$700 PC (video editing & gaming)

[aaronsbuild]

I’m trying to help my friend build a PC and she wants to be able to edit photos and videos on it while being able to also play games, any suggestions on what parts to look at? thanks for any help in advance 

 

budget :$700 USD 

purpose: gaming & editing 

if you have any questions, ask away!

[Herman Mcpootis]

need os/monitor/peripherals? which programs are you using for editing?

[aaronsbuild]

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

need os/monitor/peripherals? which programs are you using for editing?

need OS, that’s all 

[aaronsbuild]

3 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

need os/monitor/peripherals? which programs are you using for editing?

i don’t know what programs, probably basic ones 

[Sernefarian]

So this is pretty much the best I could put together in budget. More cost optimization might be possible still, but it's close.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($143.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($27.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($164.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: DIYPC - P48-W ATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($23.98 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit  ($102.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $696.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-02 00:43 EDT-0400

[aaronsbuild]

9 minutes ago, Sernefarian said:

So this is pretty much the best I could put together in budget. More cost optimization might be possible still, but it's close.

 

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($143.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($73.88 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($27.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($42.69 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Video Card  ($164.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case: DIYPC - P48-W ATX Mid Tower Case  ($25.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($23.98 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home Full - USB 32/64-bit  ($102.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $696.18
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-02 00:43 EDT-0400
 

 

 

what is the difference in 4 and 6 cores? for cpu’s 

[Sernefarian]

18 minutes ago, aaronsbuild said:

what is the difference in 4 and 6 cores? for cpu’s 

 

For modern processors a core is an area of the processor that independently handles processing tasks. For a four core processor it can handle 4 separate processing tasks at once. A six core processor can handle up to 6 processing tasks at once.

 

Intel's Hyperthreading and AMDs SMT technologies allow each core to split it's processing capability between two separate tasks allowing a 4 core processor to engage in 8 simultaneous calculations and a 6 core processor to engage in 12 simultaneous calculations. For many current games having more than 8 threads tends to be more than they will fully utilize. Production applications, Adobe Premiere and applications like it, have a tendency to absolutely love higher core counts and higher thread counts..

 

AMD's Ryzen series processor give you SMT across most all of their product lineup while Intel reserves hyperthreading for it's top end offerings. General consensus seems to be that at least currently SMT is a more efficient threading technology than hyperthreading is. Though if intel updates their hyperthreading architecture then this likely will change.

 

The Ryzen 5 1400 is a 4 core 8 thread processor.

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 hours ago, aaronsbuild said:

need OS, that’s all 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($149.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($80.88 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: ADATA - XPG SX6000 256GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($62.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Toshiba - 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($41.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Asus - Radeon RX 580 4GB Dual Video Card  ($224.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Thermaltake - Versa H15 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($33.55 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($23.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $668.26
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-08-02 02:19 EDT-0400

get os from reddit for $25.

[aaronsbuild]

8 hours ago, Sernefarian said:

 

For modern processors a core is an area of the processor that independently handles processing tasks. For a four core processor it can handle 4 separate processing tasks at once. A six core processor can handle up to 6 processing tasks at once.

 

Intel's Hyperthreading and AMDs SMT technologies allow each core to split it's processing capability between two separate tasks allowing a 4 core processor to engage in 8 simultaneous calculations and a 6 core processor to engage in 12 simultaneous calculations. For many current games having more than 8 threads tends to be more than they will fully utilize. Production applications, Adobe Premiere and applications like it, have a tendency to absolutely love higher core counts and higher thread counts..

 

AMD's Ryzen series processor give you SMT across most all of their product lineup while Intel reserves hyperthreading for it's top end offerings. General consensus seems to be that at least currently SMT is a more efficient threading technology than hyperthreading is. Though if intel updates their hyperthreading architecture then this likely will change.

 

The Ryzen 5 1400 is a 4 core 8 thread processor.

thanks!