Video Editing Build - For A Friend

[MacHooper]

Approximate Purchase Date: Next Few Months

Budget Range: $2500=$2700

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and Video Editing

Parts Not Required: Need everything

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg.com

Country: USA

Parts Preferences: None

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Yes In The Future

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: Preferably quiet, fast rendering times, max settings gaming




Processor - Intel 3930k

Motherboard - ASUS P9X79 PRO

Graphics Card - MSI N680GTX Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 680

RAM - CORSAIR Vengeance LP 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600

CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 140mm and 120mm SSO CPU Cooler

Hard Drive - Seagate Barracuda Green ST2000DL003 2TB 5900 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s

Solid State Drive - Crucial M4 CT064M4SSD2 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive

Power Supply - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX850M 850W ATX12V

Mouse - Corsair Vengeance M60 Black 8 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Laser Performance, FPS Gaming Mouse

Keyboard - Tt eSPORTS MEKA Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Black KB-MEK007US

Monitor - Gateway FHX2402Lbid Black 24" Full HD LED BackLight LCD monitor Slim Design

Case - Corsair Obsidian Series 800D CC800DW Black Aluminum

Operating System - Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-bit - OEM



Thanks for any help

 

[SSri]

Approximate Purchase Date: Next Few Months

Ivy Bridge is around the corner.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/intel-cpu-ivy-bridge-processor-launch,news-38291.html

It is better to wait as your build still a few months away...

I am sure a lot of experts on this forum would gladly offer their best piece of advice....

You may want to consider

a 32 gb DDR3 RAM and a 128 GB SSD...
I reckon that you would be cutting a little fine with a 64 GB SSD.
2 X 2TB raid 0 and a NAS RAID 5 for data integrity/parity...even DROBO is a damn good choice...

 

[zhihao50]

The main limitation of Ivybridge is it has 4 cores max where as sandybridge-E got 6-8cores. That is something to keep in mind. On other hand ivy bridge does have better igpu, make quicksync even quicker.

You could spend a bit more on a better monitor, Dell UltraSharp U2412M Black IPS Panel 24" $339.99 is going to make graphic looks a lot better
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260047

 

[SSri]

The main limitation of Ivybridge is it has 4 cores max where as sandybridge-E got 6-8cores. That is something to keep in mind. On other hand ivy bridge does have better igpu, make quicksync even quicker.

You could spend a bit more on a better monitor, Dell UltraSharp U2412M Black IPS Panel 24" $339.99 is going to make graphic looks a lot better
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824260047

 

[SSri]

The main limitation of Ivybridge is it has 4 cores max where as sandybridge-E got 6-8cores. That is something to keep in mind. On other hand ivy bridge does have better igpu, make quicksync even quicker.

Agree.....isn't the Sandybridge has 2 of the 8 cores (i7 3930K for example?) locked up? Intel is bound to unlock them at some time in future...that will get 8 cores....

Ivy Bridge would probably be nice as it is a 22 nm...It remains to be seen how much the 22 nm would improve the performance...