Video\photo editing and gaming pc build for under $680

shawk08033

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I'm looking to build a pc that can handle blender, adobe Premiere, Photoshop and Dreamweaver because i am an amateur web developer\ game designer lots of times i have all of the open at the sometime. I also like to play minecraft and world of warcaft and my pc now only does at max 20 fps for these games.

If any one has any suggestions\ comments about the components of which i thinking of using in my build down below please let me know:

LG 24X DVD Burner - Bare Drive Black SATA Model GH24NS95 - OEM
$17.99


RAIDMAX Altas ATX-295WBP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply
$59.99


TOSHIBA DT01ACA100 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
$69.99


MSI N640GT-MD2GD3 GeForce GT 640 2GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card
$89.99


Logitech MK120 Black USB Wired Slim Desktop
$20.99


Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2400 (PC3 19200) Desktop Memory Model
$49.99


GIGABYTE GA-Z77-DS3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
$109.99


Intel Core i3-3220 Ivy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 55W Dual-Core Desktop Processor ...
$129.99


Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit (Full Version) - OEM
$99.99


Rosewill RFX-100B 90mm PCI Slot Case Cooler
$3.99

Total: $652.90

please let me know if there better performance for the price
(all parts fond on newegg)
 
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btw BECAREFUL with GeForce GT 640 2GB 128-bit DDR3
as adobe premiere needs at least NVIDIA with 1GB DDR5... consider GT 650 DDR5 :)
read here about mercury playback engine
www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm

Rosewill RFX-100B 90mm PCI Slot Case Cooler
$3.99
is a waste :)

do not buy case with PSU as the PSU will be a bad quality one
RAIDMAX Altas ATX-295WBP Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 500W Power Supply
$59.99

buy any cheap case at 30ish
and add corsair cx430 on it :) this cheap PSU is decent