Hi Everyone,
I am trying to put together a good build for my needs with no recent experience and I am having a hard time figuring out the sweet spot between overkill and not enough power. Any help from the experts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time and efforts!
Approximate Purchase Date: Between now and the end of October.
Budget Range: $1,000 - $2,000 (Canadian). I know this is a wide range - I am actually pretty flexible on budget, but the primary purpose is work related and as such I need to minimize my costs as much as possible. As I said above, I am trying to find that sweet spot between performance and budget for my specific needs.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: I run a business that requires video/photo editing for marketing purposes but my actual business is not video/photo editing. I will primarily be editing 1080p DSLR footage. The bulk of my content with be in the form of 5-20 minute video clips for youtube. Mostly I will be using Premiere and Photoshop while occasionally dabbling in After Effects. I would like to get 4-5 years out of this build if possible for these purposes. The demographic that I am targeting will not be too picky between 1080p and 4k for at least the next few years, but if there was potential for 4k in the future that would be a plus.
Once I have met the above requirements, I would like the ability to play some games on the side. I feel that the build that will meet the above requirements should be fine for my gaming needs, but my hope would be to play most current and new games for the next year or two in high settings.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I will be purchasing the parts from Ncix.ca so they need to be available there, however I believe they price match other Canadian retailers, so newegg.ca would work for pricing as well.
Location: Toronto, Canada
Overclocking: I don't think so. I plan to have this PC built by NCIX. Perhaps this will elicit debate, but I am not a PC enthusiast, I just want to have control over the components that will go into this PC. If anyone has an alternative suggestion in Canada I am open to it. So they will not overclock and I don't expect that I will want to get involved in this myself - my time needs to be primarily invested in my business.
SLI or Crossfire: No.
Your Monitor Resolution: Open to suggestions. From a gaming standpoint, I won't be playing anything competitive. I will play some FPS, and lower input lag would be nice, but again video and photo editing will be my priority here, along with screen real estate as I will be doing a significant amount of multitasking. Likely going to go for a dual screen set up, but if I can get this build with just 1 monitor within my ideal budget ($1500 or less) that would work for now.
Additional Comments: I have been debating between an i7-6700 and i7-6700k. I don't really intend to overclock though I know it is nice to have options in the future. It would depend on the overall price savings - there is a $50 difference in price in Canada, however motherboard, cooling, etc all add up as well. I think a Geforce 1060 should do for my needs, but again I am open to suggestions. What are thoughts on saving $50 between the 3gb and 6gb? Also I think 16gb of RAM should be good, but again I am open to suggestions.
So I think that covers it. I really appreciate the help from anyone who takes the time.
Cheers!
I am trying to put together a good build for my needs with no recent experience and I am having a hard time figuring out the sweet spot between overkill and not enough power. Any help from the experts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time and efforts!
Approximate Purchase Date: Between now and the end of October.
Budget Range: $1,000 - $2,000 (Canadian). I know this is a wide range - I am actually pretty flexible on budget, but the primary purpose is work related and as such I need to minimize my costs as much as possible. As I said above, I am trying to find that sweet spot between performance and budget for my specific needs.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: I run a business that requires video/photo editing for marketing purposes but my actual business is not video/photo editing. I will primarily be editing 1080p DSLR footage. The bulk of my content with be in the form of 5-20 minute video clips for youtube. Mostly I will be using Premiere and Photoshop while occasionally dabbling in After Effects. I would like to get 4-5 years out of this build if possible for these purposes. The demographic that I am targeting will not be too picky between 1080p and 4k for at least the next few years, but if there was potential for 4k in the future that would be a plus.
Once I have met the above requirements, I would like the ability to play some games on the side. I feel that the build that will meet the above requirements should be fine for my gaming needs, but my hope would be to play most current and new games for the next year or two in high settings.
Are you buying a monitor: Yes.
Do you need to buy OS: Yes.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: I will be purchasing the parts from Ncix.ca so they need to be available there, however I believe they price match other Canadian retailers, so newegg.ca would work for pricing as well.
Location: Toronto, Canada
Overclocking: I don't think so. I plan to have this PC built by NCIX. Perhaps this will elicit debate, but I am not a PC enthusiast, I just want to have control over the components that will go into this PC. If anyone has an alternative suggestion in Canada I am open to it. So they will not overclock and I don't expect that I will want to get involved in this myself - my time needs to be primarily invested in my business.
SLI or Crossfire: No.
Your Monitor Resolution: Open to suggestions. From a gaming standpoint, I won't be playing anything competitive. I will play some FPS, and lower input lag would be nice, but again video and photo editing will be my priority here, along with screen real estate as I will be doing a significant amount of multitasking. Likely going to go for a dual screen set up, but if I can get this build with just 1 monitor within my ideal budget ($1500 or less) that would work for now.
Additional Comments: I have been debating between an i7-6700 and i7-6700k. I don't really intend to overclock though I know it is nice to have options in the future. It would depend on the overall price savings - there is a $50 difference in price in Canada, however motherboard, cooling, etc all add up as well. I think a Geforce 1060 should do for my needs, but again I am open to suggestions. What are thoughts on saving $50 between the 3gb and 6gb? Also I think 16gb of RAM should be good, but again I am open to suggestions.
So I think that covers it. I really appreciate the help from anyone who takes the time.
Cheers!
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