The Decision on which build

jamie4696

jamie4696

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okay so recently i have made several threads about which build i will need for a video editing PC. i and will run sony vegas, camtasia, the elgato game capture, and the only game really will be minecraft no major games.

so these are some of the builds, no i need to know which is better?

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £119.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G) £71.99
1 x Gigabyte 970A-DS3 AMD 970A (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x **B Grade** Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-252-SE) £33.5
1 x **B Grade** OcUK Imp MicroATX Tower Cas (CA-063-OP) £15
1 x Samsung SH-118AB/BEBE SATA 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £14.99
Total : £365.04 (includes shipping : £10.50).


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3330 3.00GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £139.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £67.99
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 430W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020046-UK) £36.98
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £35.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Alpha Gaming Case - Black £29.99
Total : £459.02 (includes shipping : £11.75).

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £64.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £59.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.98
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £43.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G186C9K) £41.99
1 x Samsung SH-224BB/BEBE 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99
Total : £466.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

or if you think the cheaper build was better how could i upgrade it to m ake it even better as long as i dont pass £450


These are some builds people of the forum has recommended but now i need to know which one?
 
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The first build seems pretty overkill for your needs?

I think the best build for what you need might be the trinity.

- Quad-core for the applications.
- iGPU for Minecraft.
- Good all-rounder

Another question, how come build 1 doesn't include an OS?
 
For video editing only, the first build as that piledriver has good threading and deals well with heavy video loads.

The second one is close perfomance wise but the price of it (compared to the first build) is a deciding factor.

The trinity spec isn't a good option for video editing but will have better graphical performance.

If this rig will stay purely for video editing the first one is well worth it for your budget though if you start yo struggle there is no room yo upgrade your CPU. The second spec may be a tiny bit behind on performance and more on price but it gives you an option to grab an i7 in the future.

I don't know how good piledrivers on boards are but it may be worth getting a low end gpu.
 
The i10 will be plenty for Minecraft, but significantly slower than the other two builds in video editing, I wouldn't bother with it.

As I've mentioned in another thread recently, the 8320 is faster for video editing than the 3330 for less money, although the 3330 is a decent CPU. You won't be unhappy with either of the first builds, I'd recommend the 8320 for it's video editing ability.
 
didnt realise it was missing the OS aha oh well, and i forgot to mention but i would like it to be upgradeable in the near future to a more gaming end PC but not massively gaming just little tweaks for better graphics cards and such. it will be mostly rendering and editing but as i said minecraft is a game i would like to play
 
jamie4696 said:
didnt realise it was missing the OS aha oh well, and i forgot to mention but i would like it to be upgradeable in the near future to a more gaming end PC but not massively gaming just little tweaks for better graphics cards and such. it will be mostly rendering and editing but as i said minecraft is a game i would like to play
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then go with a piledriver, either the 8350 or the 8320 they are better then encoding than i5s or any of the lesser amd chips
 
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