Video/photo editing machine spec check :)

James07 · 15 Jan 2011 at 16:47

Got a build here for a friend, he needs it to run the following programs professionally for his company:

Sony Vagas
Power Director
CS5

Also at the bottom is a thread for the graphics card as i dont know what would be best really

Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - Retail £149.99

Gigabyte GA-P55-USB3 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard - £83.99

Corsair Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low Voltage Dual-Channel Kit - £37.97

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) - £27.98

Akasa All-In-One 21 Function Panel (Black) - Retail £25.52

OCUK EZCool NA-705 Case - Black (500w PSU) £19.99

Samsung SH-S222A/BEBE 22x DVD±RW IDE Rewriter (Black) - OEM £13.99

Cooler Master Hyper 101 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/AM2/AM3) £10.20

Price - £369.64

Could do with it been a bit cheaper too if poss.

Find me a Graphics card

Cheers,

James

stulid · 15 Jan 2011 at 16:50

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AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £144.98
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Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
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Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
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GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £35.99
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
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Akasa All-In-One 21 Function Panel (Black) - Retail £25.52
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Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
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more cores, onboard gpu.

James07 · 15 Jan 2011 at 17:40

Why AMD? & why a case change?

Cookeh · 15 Jan 2011 at 17:46

James07 said:
Why AMD? & why a case change?

Much much much better value for money. You're getting 6 cores and one of the best onboard graphics out there for around £100 less than a 4 cores and a mediocre onboard.

Case change because for £65 you get a good case AND a good power supply - saves you around £20-30.

Case you specced was crap, frankly. Also I wouldn't use the power supply included with that to power a lightbulb.

James07 · 15 Jan 2011 at 17:50

Cookeh said:
Much much much better value for money. You're getting 6 cores and one of the best onboard graphics out there for around £100 less than a 4 cores and a mediocre onboard.

Case change because for £65 you get a good case AND a good power supply - saves you around £20-30.

Case you specced was crap, frankly. Also I wouldn't use the power supply included with that to power a lightbulb.

Personally i was thinking the same with the psu, haha i was tempted t pop a modular in there instead.

As for the on board graphics, i doubt he will be running that when hes video editing, a separate card is needed for that i thihk.

Cookeh · 15 Jan 2011 at 18:00

James07 said:
Personally i was thinking the same with the psu, haha i was tempted t pop a modular in there instead.

As for the on board graphics, i doubt he will be running that when hes video editing, a separate card is needed for that i thihk.

Nope, onboard is more than adequate for editing and rendering. If he's recording using a plug-in (like PLDX for Team Fortress 2) then he won't need anything above onboard - if he's recording straight from game (like Theatre mode in COD) then yes, he'll need a decent dedi

I don't know what you're referencing in terms of editing - it's a very broad subject

James07 · 15 Jan 2011 at 18:18

Cookeh said:
I don't know what you're referencing in terms of editing - it's a very broad subject

Im unsure what hes editing video wise but photography wise hes going to be running his own firm doing photography for people.

He said he does a lot of both so i guess im going to have to find out for sure.

James07 · 15 Jan 2011 at 18:24

He said the following

Well it's photoshopping and sometimes digital painting. And then there's the 3D stuff

Cookeh · 15 Jan 2011 at 18:27

James07 said:
He said the following

Onboard should be fine for that.

Unless... Ask him if the software makes use of CUDA.

James07 · 16 Jan 2011 at 19:52

Cookeh said:
Onboard should be fine for that.

Unless... Ask him if the software makes use of CUDA.

Ive asked him and he hasnt a clue, ive read up on this and i dont even know weather or not he may use this.

What main reasons would he have for needing this?

Cheers,

James.

Cookeh · 16 Jan 2011 at 19:58

James07 said:
Ive asked him and he hasnt a clue, ive read up on this and i dont even know weather or not he may use this.

What main reasons would he have for needing this?

Cheers,

James.

Basically it would let the graphics card do a lot of the rendering - making it faster as gpu are so much more powerful that cpus.

If he doesn't know then no need for an dedicated graphics card, so he can use onboard

James07 · 16 Jan 2011 at 20:19

stulid said:
Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £144.98
(£120.82) £144.98
(£120.82)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.33
(£53.61) £64.33
(£53.61)
Foxconn A7DA-S 3.0 AMD 790GX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard £54.98
(£45.82) £54.98
(£45.82)
GeIL 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz VALUE PLUS Dual Channel (GVP34GB1600C9DC) £35.99
(£29.99) £35.99
(£29.99)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £27.98
(£23.32) £27.98
(£23.32)
Akasa All-In-One 21 Function Panel (Black) - Retail £25.52
(£21.27) £25.52
(£21.27)
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.98
(£10.82) £12.98
(£10.82)
Sub Total : £305.65
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £10.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £63.23
Total : £379.38

more cores, onboard gpu.

Final?

Cookeh · 16 Jan 2011 at 20:33

James07 said:
Final?

Pretty much. I'd swap the HDD for this to give him more storage though.

James07 · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:25

Hes got a storage drive, and hes more likely to add a second sata drive so that if his windows 7 install fails he has ths backup drive with all his important pictures and files on etc

Personally im buying a NAS

Cookeh · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:41

James07 said:
Hes got a storage drive, and hes more likely to add a second sata drive so that if his windows 7 install fails he has ths backup drive with all his important pictures and files on etc

Personally im buying a NAS

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Razor-BladE · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:51

Stick in 8GB RAM. 4GB may not be enough, and 8GB will run a lot smoother anyway.

James07 · 16 Jan 2011 at 22:27

Razor-BladE said:
Stick in 8GB RAM. 4GB may not be enough, and 8GB will run a lot smoother anyway.

What size GB sticks? 4 would be best?

Redmint · 16 Jan 2011 at 22:28

Yep might as well go with 4GB sticks so you can upgrade later if needed.

James07 · 16 Jan 2011 at 22:32

Redmint said:
Yep might as well go with 4GB sticks so you can upgrade later if needed.

Hes running off a laptop atm, i recon 4GB will suffice for now and in the future he can upgrade if needbe and ill buy them off him and sell them through my company.

Razor-BladE · 17 Jan 2011 at 01:14

James07 said:
Hes running off a laptop atm, i recon 4GB will suffice for now and in the future he can upgrade if needbe and ill buy them off him and sell them through my company.

Ask him whether 4GB was limiting or not. Laptops aren't as upgradable so although he was using 4GB, it may not have been enough? And if you do go with an 8GB set, 2x4GB is best, like what Redmint said, so you can upgrade later if need be.