[Solved] Rate My $1.8K Video Editing & Database Rig Build, & Offer Suggestions

Approximate Purchase Date: Before Christmas, 2011

Budget Range: $1,500-$1,800

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Photo database, genealogy database, Photoshop editing, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 HD video editing. No games, ever.

Parts Not Required: Monitors, keyboard, mouse, speakers, 3.5" floppy drive

Preferred Website for Parts: NewEgg.com

Country: U.S.

Parts Preferences: Intel i7 2700K, ASUS motherboard, full tower case, Nvidia GTX 570, don't want liquid cooling

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 2048 x 1152 (monitor one), 1600x1200 (monitor two)

Additional Comments: Need to replace my decade-old system, as follows:

Existing System From 2001:

Building my own finely-tuned system for just over $2,000 ten years ago has surprisingly allowed me to keep running everything I've thrown at it, even a decade later. I don't play games. I do photo and genealogy database work and Adobe CS5 Photoshop and some basic Premiere work.

My main desktop system is an eight year old Athlon 1700+ 1.46Ghz system with 3GB RAM, dual 7200rpm 100GB hard drives, and the fastest 1GB video card available for the motherboard's AGP video slot.

I've also managed to keep this original decade-old Windows XP Pro installation intact and running smoothly without ever re-installing or wiping a hard drive clean.

New System For 2011/2012:

My goal for a new system is to build it around the i7 2700K processor and to have tons of hard drive space, along with one of the lowest end video cards that supports the Adobe CS5 Mercury Playback Engine, and I've chosen the GTX570. I want to use this new system to edit 1080p video in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 using the Mercury Playback Engine.

When I planned a new system a while back, 1TB hard drives were as low as $40, but now they have skyrocketed to between $140 and $240 each, raising the total price of my three 1TB hard drives from $120 to between $420 and $720 -- ouch. I've decided to just get one 1TB to 3TB drive for now until the hard drive market returns to where it was, and wait until then to add the two additional drives. I don't plan on running RAID now, but may want to run RAID 5 in the future when drives prices become reasonable again.

Here's a basic system I was considering, with parts all from NewEgg:

Processor: i7 2700K for $369.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115095

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68-V LE $132.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131773

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231315

Graphics Card: EVGA 012-P3-1570-AR GeForce GTX 570 $339.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130593

Power Supply: SILVERSTONE ST75F-P 750W ATX 12V $129.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256059

Case: COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition $139.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119213

Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s $289.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844
(I'd like to also use my 2 old 320GB Ultra ATA/133 IDE drives -- will this motherboard let me or will I need to buy a separate controller card?)

DVD Burner: LITE-ON IHBS112-04 $79.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106369
(I'd also like to use my current old LITE-ON DVD burner as a second unit, for making non-BluRay copies)

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit $189.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116997

Total Price: $1,752.91

Am I forgetting any components?

Do you have any recommendations on better component choices, or components that will work better together than these, at the same price-points?

Would any pre-built Cyberpower, iBuyPower or Alienware systems for $1,800 or less be able to offer nearly the same performance numbers, such as this Cyberpower rig, for example:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229267

Thanks kindly for your time and assistance.

Best Regards,
Lane

You need a separate card for the HDD's the ide connection is available only in very few motherboards these days.

Other than that you seem to have everything.

As for the pre built. It all depends on what you value, performance would be about the same I think.
And you can shave off a few bucks from your current one by using i7 2600k and overclocking it if needed.
Also don't know if you need all the features win7 ultimate has vs professional or Home Premium.
Check them out since you can easily save $100 if you don't need it all.

A motherboard with PCIe Gen3 support might be good so that you can upgrade graphics card later on.

I'm still debating whether to invest in the 3930K or save money and purchase the 2700K.

Best answer selected by lanerellis.