Hi,
I am wanting to build a new PC (from an athlon2500) to handle AVHD video for minor home/hobby use and I am looking at getting Adobe premiere CS5 as I can get an education version for a few hundred $.
This is what I have come up with and remain under $1800 AUD (which is now $1800 USD btw !) with the plan to purchase from www.umart.com.au.
I may overclock but its not my priorty unless I find it gives me significant improvement in performance. Odd games only, not high priority.
Its hot where we live in Brisbane, so air temp is high which may be worry so include 4 case fans (2 come with case).
TOTAL $1750
Proc Intel Core i7 950 Processor LGA1366 3.06GHz 8MB Cache CPU $329
MB Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R $244
Graphics MSI GTX460 1G Hawk DDR5 2xDualLinkDVI miniHDMI $255
Mem Kingston 12GB(3X4G) KIT 1333MHz(PC3-10600) $239
System Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 SATA II 7200RPM 32M $59
Raid 0 Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 SATA II 7200RPM 32M $59
Raid 0 Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 SATA II 7200RPM 32M $59
Storage Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 SATA II 7200RPM 32M $59
Power Corsair TX-750 750W ATX Power $148
Case Fractal Design Define R3 Case Black $159
Case fans Noctua NF-S12B-FLX 120mm Fan x2 $54
CPU fan Noctua NH-U12P Special Edition SE2 $86
ALternatives I consider
MB:
Asus P6X58D-E MB (but no IDE cable which i could use for my existing dvd drive)(same $)
MSI X58 Pro-E X58 LGA1366 1600OC DrMos ATX (but not sli not possible, although i doubt i would use this)(-$57)
System drive:
Western Digital 150G SATAII VelociRaptor 10000rpm ($150)(but I am not sure if its work it over the F3)
SSD G.Skill Phoenix Pro 120G SSDHD 2.5 inch SATA2 ($300) (is this going to give a significant boost ? does it really give a fast start up given how many other slower drives are in the system ? I wonder whether its best to wait till they improve and come down in $)
CPU:
I did consider Athlon 1055 & GB GA-890XA M/B (-$186), but not much data on performance for CS5.
PSU
Corsair HX-750 ATX Power Supply, 140mm Fan ($193.00) ...couldnt figure out without this was a significant/worthwhile enough improvement over the TX model.
This is around the price i want
It would be nice to get it a few hundred cheaper if i can, but i dont really want to sacrifice performance too much (=time).
Any feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated as i really dont know if this is all ok, and I am sure there are things i havent thought of.
cheers and thanks,
Jason
I am wanting to build a new PC (from an athlon2500) to handle AVHD video for minor home/hobby use and I am looking at getting Adobe premiere CS5 as I can get an education version for a few hundred $.
This is what I have come up with and remain under $1800 AUD (which is now $1800 USD btw !) with the plan to purchase from www.umart.com.au.
I may overclock but its not my priorty unless I find it gives me significant improvement in performance. Odd games only, not high priority.
Its hot where we live in Brisbane, so air temp is high which may be worry so include 4 case fans (2 come with case).
TOTAL $1750
Proc Intel Core i7 950 Processor LGA1366 3.06GHz 8MB Cache CPU $329
MB Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R $244
Graphics MSI GTX460 1G Hawk DDR5 2xDualLinkDVI miniHDMI $255
Mem Kingston 12GB(3X4G) KIT 1333MHz(PC3-10600) $239
System Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 SATA II 7200RPM 32M $59
Raid 0 Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 SATA II 7200RPM 32M $59
Raid 0 Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 SATA II 7200RPM 32M $59
Storage Samsung 1TB Spinpoint F3 SATA II 7200RPM 32M $59
Power Corsair TX-750 750W ATX Power $148
Case Fractal Design Define R3 Case Black $159
Case fans Noctua NF-S12B-FLX 120mm Fan x2 $54
CPU fan Noctua NH-U12P Special Edition SE2 $86
ALternatives I consider
MB:
Asus P6X58D-E MB (but no IDE cable which i could use for my existing dvd drive)(same $)
MSI X58 Pro-E X58 LGA1366 1600OC DrMos ATX (but not sli not possible, although i doubt i would use this)(-$57)
System drive:
Western Digital 150G SATAII VelociRaptor 10000rpm ($150)(but I am not sure if its work it over the F3)
SSD G.Skill Phoenix Pro 120G SSDHD 2.5 inch SATA2 ($300) (is this going to give a significant boost ? does it really give a fast start up given how many other slower drives are in the system ? I wonder whether its best to wait till they improve and come down in $)
CPU:
I did consider Athlon 1055 & GB GA-890XA M/B (-$186), but not much data on performance for CS5.
PSU
Corsair HX-750 ATX Power Supply, 140mm Fan ($193.00) ...couldnt figure out without this was a significant/worthwhile enough improvement over the TX model.
This is around the price i want
It would be nice to get it a few hundred cheaper if i can, but i dont really want to sacrifice performance too much (=time).
Any feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated as i really dont know if this is all ok, and I am sure there are things i havent thought of.
cheers and thanks,
Jason
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