...which was originally to be sold to a relative of one of the partners of a business downstairs from my home into my auxiliary video editing PC is almost complete. This is because I'm now keeping that system due to the would-be-buyer running out of money.
Here are the answers to the questions:
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Video editing (using Premiere Pro CS5.5), Web surfing, some gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$100 to $200. (Up to $300 if a Blu-ray burner is included.)
3) Where do you live?
Chicagoland area
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Motherboard, (optionally) a Blu-ray burner
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Originally:
Intel i3-2100
4 GB Patriot DDR3-1333 RAM
1TB Seagate 7200.12 SATA drive
SATA DVD burner
(Onboard Intel HD 2000 graphics)
Intel DH61CR motherboard
Cooler Master Elite 341 case (pulled from my auxiliary editing system)
Antec EarthWatts EA-380D Green PSU
Components added or upgraded since this build was originally conceived:
Intel i5-2400 (replacing an i3-2100)
8GB (2 x 4GB) Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3-1600 RAM (which replaced 2 x 2GB Crucial DDR3-1333 RAM)
500GB WD Blue and 1TB Samsung F3 hard drives (one Seagate 1TB 7200.12 hard drive is also inside the case, but currently disconnected - see below)
eVGA GeForce GTX 560 1GB card
Antec High Current Gamer 520W PSU (replacing the EarthWatts Green 380W)
6) Will you be overclocking?
Maybe
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
19" widescreen @ 1440x900
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within one to two weeks, but more likely tomorrow or Wednesday
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
RAID, USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0 Gbps are nice to have, but might not be necessary
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Windows 7 64-bit
Here's the impetus for the upgrade (or rather, a component replacement):
I've already found a big weak spot of the Intel DH61CR motherboard that's currently in the system: The two ptimary SATA ports are now completely blocked by the double-slot cooler on the GTX 560 card. This forced me to use a right-angle SATA plug under the card - and then, I could not plug a second right-angle SATA plug at all because the two SATA sockets on the motherboard are much too close together to allow this. This effectively reduces my maximum SATA drive capability to only two HDDs plus one optical drive (which is why I left the aforementioned Seagate HDD disconnected).
I've looked at the other Intel Media Series motherboards, and found all of them to have one of the five internal SATA ports (in this case, the third SATA 3.0 Gbps port, or the fifth total) located so that it can be completely blocked by a double-slot GPU cooler (what would have been a sixth internal SATA port or a fourth SATA 3.0 Gbps port is instead used by a single eSATA port on those boards). But except for that weak point (which in this case is easily correctable by using a right-angle SATA plug in that fifth internal SATA port), it would have been close to ideal for what I'll eventually be using this would-become auxiliary editing rig for.
The case is no problem since I will be moving the carryover components that's currently inside the Elite 335 case to either an Elite 430 case (which I already have currently) or a new case altogether.
So, barring the Intel mobo, which board would you suggest?
And if I need a Blu-ray burner, which model would you recommend?
I would appreciate the suggestions.
Here are the answers to the questions:
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? etc
Video editing (using Premiere Pro CS5.5), Web surfing, some gaming
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included?
$100 to $200. (Up to $300 if a Blu-ray burner is included.)
3) Where do you live?
Chicagoland area
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, RAM, case, etc. The word "Everything" is not a valid answer. Please list out all the parts you'll need.
Motherboard, (optionally) a Blu-ray burner
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Please be especially specific about the power supply. List make and model.
Originally:
Intel i3-2100
4 GB Patriot DDR3-1333 RAM
1TB Seagate 7200.12 SATA drive
SATA DVD burner
(Onboard Intel HD 2000 graphics)
Intel DH61CR motherboard
Cooler Master Elite 341 case (pulled from my auxiliary editing system)
Antec EarthWatts EA-380D Green PSU
Components added or upgraded since this build was originally conceived:
Intel i5-2400 (replacing an i3-2100)
8GB (2 x 4GB) Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3-1600 RAM (which replaced 2 x 2GB Crucial DDR3-1333 RAM)
500GB WD Blue and 1TB Samsung F3 hard drives (one Seagate 1TB 7200.12 hard drive is also inside the case, but currently disconnected - see below)
eVGA GeForce GTX 560 1GB card
Antec High Current Gamer 520W PSU (replacing the EarthWatts Green 380W)
6) Will you be overclocking?
Maybe
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have?
19" widescreen @ 1440x900
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC?
Within one to two weeks, but more likely tomorrow or Wednesday
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? RAID? Firewire? Crossfire or SLI support? USB 3.0? SATA 6Gb/s? etc.
RAID, USB 3.0 and SATA 6.0 Gbps are nice to have, but might not be necessary
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? If so, what OS? Is it 32bit or 64bit?
Windows 7 64-bit
Here's the impetus for the upgrade (or rather, a component replacement):
I've already found a big weak spot of the Intel DH61CR motherboard that's currently in the system: The two ptimary SATA ports are now completely blocked by the double-slot cooler on the GTX 560 card. This forced me to use a right-angle SATA plug under the card - and then, I could not plug a second right-angle SATA plug at all because the two SATA sockets on the motherboard are much too close together to allow this. This effectively reduces my maximum SATA drive capability to only two HDDs plus one optical drive (which is why I left the aforementioned Seagate HDD disconnected).
I've looked at the other Intel Media Series motherboards, and found all of them to have one of the five internal SATA ports (in this case, the third SATA 3.0 Gbps port, or the fifth total) located so that it can be completely blocked by a double-slot GPU cooler (what would have been a sixth internal SATA port or a fourth SATA 3.0 Gbps port is instead used by a single eSATA port on those boards). But except for that weak point (which in this case is easily correctable by using a right-angle SATA plug in that fifth internal SATA port), it would have been close to ideal for what I'll eventually be using this would-become auxiliary editing rig for.
The case is no problem since I will be moving the carryover components that's currently inside the Elite 335 case to either an Elite 430 case (which I already have currently) or a new case altogether.
So, barring the Intel mobo, which board would you suggest?
And if I need a Blu-ray burner, which model would you recommend?
I would appreciate the suggestions.
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