Budget Editing Rig

[koji]

My bestfriend will celebrate her birthday soon and we decided to give her a rig as a present.

She likes to edit videos and to photoshop. She complains before that she's having a hard time with her crappy laptop.

I think one of the apps that she use is "Premier" im not familiar w/ apps but it's one of those that she use.

 

Budget will be around $380 w/o PSU and Chassis. (Please disregard rebates since there's none here).

For the PSU, I will get Corsair VS450 since it's the only good PSU in the cheapest category here in Philippines.

I was thinking to get this case since it only costs $30 w/ 3 free fans. But if there's suggestion to make it smaller i'd appreciate.

 

Btw.. Here are what I came-up w/ PCPartPicker..

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus B85M-G R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $370.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-08 15:18 EST-0500

 

I want to know your input regarding this.. Because we want it to give her big rooms for upgrade. She's just an amateur but if we gave her this as a present she'll most likely be engaged to it more since the PC is not as crappy as her laptop. So it's likely that she'll upgrade once she got deeper into editing.

 

If this build is good enough that'll be great but if there's something more that can do better for the budget and room for upgrading, please educate me.

Also if possible, I would like to hear suggestions on how to make it smaller/compact w/o compromising the budget.. If none then it's fine.

 

We are just students contributing for this so we have a very limited budget.

 

Thanks for the inputs!

[bking]

Rule #1 for Photoshop performance - separate the program and the scratch directory onto separate drives.

[X99stattrak]

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bdhswP) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bdhswP/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad860kxbjabox) | $69.99 @ NCIX US

**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr910htx3g1) | $18.73 @ OutletPC

**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaf2a78md3h) | $51.99 @ SuperBiiz

**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl9d8gbxl) | $39.99 @ NCIX US

**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $49.98 @ OutletPC

**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp42956kr) | $149.99 @ NCIX US

| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $405.67

| Mail-in rebates | -$25.00

| **Total** | **$380.67**

| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2016-01-08 15:32 EST-0500 |

If that psu has pci power on it, this is much better

[koji]

Rule #1 for Photoshop performance - separate the program and the scratch directory onto separate drives.

Thank you very much. I was thinking to get SSD but it wont do w/ the small budget. Is it fine to partition the drive? If not then I'll try to work around into getting 2 drives.

[IsaacDaGrazin]

My bestfriend will celebrate her birthday soon and we decided to give her a rig as a present.

She likes to edit videos and to photoshop. She complains before that she's having a hard time with her crappy laptop.

I think one of the apps that she use is "Premier" im not familiar w/ apps but it's one of those that she use.

 

Budget will be around $380 w/o PSU and Chassis. (Please disregard rebates since there's none here).

For the PSU, I will get Corsair VS450 since it's the only good PSU in the cheapest category here in Philippines.

 

Btw.. Here are what I came-up w/ PCPartPicker..

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i3-4170 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.89 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: Asus B85M-G R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($64.99 @ Micro Center) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($39.99 @ NCIX US) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($104.99 @ Amazon) 

Total: $370.84

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-08 15:18 EST-0500

 

I want to know your input regarding this.. Because we want it to give her big rooms for upgrade. She's just an amateur but if we gave her this as a present she'll most likely be engaged to it more since the PC is not as crappy as her laptop. So it's likely that she'll upgrade once she got deeper into editing.

 

If this build is good enough that'll be great but if there's something more that can do better for the budget and room for upgrading, please educate me.

Also if possible, I would like to hear suggestions on how to make it smaller/compact w/o compromising the budget.. If none then it's fine.

 

We are just students contributing for this so we have a very limited budget.

 

Thanks for the inputs!

Do you have a case?

[koji]

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bdhswP) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/bdhswP/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [AMD Athlon X4 860K 3.7GHz Quad-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-ad860kxbjabox) | $69.99 @ NCIX US

**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr910htx3g1) | $18.73 @ OutletPC

**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-D3H Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaf2a78md3h) | $51.99 @ SuperBiiz

**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl9d8gbxl) | $39.99 @ NCIX US

**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $49.98 @ OutletPC

**Video Card** | [EVGA GeForce GTX 950 2GB Superclocked+ ACX 2.0 Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-02gp42956kr) | $149.99 @ NCIX US

| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $405.67

| Mail-in rebates | -$25.00

| **Total** | **$380.67**

| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2016-01-08 15:32 EST-0500 |

If that psu has pci power on it, this is much better

 

860k is definitely good but it's not available in our country.

[Arc_Jester]

The VS series is far from good, also you should try to get get her an i5 even if it means scraping the GPU.

[koji]

Do you have a case?

I just edited the thread..

 

I was thinking to get this case since it only costs $30 w/ 3 free fans.

But i'd appreciate if there's a work around to get better case or to get it smaller w/o compromising the budget.

