PC for video rendering

[Invertigo]

Hi all.

Been asked by a friend to build a pc for video editing and rendering, and was just looking for an opinion on this.

Budget is £500, and this is what I've come up with so far.

It's my belief that the IGP on the Sandy Bridge GPU's should be up to the task, but if not feel free to correct me.


Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £163.99
(£136.66) £163.99
(£136.66)
Gigabyte Z68A-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £77.99
(£64.99) £77.99
(£64.99)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £59.99
(£49.99) £59.99
(£49.99)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Akasa AK-CC4005SP01 Venom Nano CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) £21.98
(£18.32) £21.98
(£18.32)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(£14.16) £16.99
(£14.16)
Sub Total : £375.77
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £77.40
Total : £464.42

 

[stulid]

Do you have a graphics card? or are you wanting to use the CPU's built in HD3000 graphics with a motherboard?

 

[Invertigo]

Was planning on using the integrated graphics for now, hence the Z68 motherboard choice.

 

[stulid]

Then you want a board that actually has video outputs - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-052-AK&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

 

[Surveyor]

FYI the IGP only works with certain software:

Intel Quick Sync

There may be others but if the program used for video rendering can't use the IGP your friend will get no extra benefit from it and just have to rely on the processor.

 

[Invertigo]

Heh, might be a good start! Just assumed that it would be standard on the Z68 boards

I think I have a spare nvidia quadro fx580 lying around somewhere that I could give him, so that may be a non issue.

 

[stulid]

Heh, might be a good start! Just assumed that it would be standard on the Z68 boards

Its only gigabyte that are this lame.