[Build Help] $850 Gaming/Video Editing

[nth_derivative]

I'm planing to build a PC for the purpose of rendering video through Premier Pro/Avid Media and Gaming. What I'd like to know is that if it would it be worth it to move up to a i7/Xeon to reduce render times and how much of a performance delta would we see in an i7/Xeon? Also, any other comments on this build? Thanks.

*Note this doesn't include a PC case and the extra budget is currently set aside for that.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($188.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($70.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($60.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($104.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  ($278.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $828.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-21 13:31 EST-0500

 

Thanks!

[Telchines]

 

I'm planing to build a PC for the purpose of rendering video through Premier Pro/Avid Media and Gaming. What I'd like to know is that if it would it be worth it to move up to a i7/Xeon to reduce render times and how much of a performance delta would we see in an i7/Xeon? Also, any other comments on this build? Thanks.

*Note this doesn't include a PC case and the extra budget is currently set aside for that.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($188.88 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($70.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($60.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($104.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB Tri-X Video Card  ($278.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($34.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $828.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-21 13:31 EST-0500

 

Thanks!

 

Hard Drive?

[Thebman712]

some slight changes, but the performance should be better and is a little cheaper 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($70.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($60.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($329.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $839.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-21 13:35 EST-0500

[Rheinwasser]

what resolution are you palying on?

if your monitor is 1080p you could get a 280/x, that will be enough.

get windows on g2a.

get the 1231v3. it is basically an 4770 without the igpu and will help with render times a lot.

[nth_derivative]

Hard Drive?

 

He already has one

 

 

some slight changes, but the performance should be better and is a little cheaper 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($70.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($60.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Kingston Fury 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card  ($329.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Amazon) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($102.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $839.91

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-21 13:35 EST-0500

 

Whats the reason for the downgrade to the 4460?  

 

 

what resolution are you palying on?

if your monitor is 1080p you could get a 280/x, that will be enough.

get windows on g2a.

get the 1231v3. it is basically an 4770 without the igpu and will help with render times a lot.

 

1080

 

[ilikemacandpc]

@nth_derivative

 

What is the extra budget for a case? Why intel? Give us more info

[Thebman712]

 

He already has one

 

Whats the reason for the downgrade to the 4460?  

 

 

 

1080

 

 

cheaper but about the same performance 

 

this will be a better build if you are only on 1080

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XKQPhM

[nth_derivative]

@nth_derivative

 

What is the extra budget for a case? Why intel? Give us more info

 

No more than $100 for the case.  This isn't really a concern because the 850 is focus of the cost of the build, excluding the case.

 

cheaper but about the same performance 

 

this will be a better build if you are only on 1080

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/XKQPhM

 

This is good, I'm curious if the Xeon would actually provide a benefit to lowering render times.

[Thebman712]

No more than $100 for the case.  

 

 

This is good, I'm curious if the Xeon would actually provide a benefit to lowering render times.

it will, in rendering it will perform as good as intel 8 core without hyperthreading, its basically a i7