$600 Video Editing Build

[yoyojam55]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: ASAP BUDGET RANGE: About $600 Before Rebates but after bing cashback

SYSTEM USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Video Editing, Word Processing, Internet

PARTS NOT REQUIRED: Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard. OS IS required.

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: newegg, tigerdirect

PARTS PREFERENCES:something quad core probably, large hd

OVERCLOCKING: No Maybe SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1024x768

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Looking at this right now:
At newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136167
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148433
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231303
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.292739
Total: 435 shipped
At tigerdirect:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5290686&sku=A79-0925
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5205499&sku=G452-8052
Total: 170 minus $20 cashback
Total after cashaback $585 shipped

 

[batuchka]

Looks good but the 770 chipset being w/o IGP needs a discrete - am i correct to assume u have one in hand?

 

[yoyojam55]

I don't, swap out for this bundle?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.292762

 

[batuchka]

Ya then it's all good ^^

 

[belial2k]

If you do already have graphics card I'd go with this combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.295541
and unlock the extra cores....if not I'd go with this combo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.291452
...if you can squeeze 8gb of memory into the build it would help you out a lot when editing large files or multitasking.

 

[yoyojam55]

belial2k-This is for video editing, wouldnt a quad-core help more than 8gb of ram?

 

[belial2k]

well, yes and no...the 550BE can be unlocked into a quad core between 70% - 80% of the time, and it runs faster and overclocks better than the 925. Even if you get really unlucky and its cores do not unlock, its performance is overall very close to the 925 in the CPU charts in video editing. Usually in video editing you will run out of Ram on large files that will slow you down as much as the thread count...but ideally you want both.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-desktop-cpu-charts/XviD-1.2.1,1383.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-desktop-cpu-charts/Mainconcept-Reference-1.6.1,1385.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-desktop-cpu-charts/DivX-6.8.3,1382.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2009-desktop-cpu-charts/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CS4,1404.html

 

[yoyojam55]

Adding 8GB of RAM would be nice, but I don't think that's going to happen, it's an extra 80 bucks. You really think that 8GB of ram is worth it over a quad core? I can't see the people I'm buying it for editing files larger than 4GB.

 

[belial2k]

I don't think you understand that the 550BE can be unlocked into a quad core by enabling ACC. The majority of 550BEs have 4 good cores and will operate as a quad core. A few of them actually have bad cores that cannot be enabled, but those are pretty rare. I've yet to get a bad one out of 8 builds using them. If you get one that doesn't unlock you can always return it for another one. I was just trying to help you get them most out of your budget since the 550BE will run faster and be cheaper than the 925.