600$ editing station?

[jakjakattack]

Can anyone give me some help here? My friend is just doing video editing, light photoshop, and very occasional gaming (dont base it around gaming tho).

I am guessing a xeon and a 750ti? We also have a micro center semi near us so if that can save alot of money that would be an option. He has 600$ dollars to spend. That budget is for everything including the os but no case. Thanks.

[NicekillBG]

maybe a amd 8000 series and more for the gpu

[Pelop17]

Can anyone give me some help here? My friend is just doing video editing, light photoshop, and very occasional gaming (dont base it around gaming tho).

I am guessing a xeon and a 750ti? We also have a micro center semi near us so if that can save alot of money that would be an option. He has 600$ dollars to spend. That budget is for everything including the os but no case. Thanks.

it might bottleneck , wait i will make you a build

[Lotus]

This is what I would do since the focus is on productivity. While AMD CPUs are not ideal for gaming these days due to poor single-threaded performance, since AMD CPUs still have great multi-threaded performance (better than Intel at the same price actually), they're better suited for productivity tasks like what you described. They're still decent for gaming too, just not as good as intel for the same price. I went a bit overbudget to fit a better GPU in since I think the jump from an R7 260x to an R9 270 is worth it, as well as a 2TB HDD, but if you don't need that then you can either shrink the HDD to 1TB, or drop the GPU to an R7 260x to get in under $600. Your choice.

 

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CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  ($132.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($30.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($85.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Video Card: HIS Radeon R9 270 2GB IceQ X² Video Card  ($141.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
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