Half rendering Half Gaming machine

[Gregrs]

I don't have a lot of room to put a PC, so I'm going to be using the silverstone RVZ01B case. My current computer runs games somewhat decently high settings, and most games on medium. It renders things pretty fast, but basic things like Sony vegas pro and Adobe Premiere Pro crash because my computer starts to lag and stuff like that. 

 

This new build that I'm planning has to be better then my current computer. I have an FX-6300, XFX Radeon HD 7870, 8GB RAM, and 1TB HDD space. Some games that I'll be playing are GTA V, League of Legends, Trove, Skyrim, Minecraft, Battlefield 4, Terraria, and some others that aren't to graphically intensive. I already have all of my peripherals and an operating system. All I need is the computer. My max budget is ~$720.

[LNW]

Not sure why things are crashing..do you have an unstable overclock? Running out of RAM?

[byalexandr]

$720 budget with an RVZ01B (however I recommend waiting until the RVZ02 is out)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($176.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($72.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($97.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card  ($174.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $702.28

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-13 00:02 EDT-0400

 

At this price point I would go with a 280X or something but there is just too much power draw on AMD cards for that little SFX PSU, and it'll be sketchy, especially with the heat output in that small of a case.

 

Edit: Fixed the cooler and upgraded the SSD to a nicer one.

[Inception9269]

 

$720 budget with an RVZ01B (however I recommend waiting until the RVZ02 is out)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($176.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: ASRock H97M-ITX/AC Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($72.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($44.49 @ SuperBiiz) 

Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($83.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX 2.0+ Video Card  ($209.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($74.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ NCIX US) 

Total: $723.38

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-08-12 23:52 EDT-0400

 

At this price point I would go with a 280X or something but there is just too much power draw on AMD cards for that little SFX PSU, and it'll be sketchy, especially with the heat output in that small of a case.

 

 

This is an alright build, but one thing you should change is the gpu to an nvidia reference style cooler. When it comes to small form factor cases like that it's much better to have a blower style gpu cooler than pushes air out the back instead of keeping the hot air in the case

[byalexandr]

This is an alright build, but one thing you should change is the gpu to an nvidia reference style cooler. When it comes to small form factor cases like that it's much better to have a blower style gpu cooler than pushes air out the back instead of keeping the hot air in the case

Whoops, forgot that. I was just trying to squeeze in a GTX 960, forgot about which cooler to choose.

[byalexandr]

This is an alright build, but one thing you should change is the gpu to an nvidia reference style cooler. When it comes to small form factor cases like that it's much better to have a blower style gpu cooler than pushes air out the back instead of keeping the hot air in the case

Fixed it, saved money in the process.

[Gregrs]

Not sure why things are crashing..do you have an unstable overclock? Running out of RAM?

 

Not really that. I'll just be editing a video in sony vegas and what not, and I'll get these long freezes and sometimes crashes. It's really quite annoying.

[LNW]

Not really that. I'll just be editing a video in sony vegas and what not, and I'll get these long freezes and sometimes crashes. It's really quite annoying.

Vegas is really unstable. I have since switched to just Premiere Pro and After effects. Never had it crash once.

[Gregrs]

Vegas is really unstable. I have since switched to just Premiere Pro and After effects. Never had it crash once.

 

I have used both, and get the same result unfortunately...