Build For Heavy Media (Audio Recording/Video Editing/Photoshop)

Cabinet collermaster haf 932Advanced or cosmos 2, power supply collermaster 1050W OR 1200W , motherboard asus croshair 5 (usb 3.0 4usb backpanel 2 front)usb 2.0 8 at back 4 at front sata3.0,amd phenom 2 x6 cost is equal but u get extra 2 cores or fx8150 8core 17mb cache world record processor$270 only ,ram trancend axe overclock able ram 2000+ without vat in dollers(8Gb 119,6Gb 111,4gb 74.10)or1600Mhz(8gb 61 ,4gb 34.30 ,4gb 30.20) graphics amd radeon 6970 monitor aoc e2239Fwt 22inch lcd 2crore:1 asceptratio multitouch hd 1920X1080 $310 only

Thanks for the responses everyone.

If you don’t mind I have a few more questions based on your responses.


sosofm and AdrianPerry,

The i5 vs i7 is something I’ve been debating. I figured I’d save a little cost and go with the i5 since I heard their performances were comparable, especially considering the price difference. But you think in my situation it would be worth it to just go for the i7?


Hitechgowthaman,

I just looked into the AMD FX8150 and it looks like even though it has 8 cores the i5 actually beat it overall in performance and it’s cheaper too. Here’s one link I found, with test results comparing several processors. The i5/i7 seem to be the consensus everywhere I looked.
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/art [...] ew/1402/18


AdrianPerry,

I looked up the Jonny Guru review for the Corsair power supply and their concluding paragraph was: “Corsair has managed to pull off rather successfully something not too many companies can brag about. They've come up with a reliable, cheap, and well performing power supply for everyday systems that don't expect a lot from their power supplies.”
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.p [...] 5&reid=239

So I just want to make absolute sure that I fall into that group of “not expecting a lot from their power supply”. Do you think I should be concerned about that or is my system not going to be taxing enough on the power supply? I’ve had problems in the past with power supplies so if I have to error, I would rather error slightly on the side of overkill than underkill. But if 650W is WAY overkill, then I’ll definitely go with something less expensive.

I think I may stick with the Kingston RAM because in the comparisons I found between the Corsair Vengeance vs. the Kingston HyperX the large consensus was that the HyperX ram was better even though it had higher voltage.

And final question, is the ASrock motherboard board a better board than the Gigabyte? Or is it just a better bargain because of its slightly lower cost?

Thanks again everyone, your help is greatly appreciated!
-tkr

Many users struggle to get the Kingston RAM to run at 1600MHz because SandyBridge doesn't like 1.65v - Its common you'll be stuck using 1333MHz @1.5v

Corsair Vengeance and G.Skill RIPJAWS both run 1600MHz @ 1.5v and cause no issues. Mushkin RAM is also another choice along with Patriot and a few other brands I can't remember of the top of my head.

Solid choice with SeaSonic PSU however, 520w is more than enough power to dump a mid-high end graphics card into the build if you ever felt it necessary.

The RAM all has exactly the same performance. So literally just pick which-ever you fancy.

I would generally recommend you avoid the fancy heat sink RAM however because this can cause issues if the CPU cooler over-hangs the first RAM slot. If you were only getting 2 RAM sticks this would be acceptable because you could use channel 2,4 rather than 1,3. Stick with the low profile stuff to avoid spacing issues I believe Corsair sells their low profile vengeance RAM in white, blue and black so just pick whichever you think will look best/match your motherboard

Here's a good example of what can happen, as you can see the first RAM slot would be unusable unless the RAM was low enough to fit underneath: http://cdn5.tweaktown.com/content/ [...] review.jpg