Budget Video Editing PC

[cpendas]

So, my brother needs a budget pc for video editing. He uses Sony Vegas almost exclusively but would use After Effects once in a while.

 

Now, the challenging part for me and probably some of you is that does not give a f. about gaming, he wants to optimize for video editing and specifically for Vegas. 

 

For what I´ve researched Vegas is fairly GPU optimized but we are trying to find the perfect equilibrium. 

 

Budget does not include OS we will buy the cheapest case we can find, so it should be components only.

 

budget is around 400, I know its tight but hope its doable. 

 

Thanks 

 

 

 

[TheRandomness]

Need CUDA/OS/Monitor/Peripherals? Also, where are you located and what currency @cpendas?

 

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[_JohnB330ci]

400 what?

[Streetguru]

So, my brother needs a budget pc for video editing. He uses Sony Vegas almost exclusively but would use After Effects once in a while.

Should probably spend the extra on a 1TB hard drive

You aren't going to get any if all GPU acceleration with that budget, it also greatly depends on what codecs you're going to use

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RkZYvK

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/RkZYvK/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($116.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock 970M PRO3 Micro ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard  ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Patriot Signature 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($22.90 @ Amazon)

Video Card: PNY GeForce GT 610 1GB Video Card  ($33.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Rosewill FBM-02 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($21.99 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $364.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-19 14:41 EST-0500

[cpendas]

400 USD. Sorry I stupid. We need no monitor or peripherals. 

[cpendas]

Streetgury: 

 

Thanks for that, I like this setup quite a lot, it makes sense. It leaves a little bit of room to grow into a better video card, more ram and SSD in the future. 

[Streetguru]

Streetgury: 

Just don't expect to OC on that board, and the first thing you should probably get is a downdraft cooler so that the VRMs on the board can be better cooled, I don't think there's too many options there though, you could also just like zip tie a fan somewhere to throw air at the VRMs as well

 

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