Editing Rig $1000

[Baeger]

Hiya gang

My mate in the US needs a PC, his budget is $1000, he wants to use it purely for video editing (but honestly he might do the odd LiveStream for his Xbox and maybe the odd steam game every now and then)

Can anyone help me out?  Like I'm considering getting him something with an AMD CPU but I've only ever done Intel and I want him to get the best bang for his buck

[Hydraxiler32]

1 minute ago, Baeger said:

Hiya gang

My mate in the US needs a PC, his budget is $1000, he wants to use it purely for video editing (but honestly he might do the odd LiveStream for his Xbox and maybe the odd steam game every now and then)

Can anyone help me out?  Like I'm considering getting him something with an AMD CPU but I've only ever done Intel and I want him to get the best bang for his buck

ATM, you should only get Intel CPUs unless you want a 860k.

does he plan to upgrade or overclock the computer?

[Baeger]

Just now, Hydraxiler32 said:

ATM, you should only get Intel CPUs unless you want a 860k.

does he plan to upgrade or overclock the computer?

Nah, he's a PC Novice so I doubt he'll be OCing anytime soon.  He just wants me to find parts for him and build it for him when I travel over there in the summer.

So Intel it is then.

[Hydraxiler32]

1 minute ago, Baeger said:

Nah, he's a PC Novice so I doubt he'll be OCing anytime soon.  He just wants me to find parts for him and build it for him when I travel over there in the summer.

So Intel it is then.

does he care about looks? because I am gonna get ugly RAM.

[Baeger]

Just now, Hydraxiler32 said:

does he care about looks? because I am gonna get ugly RAM.

He'll probably care about the case and peripherals but the components themselves, probably not haha

[Hydraxiler32]

1 minute ago, Baeger said:

He'll probably care about the case and peripherals but the components themselves, probably not haha

wait so does this have to include peripherals, os, etc?

[Baeger]

1 minute ago, Hydraxiler32 said:

wait so does this have to include peripherals, os, etc?

Yeaaah literally everything, even a monitor and stuff I'm kinda stumped.  $1000 not including that stuff I wouldn't have so much trouble with.

[Hydraxiler32]

2 minutes ago, Baeger said:

Yeaaah literally everything, even a monitor and stuff I'm kinda stumped.  $1000 not including that stuff I wouldn't have so much trouble with.

I know you can get windows 10 off of Kinguin for like $35 and not get scammed, is he ok with doing that? cuz then that would save you like $100.

[Hydraxiler32]

and how much storage does he need?

[Hydraxiler32]

headphones or speakers?

[Baeger]

12 minutes ago, Hydraxiler32 said:

and how much storage does he need?

Sorry I was just trying to get that info from him lol.   He just said for storage "a sufficient amount", for headphone and speakers I think he's good.  and yeah I think he'd rather just have a windows disk to make it easier (idk why I told him it's easy haha)

[Hydraxiler32]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CCK2gs

here

[RedWulf]

Kind of a shot in the dark, but I would do the kenguin thing or a reloader. 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/4JPgD3

[Baeger]

7 minutes ago, Hydraxiler32 said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/CCK2gs

here

Shit man, this seems too good to be true.  Is the SSD really that price?  because in the UK they're way more

[tataklee]

9 minutes ago, Baeger said:

Shit man, this seems too good to be true.  Is the SSD really that price?  because in the UK they're way more

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3 54.8 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($17.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($53.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: OCZ ARC 100 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($70.73 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.75 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 380 4GB Double Dissipation Video Card  ($170.80 @ Newegg) 
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Micro Center) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($48.99 @ NCIX US) 
Monitor: Asus VX238H 23.0" Monitor  ($109.99 @ Micro Center) 
Total: $842.21
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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