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#1 AndyG

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Posted 23 January 2014 - 02:37 AM

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Ok...so here we go

Next year I will likely be going to uni to pursue a course along the lines of "Digital Media" or "Film & Television", naturally this fills the need to have my own PC to take along for both uni work and any other miscellaneous uses (however you wish to interpret it -_-).

 

To put it simply, I want to build a rig that will be powerful enough for rendering, video editing, photo editing and gaming of course.

So here is a basic outline of what I want to build:

 

 

Budget:

Anywhere between $1000-2000 (more or less)

 

Monitors:

1x BenQ XL2411t

(will add more monitors later)

 

Motherboard:

*undecided*

 

Processor:

Preferably something in the intel i7 range ( i5 is good but I wouldn't mind a bit more power)

 

RAM:

x2 8GB RAM sticks (No less)

Any particular brands?

 

Graphics Card:

*Undecided*

 

Harddrive:

x1   1-2TB HDD (Anywhere between 7200RPM-16000 RPM)

x1   50-120GB SSD (The SSD will hold the OS files and various other software files to ensure they run much faster)

 

Misc info:

*OS: Windows 7 64 Bit

*x1 Optical disc drive

*x1 Power supply (no idea as to what type)

 

*I will decide on the case later

 

 

 

Things to keep in mind:

1. I am no expert, so if i'm completely off mark do tell.

2. Since I'm living in Australia I won't be able to get prices as cheap as the US

3. I don't intend on over clocking ( not yet at least)

4. Water cooling isn't necessary (unless you guys recommend it) 

 

 

Anything I missed?

Anyway it would be a great help if somebody can provide suggestions (hint hint 3Dude)

 


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Posted 23 January 2014 - 03:17 AM

I hear intel might be making a new socket and new motherboard spec next year.

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Posted 23 January 2014 - 03:21 AM

Motherboard always Asus.



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Posted 23 January 2014 - 05:26 AM

2. Since I'm living in Australia I won't be able to get prices as cheap as the US

 

Yeah, I was gonna say $2000 USD you're rolling in it.

 

Also, Sydney?


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Posted 23 January 2014 - 05:36 AM

 

I hear intel might be making a new socket and new motherboard spec next year.

I was told that Broadwell was gonna still be LGA1150.

 

I assembled this computerbox on PCPartPicker:

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/2G8Sf

 

Total comes to $2064.21 (aussiedollars, of course)

 

This is by no means price-efficient, because I used all the mainstream e-peen components, but I'll give you the high(low?)lights of this computerbox.

 

 - H87 Motherboard means no overclocking, even if you wanted to.

 - Since we're dealing with stock clocks, watercooling didn't seem necessary to me.

 - Your computer will operate at a max of ~440W, but I chose a 550W power supply in case you want to slap in more hard drives/RAM.

 - If you're not into the 650D, cases can only get cheaper from there.

 - Wasn't sure if you wanted a Blu-Ray reader, so I picked one anyways.

 - Windows 7 Home Premium only supports up to 16GB RAM, so on the off-chance that you want to download more rams, you'll have to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional.


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Posted 23 January 2014 - 06:31 AM

I have a gigabyte motherboard, it's a piece of rainbow, but that could be a once off, and it was the first generation x58(A?)

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#7 AndyG

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Posted 24 January 2014 - 01:59 AM

Auzzie Wingman, on 24 Jan 2014 - 12:26 AM, said:

Yeah, I was gonna say $2000 USD you're rolling in it.

Also, Sydney?

Nope. Small Country town in the western district of Victoria.

Tom, on 24 Jan 2014 - 12:36 AM, said:




I was told that Broadwell was gonna still be LGA1150.

I assembled this computerbox on PCPartPicker:
http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/2G8Sf

Total comes to $2064.21 (aussiedollars, of course)

This is by no means price-efficient, because I used all the mainstream e-peen components, but I'll give you the high(low?)lights of this computerbox.

- H87 Motherboard means no overclocking, even if you wanted to.
- Since we're dealing with stock clocks, watercooling didn't seem necessary to me.
- Your computer will operate at a max of ~440W, but I chose a 550W power supply in case you want to slap in more hard drives/RAM.
- If you're not into the 650D, cases can only get cheaper from there.
- Wasn't sure if you wanted a Blu-Ray reader, so I picked one anyways.
- Windows 7 Home Premium only supports up to 16GB RAM, so on the off-chance that you want to download more rams, you'll have to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional.

Neato. This is pretty much everything I wanted.

Still I was thinking more along the lines of a 1-2GB graphics card , but if 3GB is what you would recommend than I guess I can make the investment.
I guess the Blu-ray would probably be a good addition, but with everything going digital I might just buy a standalone Blu-Ray for my TV instead.
But... I might get a better motherboard, but i'm not sure whether I should.


When it comes to cases I was thinking something along the lines of BitFenix, but what ever is good quality will do.
Here are some cases I have been looking at:

http://www.pccasegea...16b72796d2f8cca

http://www.pccasegea...1&#38;cPath=547


Anyway, thanks for your help so far.




Edit:
Just going to add a list of graphics cards that are a possibility:

*Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition

*Gigabyte GV-N760OC-2GD REV2.0

*GTX 780

Edited by AndyG, 24 January 2014 - 04:46 PM.

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