Check my spec - Video editing build

[eddyc]

A friend of mine has asked me to suggest a build for him to do some video editing. No gaming so integrated gfx should be fine. So long as it will play 1080p video we are all good. Budget of around £600. I am assuming this does not include peripherals. If it does then I will have to think again. What about this:

I have been an AMD man up until now so forgive me if I have gone wrong with the motherboard.

Does that look good?

Also if he plugs the hdd and ssd into ports 0 and 1 does that mean he can ignore any potential sandy b problems? He will not be wanting to take it apart and return the motherboard.

 

[eddyc]

Thanks stulid. Should be room in the budget to get a better PSU. Will go for that.

It looks like 4.4GHz is a reasonable aim for the SB i5s (without going into too much depth). Do you think that mobo will handle that? I always feel a bit iffy buying anything off OCUK that does not have any reviews.

 

[eddyc]

Thanks a lot for all the advice guys. I will definitely recommend he gets some more hard drive space. Maybe he should ditch the SSD, they are a bit of a luxury.

I had a massive chat with him last night and I think the outcome is that, since he has not managed to buy the new camera that he needs yet, he is going to hold off on getting the computer for a few months.

In a way I think this works well because in a few months the new series of sandy b motherboards should be out and also bulldozer could be an option.

Its also pretty sad because I dont get to play with all the kit that I cant afford! Oh well.

Thanks again for all the help.