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Hi there, I came to these forums for my last rig and you guys knocked it out of the park. The rig I built in 2009 is still going strong, but I'd like to begin editing with Avid MediaComposer, upgrade my gaming hardware, and move this old machine into the living room to control my TV. So I'd like another round of advice for some new hotness.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Let's ballpark it at $1000, including rebates, not including tax, shipping, or any other costs. I also have a side question: what would you add or replace on the $1000 rig if you had $200 more to work with? I'm interested in knowing what kind of power increases I could get if I sprung for a $1200 rig instead of a $1000, or if the returns for throwing more money at it will diminish too much for it to be worth it to me.
3) Where do you live?
New England, USA.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Basically, the case and everything that goes in it, except for a 500 GB storage drive from the old box that I will be using for primary storage on the new rig. I don't really need any other huge storage solutions yet, but I'll look into it later if it's needed.
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
The only part I'm planning on transferring from the old box is a 500 GB SATA hard drive which will be my primary data storage.
6) Will you be overclocking?
No.
7) What size monitor do you have or plan to have?
I will continue to use my ASUS 23" 1920x1080 and my old IBM 19" 1280x1024 monitor.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Over the next month.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Need Firewire. Don't think I'll need the other stuff, though maybe one day I'd want to set up RAID - but if including RAID support in the motherboard is a big problem, forget RAID.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
I'll be buying a new license for Windows 7 Ultimate.
Well, that's about all the info. What do you hardware sages recommend for $1000 - $1200 Avid Editing beast? Thanks in advance!
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
- Gaming: I'm more into gaming than I was in 2009. I still don't need a machine that can run the bleeding edge at the highest settings, but I do have some Steam games that I haven't played yet because I want to have a better experience: Dead Space 1 & 2, the Mass Effect series, etc. I assume that a new machine with a bigger budget geared toward video editing will be able to play these games well.
- Photoshop/Image Processing: I will probably buy some version of Adobe's image processing software.
- Video Editing: This is the major requirement for this new system. I want to edit and produce video projects using Avid Media Composer 6. The system requirements were a bit difficult for me to understand, but I imagine it's going to come down primarily to the graphics card and RAM.
- Music/Movies: I'll be managing my MP3 library and watching BluRay movies. I assume that most modern systems will be able to output multichannel surround sound, which would be nice, even though I don't use it right now.
- Other: Web browsing, word processing, communication apps, all your basic home computing needs not already listed above.
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
Let's ballpark it at $1000, including rebates, not including tax, shipping, or any other costs. I also have a side question: what would you add or replace on the $1000 rig if you had $200 more to work with? I'm interested in knowing what kind of power increases I could get if I sprung for a $1200 rig instead of a $1000, or if the returns for throwing more money at it will diminish too much for it to be worth it to me.
3) Where do you live?
New England, USA.
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. Please be very specific.
Basically, the case and everything that goes in it, except for a 500 GB storage drive from the old box that I will be using for primary storage on the new rig. I don't really need any other huge storage solutions yet, but I'll look into it later if it's needed.
- Case - The last case I got is great, but it barely fits on my desk. I need my next case to be no more than 20 inches tall.
- Motherboard
- CPU
- Video Card & Sound Card
- Power Supply
- RAM
- Hard Disk - I would like an SSD to run the OS and programs
- Bluray/DVD writer with Lightscribe
- Any other devices/slots (extra USB ports, etc) that I might need
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
The only part I'm planning on transferring from the old box is a 500 GB SATA hard drive which will be my primary data storage.
6) Will you be overclocking?
No.
7) What size monitor do you have or plan to have?
I will continue to use my ASUS 23" 1920x1080 and my old IBM 19" 1280x1024 monitor.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Over the next month.
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? etc.
Need Firewire. Don't think I'll need the other stuff, though maybe one day I'd want to set up RAID - but if including RAID support in the motherboard is a big problem, forget RAID.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license?
I'll be buying a new license for Windows 7 Ultimate.
Well, that's about all the info. What do you hardware sages recommend for $1000 - $1200 Avid Editing beast? Thanks in advance!
