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My goal is for Cyberlink Power Director 13 to run buttery smooth at the lowest price point upgrading my current system.

However future proofing isn't high priority for me. What matters most to me is that Cyberlink Power Director 13 works smooth, Cost, Using as much of what I already have as possible and simplicity of installation (In that order). This is why I'm considering: AMD 8320 OR 8350; Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 and Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD. I would like to image my current WD 500GB and put that on the Samsung SSD then format the WD HDD for extra space. Ive got this priced out at $391.00 from amazon. Also is my ram choice best as far as you know or nessisary? What are your thoughts?


CPU Considerations: AMD 8320 OR 8350
RAM Considerations: Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600
SSD Considerations: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD



Current PC:

MOBO: ASUS M5A97

CPU: Phenom II 965

FAN: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

RAM: Patriot Gamer 2 Desktop Memory DDR3-1333MHz 8GB

GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB

HDD: WD Blue 7200RPM 500GB

DVDRW: Sony Optiarc 24x

PS: Cooler Master Elite 460 Watts

CASE: Cooler Master Elite 430 Mid Tower ATX
 
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If Your on a budget. then go with an fx 8320. I don't know if you'll see a big increase by changing your ram to 1600. An ssd would be a great upgrade. You may need a bios upgrade if you get the fx 8320. Not sure of your psu since the fx 8320 draws a lot of power. If you have lots of money you could go for the intel build.
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RAM: 4 GB ---> 8 GB
CPU Phenom II 965 ---> FX 6350
GPU: GTX 550 Ti ---> R9 285

If you are upgrading your GPU to a R9 285, you need to upgrade your PSU to a Tier 2 550W minimumly.
 
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May I humbly suggest this:

PCPartPicker part list

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($176.95 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($26.99 @ NCIX US)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Directron)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12G 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply ($73.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $499.88

And then add a GTX 960, 70, 80 GPU to budget. I understand you would like a budget system but this will run any video editing program proficiently for quite a while, is Win 10 and DX12 ready and has an upgrade path. An AMD system would leave you upgrading to a new system much sooner.
 
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I like the 4460 it is slightly faster in renders than the AMD FX chips. If you can afford a Xeon 1231 v3 it will work about a third better than the i5 for renders and uses the same socket. Recommended with the H97 chipset. No additional cooler is needed for the Xeon. Use your current graphics card, case and hdd if you want.

Something like this would be a good budget end rendering system:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($242.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($72.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($44.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($52.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GT 720 2GB Video Card ($42.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($49.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $560.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-29 01:08 EDT-0400
 
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If Your on a budget. then go with an fx 8320. I don't know if you'll see a big increase by changing your ram to 1600. An ssd would be a great upgrade. You may need a bios upgrade if you get the fx 8320. Not sure of your psu since the fx 8320 draws a lot of power. If you have lots of money you could go for the intel build.
 
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I like what you've done here and appreciate the effort. However future proofing isn't high priority for me. What matters most to me is that Cyberlink Power Director 13 works smooth, Cost, Using as much of what I already have as possible and simplicity of installation (In that order). This is why I'm considering: AMD 6350 OR 8350; Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3-1600 and Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD. I would like to image my current WD 500GB and put that on the Samsung SSD then format the WD HDD for extra space. Ive got this priced out at $391.00 from amazon. Also is my ram choice best as far as you know? What are your thoughts?

Thank You!



 
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It is a really tough kind of call. I would start off with the CPU+MOBO+PSU for my first 3 changes at the same time or do the PSU first then the CPU+MOBO. If it still is slow upgrade the RAM. An SSD would help boot times a lot too but should be considered a luxury for now.

You will need to deactivate Windows to reinstall it with the new cpu+mobo combo and do a complete wipe.
 
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Maybe I'll go with the AMD FX8350 ($30 more) and Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD ($177) then. But the ram might not do much you think?



 
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Changing the PSU alone won't increase speed though, correct?



 
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No, but you are laying the foundation for a reliable system(s). It is the most underrated but most important part of a build whether you are going AMD or Intel.
 
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