video editing pc help

Big red · 5 Dec 2015 at 18:34

Hi guys , my son needs a pc for mainly video editing so he needs something with a bit of grunt and stable . his present pc is falling over when converting and exporting large files . he does not want it for playing games but would like to do the other everyday things with it we have a budget of about £300/400.
the current pc has a amd fx 6100 6core at 3.6ghz the motherboard is a gigabyte fitted with an amd radeon r9 200series and 16 gb ddr3 ram.
when editing the system runs very slow and a warning sound buzes now and again , so any advise would be very welcome.

thanks

mickyflinn · 5 Dec 2015 at 19:31

What psu does he have ?

Just change you motherboard and cpu.

There are plenty of boards to choose from but not that many in stock.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/motherboards/intel/lga-1150-z97-chipset?spage=1&ssort=3

my basket at overclockers uk:

1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail= £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard= £89.99

Total: £360.48
(includes shipping: £10.50)

Big red · 5 Dec 2015 at 19:45

thanks for the prompt reply Mickyflinn would I be able to use the ddr 3 and the graphics card with that board ,also with the buzzing under load we cant tell if any of the parts are failing , would it have the grunt for editing ?.

mickyflinn · 5 Dec 2015 at 20:22

First thing i would do is try to locate where the buzzing comes from, but it could be a number of things . psu, hard drive or gpu

To the above upgrade option you will be able to use the ddr3 as long as its 1066 and above. The I7 is a Beast and will perform admirably when video editing.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2014/06/19/intel-core-i7-4790k-devil-s-canyon-review/3