates, so neither of those will work, sadly. I will consider the r9 280 as a replacement for the 750ti, though!
 

Rhezner

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dont bother, its not 150$ any more.
 

logainofhades

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Better upgrade path, and better GPU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E34 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($49.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($50.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($50.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270 2GB DirectCU II Video Card ($149.39 @ Amazon)
Case: Cougar MG100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0B DVD/CD Writer ($12.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit) ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $601.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-02 14:52 EDT-0400
 

Rhezner

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PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7wTnBm
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/7wTnBm/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-4160 3.6GHz Dual-Core Processor ($108.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($51.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 2GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card ($184.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($30.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 OEM (64-bit) ($86.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $635.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-02 16:01 EDT-0400

if you have 30$ over budget to spend this is definitely the best for that
dont but an r9 270 though, a 270x is just as much