[X99stattrak]

[PCPartPicker part list](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nLQjmG) / [Price breakdown by merchant](http://pcpartpicker.com/p/nLQjmG/by_merchant/)

Type|Item|Price

:----|:----|:----

**CPU** | [AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/amd-cpu-fd6300wmhkbox) | $98.89 @ OutletPC

**CPU Cooler** | [Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/cooler-master-cpu-cooler-rr910htx3g1) | $18.73 @ OutletPC

**Motherboard** | [MSI 760GMA-P34(FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-motherboard-760gmap34fx) | $49.99 @ SuperBiiz

**Memory** | [G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gskill-memory-f312800cl9d8gbxl) | $39.99 @ NCIX US

**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-hard-drive-wd10ezex) | $49.98 @ OutletPC

**Video Card** | [Zotac GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card](http://pcpartpicker.com/part/zotac-video-card-zt7060510m) | $104.99 @ Amazon

| *Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts* |

| **Total** | **$362.57**

| Generated by [PCPartPicker](http://pcpartpicker.com) 2016-01-08 15:39 EST-0500 |

[koji]

The VS series is far from good, also you should try to get get her an i5 even if it means scraping the GPU.

I can say that VS is the best choice from the cheapest category here. If I were to consider the next choice it'll be Seasonic S12II but budget wont allow.

 

I was thinking of this too but I thought Cuda cores help in editing, I dont know but I've read it somewhere + i3 has hyperthreading. But if it wont be as good as what i5 can give then i'd probably get i5 since it has good on-board graphics anyway.

[X99stattrak]

Is the FX6300 available where you live? If so, it'll preform better than all here in editing.

[koji]

Is the FX6300 available where you live? If so, it'll preform better than all here in editing.

Yes it's available, I know FX has a lot of cores that can help in editing but im not familiar with what I need with it. Thanks i'll check the prices here now..

 

Btw.. Does it have room for possible upgrades if she decided to go hardcore on editing? Hehe.

[X99stattrak]

Yes it's available, I know FX has a lot of cores that can help in editing but im not familiar with what I need with it. Thanks i'll check the prices here now..

Btw.. Does it have room for possible upgrades if she decided to go hardcore on editing? Hehe.

The stock cooler could work if it had to, but a cheap afternarket cooler will keep it from thermal throttling. The list I put together is basically as powerful as you're going to get FOR EDITING in that price point.

[Arc_Jester]

I can say that VS is the best choice from the cheapest category here. If I were to consider the next choice it'll be Seasonic S12II but budget wont allow.

 

I was thinking of this too but I thought Cuda cores help in editing, I dont know but I've read it somewhere + i3 has hyperthreading. But if it wont be as good as what i5 can give then i'd probably get i5 since it has good on-board graphics anyway.

The seasonic is a much higher quality unit but since your budget dictates your choices I guess you're stuck with the VS.

 

I usually don't recommend FX processors but since you are on a tight budget then you should really consider the 6300 but you will also need a dedicated graphics card since their are no onboard graphics on the FX series.

[koji]

The seasonic is a much higher quality unit but since your budget dictates your choices I guess you're stuck with the VS.

 

I usually don't recommend FX processors but since you are on a tight budget then you should really consider the 6300 but you will also need a dedicated graphics card since their are no onboard graphics on the FX series.

Will its performance be far from i5+onboard graphics or i3 w/ HyperThreading+Nvidia?

 

And if I picked FX 6300 what would be the upgrade options if she decided to go hardcore on editing.. Like I mean if I selected i3 or i5 she has option to upgrade to i7.

[koji]

The stock cooler could work if it had to, but a cheap afternarket cooler will keep it from thermal throttling. The list I put together is basically as powerful as you're going to get FOR EDITING in that price point.

 

These are the options I have here w/ the Motherboard..

 

The other 4 that I added there here are the prices..

P4400

P4550

P3920

P2190

 

[Arc_Jester]

Will its performance be far from i5+onboard graphics or i3 w/ HyperThreading+Nvidia?

 

And if I picked FX 6300 what would be the upgrade options if she decided to go hardcore on editing.. Like I mean if I selected i3 or i5 she has option to upgrade to i7.

Not really, in editing it will perform better than the i3 and slower than the i5.

 

For upgrades you can go as high as the 8-core 8350 or the 9370/9590 which are just factory OC'd 8350s but in all honesty she should be fine until next year when ZEN comes out.

[X99stattrak]

These are the options I have here w/ the Motherboard..

The other 4 that I added there here are the prices..

P4400

P4550

P3920

P2190

Cheapest one

[koji]

Not really, in editing it will perform better than the i3 and slower than the i5.

 

For upgrades you can go as high as the 8-core 8350 or the 9370/9590 which are just factory OC'd 8350s but in all honesty she should be fine until next year when ZEN comes out.

Thanks a lot. Now my option is limited to either getting i5+on-board or AMD FX since they're pretty much on same price range.

 

Cheapest one

Thanks a lot buddy. I'll finalize our budget maybe it can increase more for SSD. Hehe.

[X99stattrak]

Thanks a lot. Now my option is limited to either getting i5+on-board or AMD FX since they're pretty much on same price range.

Thanks a lot buddy. I'll finalize our budget maybe it can increase more for SSD. Hehe.

The 6300 with the 750ti due to cuda support will be much faster.

[bking]

Thank you very much. I was thinking to get SSD but it wont do w/ the small budget. Is it fine to partition the drive? If not then I'll try to work around into getting 2 drives.

 

NO, they need to be physically different drives as you're trying to avoid mechanical seeking happening with both the scratch and the main drive at the same time