$2200 USD System Build

[Mr Pizza]

Hey guys,

PURCHASE DATE: October 10-15, 2010

BUDGET RANGE: $2000-2200 USD

USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Video Editing, Gaming, Everything else

PARTS NOT REQUIRED:keyboard, mouse, monitor, headset, all that crap

WEBSITE FOR PARTS: Newegg.com

COUNTRY: USA

PREFERENCES: AMD/ATi **ONLY**

OVERCLOCKING: Yes

CROSSFIRE: Future (Q1 2012)

MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080

COMMENTS: I want it to be fast and I need a six core for bad company/hard"core" video editing

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103849

ASUS Crosshair IV Formula
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131644

Noctua NH-D14
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 4GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231278

SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

Sapphire Radeon HD 5970
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102887

CORSAIR Professional Series AX850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139015&Tpk=AX850

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116754

COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119230&cm_re=haf_932-_-11-119-230-_-Product

Sony Optiarc Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118039

Crucial RealSSD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148358
OR
OCZ Vertex 60GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227394&cm_re=ocz_60gb-_-20-227-394-_-Product

UPDATED

$2,053.84 W/ Shipping

 

[kolkim]

that is going to be 1 sick computer M8!
Can you help me with mine? 1000$ Starcraft Build, you have great input!

 

[Mr Pizza]

that is going to be 1 sick computer M8!
Can you help me with mine? 1000$ Starcraft Build, you have great input!

Um, thanks yeah ill help you out

 

[Mr Pizza]

BUMP

 

[hcsteel]

In my opinion I would try to get 3x2 RAM to take advantage of the 6 cores. Something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231352 that is made for triple channel and that chipset, it should work out better.

 

[coldsleep]

Mid-October is a little ways out there. You'll probably want to post again shortly before that to try to get more current deals.

What's the current total?

That's CL8 RAM, you could get CL7 for about $105, either Ripjaws or ECO series. Or you could spend a little more and get either Mushkin 1600 MHz CL6 RAM or G.Skill 2000 MHz CL9 RAM.

Interesting, it seems like RAM has come down a bit in the last day or two.

Do you really need Win 7 Ultimate? What features of Ultimate are you interested in that aren't in Pro or Home?

The PSU is probably overkill, as there are other 80+ Gold certified 850W PSUs that cost somewhat less. But at least you're not cheaping out on the PSU.

Do you have room left in the budget for an SSD? Are you considering getting one?

 

[Mr Pizza]

Mid-October is a little ways out there. You'll probably want to post again shortly before that to try to get more current deals.

What's the current total?

That's CL8 RAM, you could get CL7 for about $105, either Ripjaws or ECO series. Or you could spend a little more and get either Mushkin 1600 MHz CL6 RAM or G.Skill 2000 MHz CL9 RAM.

Interesting, it seems like RAM has come down a bit in the last day or two.

Do you really need Win 7 Ultimate? What features of Ultimate are you interested in that aren't in Pro or Home?

The PSU is probably overkill, as there are other 80+ Gold certified 850W PSUs that cost somewhat less. But at least you're not cheaping out on the PSU.

Do you have room left in the budget for an SSD? Are you considering getting one?

Oh, sorry there is an SSD i chose, i forgot to post it, updated.
Um, I guess i can go with windows 7 home

 

[Mr Pizza]

In my opinion I would try to get 3x2 RAM to take advantage of the 6 cores. Something like http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231352 that is made for triple channel and that chipset, it should work out better.

I'm sorry man, but come back when you know a little more AMD doesn't support triple channel ram at the moment

 

[coldsleep]

Pretty sure you don't want the 64 GB C300, unless you get a really good deal on it.

Up until the 256 GB C300, the OCZ Vertex 2 (not the original Vertex) and the Agility are pretty much on par with the C300s. And I say this as a 128 GB C300 owner.

Further reading.

 

[Mr Pizza]

I could get a 128 C300, but I don't really need it, all i need is my OS and maybe 2 games on it.

 

[Mr Pizza]

Thats it? No more suggestions? Well this sucks...

 

[coldsleep]

Your post has only been up for about 24 hours. And it's late night for most of the US, so you're not likely to get a lot more posts until about 7-8 hours from now.

 

[Mr Pizza]

More suggestions?

 

[snoshy]

what are you editing on. what format also

 

[Mr Pizza]

1080p Sony Vegas 9 60FPS/30FPS

 

[snoshy]

oh ok. ati is okay then. keep in mind n vegas you get no gpu acceleration. in premiere pro cs5, you get cuda acceleration, but for playback only, no rendering times improved.

so definitely no flexibility on i7 6cores?

 

[Mr Pizza]

no way am I spending a 1000 dollars on a cpu..

 

[snoshy]

lol ok. just wondering. anyways a few changes:

ssd: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227542 $170 AR

as coldsleep said, old vertex is... well old.

everythign else looks solid. im not sure if you want to add more ram (8gb total) for 1080p editing. might be useful for playback /rendering

 

[coldsleep]

8 GB RAM is probably a good idea for video editing, assuming you're still under budget.

They really dropped the prices on the Agility 2s recently, it appears. As recently as last week, it seemed like they were a lot closer to the Vertex 2s.

 

[Mr Pizza]

I will upgrade to 8GB l8er if I feel i need it what about the C300? isn't that a good SSD? Ill get the agility 2 if not..

 

[coldsleep]

coldsleep wrote:

Pretty sure you don't want the 64 GB C300, unless you get a really good deal on it.


Up until the 256 GB C300, the OCZ Vertex 2 (not the original Vertex) and the Agility are pretty much on par with the C300s. And I say this as a 128 GB C300 owner.


Further reading.

TLDR: The 64 GB and 128 GB C300s aren't good value buys. The 256 GB C300 is worthwhile.

 

[snoshy]

yah they were. big sale going on newegg for the agility 2's. the 90gb one is already sold out. and the 120gb is pretty cheap for a high performance ssd right now, AR.

edit: the vertex 2 60gb is now 150AR =O
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227550&cm_re=vertex_2_60gb-_-20-227-550-_-Product

the c300 has crazy read speeds, but has terrible write. but its cheaper. if you're not writing your video renders to your ssd, you could just stick with c300 for overall snappier performace, since it takes advantage of sata6gb. but not fully. and its about 25 bucks cheaper than the agility 2 and 5 bucks cheaper than the vertex 2.
but 4gb more storage

edit2: the c300 64gb is currently cheaper than the 60gb vertex2 and agility2. i would say get that one then since you have sata6b/s support

 

[Mr Pizza]

well all im putting on it is a few games and the OS i don't need high write speeds... read is more critical

 

[coldsleep]

The problem is that the C300 loses performance as the drives get smaller (as do most SSDs). Most of the benchmarks you see are with the 256 GB C300.

The Agility2/Vertex2 don't lose speed as the size gets smaller. Benchmarks for one size are pretty much what you're going to see for any of the drives.

More reading:
Anandtech's SSD Relapse - a good overview of the technology, but a few months old, so the product recommendations are a bit dated.
bit-tech SSD Buyer's Guide - pretty recent, good overview of the various controllers
techreport article on SSD value - recent, includes comparisons vs. traditional HDDs.

 

[snoshy]

c300 then.

edit:

well what coldsleep said is true.

but your option is c300 64gb at 145,
vertex2 60gb at 150

both AR

similar read performance at that size, but noticeable write.

so its pretty much 64gb, cheaper, slower write vs 60gb, $5 more, faster write.
same read pretty much