Upgrades for Content Creation

[Daniel Z.]

I do some editing and youtube. I also fold and use blender sometimes. My current system is very lacking for my tasks and I would like some advice for upgrades less than around $600 Canadian.

 

Current build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($247.50 @ Vuugo) 
Motherboard: ASRock - H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($82.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($64.75 @ Vuugo) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card 
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($96.75 @ Vuugo) 
Power Supply: EVGA - 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Memory Express) 
Monitor: Dell - S2715H 27.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor  ($345.99 @ PC Canada) 
Monitor: Asus - VA32AQ 31.5" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor  ($499.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Keyboard: Logitech - G710 Plus Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($99.99 @ Memory Express) 
Keyboard: Kingston - HyperX Alloy FPS Wired Standard Keyboard  ($136.81 @ Amazon Canada) 
Mouse: Logitech - G402 Wired Optical Mouse  ($85.99 @ PC Canada) 
Total: $1760.75
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-24 23:47 EDT-0400

[chris76816]

If you can go a bit over

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/YHkHsJ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/YHkHsJ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($414.07 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($82.98 @ NCIX) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($129.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $627.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-24 23:56 EDT-0400

[Daniel Z.]

Just now, chris76816 said:

If you can go a bit over

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/YHkHsJ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/YHkHsJ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($414.07 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($82.98 @ NCIX) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($129.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $627.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-24 23:56 EDT-0400

nice, but the mobo kinda sucks for overclocking, is the 1600 good enough?

[Drak3]

What do you currently have as far as software goes. and what do you think you'll be using in a year or two? Personally, I'd suggest saving for a hexacore, AMD if you're restricted by budget, Intel if you benefit from AVX (more recent versions of Adobe products, Handbreak, H.264/265 use AVX if available). Actually, with AMD, you'd probably be able to get it now if you can afford that system you listed.

[chris76816]

Just now, Daniel Z. said:

nice, but the mobo kinda sucks for overclocking, is the 1600 good enough?

The 1600 should be fine, but I'd recommend trying to fit a 1700 in because that would be a pretty big upgrade.

[Daniel Z.]

Just now, Drak3 said:

What do you currently have as far as software goes. and what do you think you'll be using in a year or two? Personally, I'd suggest saving for a hexacore, AMD if you're restricted by budget, Intel if you benefit from AVX (more recent versions of Adobe products, Handbreak, H.264/265 use AVX if available). Actually, with AMD, you'd probably be able to get it now if you can afford that system you listed.

I use movie maker, blender, a little handbrake

[Drak3]

Just now, Daniel Z. said:

I use movie maker, blender, a little handbrake

I heavily recommend saving for an Intel Hexacore, or the 7700K (7740X if you'd like to move to an X299 hexacore or higher later). Blender and Handbrake both use AVX when available.

[Daniel Z.]

Just now, Drak3 said:

I heavily recommend saving for an Intel Hexacore, or the 7700K (7740X if you'd like to move to an X299 hexacore or higher later). Blender and Handbrake both use AVX when available.

do the X56xx or X57xx Xeons have AVX?

[Drak3]

Just now, Daniel Z. said:

do the X56xx or X57xx Xeons have AVX?

 Wouldn't know. I do know that Haswell supports AVX and AVX2, so simply moving from the 4460 to the 4790K would be a decent upgrade. You could use that as a stopgap, and save up for a more powerful system down the road.

[NTDaws]

20 minutes ago, chris76816 said:

If you can go a bit over

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/YHkHsJ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/YHkHsJ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($414.07 @ Amazon Canada) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($82.98 @ NCIX) 
Memory: GeIL - EVO POTENZA 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($129.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $627.04
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-24 23:56 EDT-0400

no no no, tiss tiss tiss.

[Damascus]

Get a second hand 4790/4790k for around 250 ish and the best gpu you can get with the rest. 350 bucks can get you a 980 ti so I'd nab one of them.

[shakenbreak]

7 minutes ago, Daniel Z. said:

do the X56xx or X57xx Xeons have AVX?

According to a quick google search Intel started implementing AVX with Sandy Bridge on 1155 and Sandy Bridge-E on 2011, and have improved upon it with each generation.

[Daniel Z.]

Just now, Damascus said:

Get a second hand 4790/4790k for around 250 ish and the best gpu you can get with the rest. 350 bucks can get you a 980 ti so I'd nab one of them.

i would just get the 980Ti then so I can max SW battlefront at 1440

[Damascus]

Just now, Daniel Z. said:

i would just get the 980Ti then so I can max SW battlefront at 1440

Ehh...  you need a cpu upgrade more than gpu dude.

[shakenbreak]

I agree with Damascus, another thing that might help out is adding another kit of ram or replacing your 8gb kit with a 16gb kit.