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[AndyG]

Howdy

 

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)

 

[Nollog]

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

[Raiden]

Motherboard always Asus.

[Auzzie Wingman]

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?

Edited by Auzzie Wingman, 23 January 2014 - 05:26 AM.

[Tom]

 

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.

Edited by Tom, 23 January 2014 - 05:37 AM.

[Nollog]

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?)

[AndyG]

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&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.