£1000-1500 Video Editing / Gaming Build

[Edge]

Hello folks, it's been a while.

It's that time of year where I've decided it's time for a fresh start with my PC, and I've been a little out of the loop for a while so my knowledge of current parts and price for performance is at an all-time low. Help me out with a few suggestions for a rig? I'll be gaming, streaming, video editing and rendering, often at the same time, so multi-tasking capability is pretty important.

My criteria are as follows. I'm not so picky on brands but I have been very pleased with Corsair products in the past. Hope you can help me out!

• i7 is a necessity. Not sure if I should go Devil's Canyon or Haswell-E.
• I'd like an SSD to boot from and run important programs off
• nVidia GPU please, I'm a bit fed up of AMD
• Aiming for 5760x1080@120fps or 1440p@120fps or 4k@30fps (Undecided tbh!)
• Do not need peripherals
• OS Included (8.1?)
• Sound Card is ideal
• Clean, large case, and as quite as possible
• May overclock, AIO cooler perhaps?

Here's an example build I've had so far:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£244.94 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£82.84 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£106.76 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Kingston Beast 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£239.02 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£107.59 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£53.94 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 4GB Twin Frozr Video Card (£419.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£92.76 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£77.99 @ Amazon UK)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£10.46 @ Aria PC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£71.60 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: BenQ RL2455HM 60Hz 24.0" Monitor (£131.09 @ Scan.co.uk)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse (£26.15 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £1665.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-08 12:42 GMT+0000

 

[barnsley]

For rendering you want as many cores as you can get UNLESS you use another PC to record your screen and stream it.
Here is my attempt (i've only put a 970 in there so that you can make your mind up about what you want resolution wise ).

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/mz4RMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/mz4RMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor (£309.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£82.84 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£156.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£156.50 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£110.04 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£59.90 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£278.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£78.73 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£71.60 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1385.17

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

I think that you should stick with 32GB. 16GB are good only if you sit around and do nothing on your pc whle waiting for rendering to be done. A GTX titan black would be good to have, too

 

[SPS]

Confused, you put that you want to run at 120fps on a 60Hz monitor - why 120fps?

A CSM PSU seems a bit cheap - don't you want something fully modular? Like an RM (if we're going Corsair).

X99 is going to be expensive because you really want a fair bit of RAM.

 

[barnsley]

I'd also look at a 4930k. They're still pretty decent and the RAM is quite a bit cheaper. You'd only need 16GB tops I'd say.

 

[Edge]

Confused, you put that you want to run at 120fps on a 60Hz monitor - why 120fps?

A CSM PSU seems a bit cheap - don't you want something fully modular? Like an RM (if we're going Corsair).

X99 is going to be expensive because you really want a fair bit of RAM.

Ah, meant to remove that screen from my partpicker list as I had changed my mind about resolution.

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For rendering you want as many cores as you can get UNLESS you use another PC to record your screen and stream it.
Here is my attempt (i've only put a 970 in there so that you can make your mind up about what you want resolution wise ).

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/mz4RMp
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/mz4RMp/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core OEM/Tray Processor (£309.59 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 73.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£82.84 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (£156.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£156.50 @ More Computers)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£110.04 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive (£59.90 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card (£278.99 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£78.73 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£79.99 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£71.60 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1385.17

This is pretty impressive - Nice to see a solid x99 build, I was hoping I could do one inside my price bracket. Would I want a 750W to allow headroom for GTX980 or 970 SLI in the future?

 

[barnsley]

This is pretty impressive - Nice to see a solid x99 build, I was hoping I could do one inside my price bracket. Would I want a 750W to allow headroom for GTX980 or 970 SLI in the future?

970SLI would run off a decent 750w PSU. Not too sure about 980 SLI.

That said, what program do you edit with? If you use Vegas you need an AMD card.

 

[Edge]

970SLI would run off a decent 750w PSU. Not too sure about 980 SLI.

That said, what program do you edit with? If you use Vegas you need an AMD card.

I use a few, predominantly Vegas and After Effects although I'm considering the switch to Premiere. I CPU render currently anyway, GPU will pretty much just be for my gaming unless I find another use for it.