Build for home HD video and general use <$1000

[Rkc2000]

Approximate Purchase Date: by November

Budget Range: $1000 After Rebates


System Usage from Most to Least Important: video editing, watching movies, PowerPoint and other Office creations, internet

Parts Not Required:keyboard, mouse, speakers. Have a Dell E193FP monitor, which I would like to replace if the build is low enough cost with a 21-23".
Also have a Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive which I plan to use as a data drive so I can get a SSD for booting.

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com

Country of Origin: USA

Parts Preferences: Intel i5-2500k with a Z68 motherboard

Overclocking: maybe

SLI or Crossfire: not likely, unless it would sig help my usage

Monitor Resolution: currently have a1280x1024, hope to get 1680x1050,


Additional Comments: wife wants an iMac, so need to beat that performance with good margin on price

What I've looked at so far

CPU:Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623I52500K

Motherboard:ASRock Z68 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

GPU:ASRock Z68 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL

PSU: CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible ...

Case: either Coolermaster HAF 912 or Xclio Nighthawk

Blu-ray burner: LG Black Super Multi SATA WH12LS30 LightScribe Support - OEM

SSD: OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-60G 2.5" 60GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) OR do a Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive if my current hard drive is too old


Current build is $933 with SSD. What do you think? And if I can do close to this, I probably will get a monitor, so recommendations? Thanks in advance

 

[striker410]

Not bad! What is your GPU? You have screwed up links. I would go GTX 570 for GPU without a doubt. Native support for Mercury Playback Engine makes it a no brainer.
But asides from that, nice! I like it.

For a monitor, I HIGHLY suggest getting an IPS panel. They display color more accurately, which is important for a video editor.

And yeah, that's my short list!

P.S. You could check out this thread for ideas: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/312822-31-bestconfigs-budget-intel-based-gaming

 

[Rkc2000]

Sorry, meant this GPU
SAPPHIRE 100293DP Radeon HD 5570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Low Profile Ready Video Card w/ Eyefinity

 

[striker410]

For video editing, you need more oopmh, and probably CUDA from Nvidia. Look at GTX 460.
And I would swap that mobo for a Gigabyte Z68. They are much cheaper with alot of the same features.

 

[Rkc2000]

For video editing, you need more oopmh, and probably CUDA from Nvidia. Look at GTX 460.
And I would swap that mobo for a Gigabyte Z68. They are much cheaper with alot of the same features.

OK I am confused about which Gigabyte Z68 and which GTX 460. I picked the following

MSI N460GTX CYCLONE 1GD5/OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Also added the ISP monitor LG E2370V-BF Black 23" IPS Panel Full HD HDMI LED BackLight LCD Monitor

Total after rebates $1263. Are there any other savings I can do? Different PSU? Should I not do the SSD and wait a year for the price to come down more? Or is the price good value for what I have listed?

 

[striker410]

For a video card, go with this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121391
And the mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128502&cm_re=gigabyte_z68-_-13-128-502-_-Product Should save you a chunk of change.

Also consider this monitor when it comes into stock: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236122&cm_re=asus_ips-_-24-236-122-_-Product

For a PSU, check this one out: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371026&cm_re=antec_750w-_-17-371-026-_-Product It's got more juice so you could SLI later.

To bring it to $1,000, drop the SSD. They will only get faster/cheaper, so I would hold off.


Let me kow what you think of that!

 

[Rkc2000]

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[Rkc2000]

Thanks striker410. I am going to forego the monitor and SSD and wait for both prices to come down. Going to do the mobo, GPU and PSU you suggested

Adding Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive .

Total is 918.

 

[striker410]

Last question. What do you use to edit the video? If it's CS5, let me know.

 

[Rkc2000]

Sony Vegas 10. I am doing more home videos and editing them to burn on DVD and upload them to Vimeo

 

[striker410]

Ok then you should be just dandy with current setup. That 2500k and Z68 mobo are gonna roll all over your render and encoding times!

Be sure to update this thread (or post pics in the Member System Gallery) when you get it!

 

[Rkc2000]

Ok then you should be just dandy with current setup. That 2500k and Z68 mobo are gonna roll all over your render and encoding times!

Be sure to update this thread (or post pics in the Member System Gallery) when you get it!

I'm moving up the time table on this to within the next couple weeks to buy. Striker, what do you think of this mobo instead of the Gigabyte D3H? Is the ultradurable worth it?
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

And I saw this GPU on sale, rebate it at the same price as the MSI GTX 460
GIGABYTE GV-N56GOC-1GI GeForce GTX 560 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Thanks for the info so far!