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Okay so im building a $800 pc mainly for editing and light gaming.

I need to chose a CPU that is capable of rendering 1080p videos and a CPU thats good at gaming in minecraft a gmod :P

Thanks for your help :D

 

KInda looking for a 6 or 8 core.

 

If you can make me a Build foe $800 that would be awesome :D

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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($241.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($68.98 @ OutletPC) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 


Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($289.99 @ NCIX US) 

Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($56.75 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $823.65

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Wait wait why a xeon?

Other than that its exactly what I would say to use

 

Why a xeon?

I need to chose a CPU that is capable of rendering 1080p videos and a CPU thats good at gaming in minecraft a gmod

 

Are you Xeon racist?

I wont recommend a 4690k for rendering , thats madness.

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Wait wait why a xeon?

Other than that its exactly what I would say to use

 

What Cpu do you suggest? :P

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CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($241.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($68.98 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($289.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($56.75 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $823.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-13 19:43 EDT-0400
 

 

This is the correct answer OP.

 

Xeons have hyperthreading like i7s, giving them 8 threads for workloads (i.e. rendering).  Those 8 threads will perform better than an AMD 6-8 core CPU. 

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jpFVRB

This is what id'e personally do, only if whatever editing software you're using is Cuda Accelerated. 

 

Otherwise just get a Xeon E3-1231 and like a 270 or something.

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Why a xeon?

 

Are you Xeon racist?

I wont recommend a 4690k for rendering , thats madness.

 

Haha no not at all, I just assumed a 4690k would do the job better for everything he's asking. 

Its not like he's going to be editing videos 24/7 and the i5 would overclock 

Would the xeon be better? Not saying what you said was wrong, I'm just honestly not for sure myself now xD

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Haha no not at all, I just assumed a 4690k would do the job better for everything he's asking. 

Its not like he's going to be editing videos 24/7 and the i5 would overclock 

Would the xeon be better? Not saying what you said was wrong, I'm just honestly not for sure myself now xD

 

The xeon has HT so for rendering it will perform MUCH better than a 4690k.

Those kinda of programs WILL use the extra threads and will produce a very solid performance on a xeon.

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jcmtqs

 

Is this a good build so for what i want?

I will be playing games like minecraft/gmod and edting videos and streaming minecraft and photoshop :P

 

You need a z97 mobo if you are going to OC.

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($317.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($114.75 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($289.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($56.75 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $974.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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You need a z97 mobo if you are going to OC.

 
CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($317.98 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($114.75 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($289.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($56.75 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $974.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-13 20:01 EDT-0400

 

 

Dont think i will over clock as im new to PC building and don want to take the risks but im in ireland and its really cold here so i might OC like 0.1Ghz xD

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The xeon has HT so for rendering it will perform MUCH better than a 4690k.

Those kinda of programs WILL use the extra threads and will produce a very solid performance on a xeon.

 

Of course, I was thinking more towards the gaming aspect and a 4690k would render slower than a HT-enabled Xeon but would still do the job just fine

 

 

 

Dont think i will over clock as im new to PC building and don want to take the risks but im in ireland and its really cold here so i might OC like 0.1Ghz xD

 

 

Go with the first build @zappian recommended then, he knows what he's talking about  :)

Sorry for arguing chap  :P

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Dont think i will over clock as im new to PC building and don want to take the risks but im in ireland and its really cold here so i might OC like 0.1Ghz xD

Then I would stay with thatsuggestion with the xeon and the 290x. You wont have any problems with gaming since the single core performance of the xeon is good enough and it has hyper threading. If you would like , you could change the 290x for a 280x ad have a ssd and still keep within your 800$ budget. The suggestion is the one by zappian(just below):

 

 

 
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($241.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($68.98 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($27.98 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290X 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($289.99 @ NCIX US) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($56.75 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $823.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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Cpu:i5-4690k Gpu:r9 280x with some other things

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This is the correct answer OP.

 

Xeons have hyperthreading like i7s, giving them 8 threads for workloads (i.e. rendering).  Those 8 threads will perform better than an AMD 6-8 core CPU. 

this xeon as far as i checked does not have hyper threading

edit derp i checked the wrong cpu :/ sorry

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this xeon as far as i checked does not have hyper threading

edit derp i checked the wrong cpu :/ sorry

 

Great police work out thar chief. 

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