$1200 Video/Photo editing build

[scottyinfrisco]

Approximate Purchase Date: One Month

Budget Range: $1200-1400 Before Rebates

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Video Editing, Photo Editing, Movies, Internet, Light Gaming

Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers,

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com,

Country: U.S.

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, open to the rest

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I'm new to both video editing and building. Will be using Sony Vegas for editing. I started to look at pre-built and for this kind of $$ it makes almost no sense, rather get what I want without much compromise.

Current selection:

i7 Sandy Bridge 2600k:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115070

MoBo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128512

Ram:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148545

GPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130604

Hard Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136891

BluRay Burner:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136241

OS:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

Power:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341049

Case:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147107

I'm a total n00b, so let me know your thoughts. Thanks!

 

[jrwizbang]

I would make a few changes to the build.

The 2600k is a great selection for your uses, stick with that.

The mother board is a good choice. Gigabyte makes nice mother boards, but I am going to make a suggestion. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293 It is about the same price, but is new tech. It is Z77 instead of Z68. And, in my opinion, looks a lot nicer than the Gigabyte mother board.

I would make a change to your ram as well. You can make more use out 4x4gb sticks with the 2600k rather than 2x8gb sticks. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233143 Also, Corsair is more reliable, but if you don't like the look of the heatspreaders on that memory, you can get the low profile version instead. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233197

The video card that you have selected looks good. A GTX 560 Ti is a good choice for your needs.

Good selection on HDD. That is pretty inexpensive for 2tb.

Disc drive: Umm, yeah you can't really make a wrong choice with this seeing as they are all basically the same. Good choice.

OS: It's Windows 7. What can I say. Nice.

Power supply: It seems almost everyone that wants to build a new system looks at the OCZ power supplies and sees that they are cheap. Well, they are cheap for a reason, they aren't selling enough. They aren't selling enough for a reason, that reason being that they are not very reliable. I would suggest a SeaSonic power supply, or Corsair. Also, you don't need 750w for this build. You could easily get away with 650w with the GTX 560 Ti, it doesn't consume much power. Plus, with the extra money from going with a 650w instead of a 750w, you can get a modular power supply, like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139031 You get what you pay for.

Nice case. Cases are really all about aesthetics until you start spending a lot of money on them.

 

[scottyinfrisco]

Thanks, I like the changes. And I get it on the power supply. Makes complete sense. What about these two barebones:

http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2406874&CatId=4149

http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2428852&CatId=4149

 

[jrwizbang]

I would definitely go with the second one if you are going to go with a bundle like this.

 

[scottyinfrisco]

Best answer selected by scottyinfrisco.

 

[scottyinfrisco]

JR thanks for the input!

 

[jrwizbang]

No problem. Glad that I could help!