Hello, I am looking to put together a new PC in the next month or so to use for Gaming and Video editing. I spend a lot of time with Adobe After effects however my current computer just doesnt handle rendering very well and although games are playable very rarely do I get to experience them in anything but low settings. I have put together a small list of what I am interested in purchasing however I am not sure if I am completely heading in the right direction or if I may have missed something in the compatibility area. anyway, anybody willing to take a look and help point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.
My idea was to have 2 hard drives in this machine one of them being an SSD to run the operating system, games, and after effects the other for storage, not sure if that is the right thing to do but from what I have read and watched it seems like that would help performance? I have never actually seen a computer running an SSD so its very new territory for me. here is what i have put together so far, im looking to spend about 1400-1500 dollars. prices I have on the items are from newegg
HD1 Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $189.99
HD2 Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $129.99
CPU COOLER ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler $34.98
DVD/CD ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM $19.99
PROCESSOR Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K $229.99
MEMORY 2X CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 $99.98
GRAPHICS CARD EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support FPB Video Card $249.99
MOTHERBOARD ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $209.99
POWER SUPPLY CORSAIR Professional Series HX650 (CMPSU-650HX) 650W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply $119.99
OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit $99.99
CASE - Undecided
and to give an idea of what im looking to change from im currently running windows XP home on an intel Q6600 4 gigs of ram. Geforce GTS 250 graphics, 300 gig hard drive, a pioneer dvd,rw not quite sure on the rest.. would it be worth salvaging this hard drive and the dvd rw perhaps? im sorry I do not have the specifics on them but if I use the ssd for operating then seems to me the secondary hard drive wouldnt have to be anything special unless it somehow will affect the ssd's speed? anyway if your still reading this I appreciate you taking the time to help me out!
-Todd-
My idea was to have 2 hard drives in this machine one of them being an SSD to run the operating system, games, and after effects the other for storage, not sure if that is the right thing to do but from what I have read and watched it seems like that would help performance? I have never actually seen a computer running an SSD so its very new territory for me. here is what i have put together so far, im looking to spend about 1400-1500 dollars. prices I have on the items are from newegg
HD1 Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $189.99
HD2 Western Digital Caviar Black WD5002AALX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $129.99
CPU COOLER ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Cooler $34.98
DVD/CD ASUS DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS Black SATA 24X DVD Burner - Bulk - OEM $19.99
PROCESSOR Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623I52500K $229.99
MEMORY 2X CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 $99.98
GRAPHICS CARD EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support FPB Video Card $249.99
MOTHERBOARD ASUS P8P67 DELUXE (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with UEFI BIOS $209.99
POWER SUPPLY CORSAIR Professional Series HX650 (CMPSU-650HX) 650W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V 2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply $119.99
OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit $99.99
CASE - Undecided
and to give an idea of what im looking to change from im currently running windows XP home on an intel Q6600 4 gigs of ram. Geforce GTS 250 graphics, 300 gig hard drive, a pioneer dvd,rw not quite sure on the rest.. would it be worth salvaging this hard drive and the dvd rw perhaps? im sorry I do not have the specifics on them but if I use the ssd for operating then seems to me the secondary hard drive wouldnt have to be anything special unless it somehow will affect the ssd's speed? anyway if your still reading this I appreciate you taking the time to help me out!
-Todd-