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Spening €150 more on this PC?

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  • 09-06-2015 3:07pm
    #1
    skippy1977
    Registered Users Posts: 284 ✭✭


    I am doing a job for someone where payment is a PC for about €1000, a little more. My needs are mainly in the areas of Video and Photo Editing. I have 3 monitors and a few blank HDDs. Not really bothered about gaming as I use the ps4 for that (not that I do much of that either). I have been following a lot of the threads, so you'll recognise the parts picked! They have been run through the discount site.

    My main question is this. Where is the extra €150 best spent. Is the motherboard the best place to throw some extra money at? I have a good few external HDDs with photos, video etc...would I need a Motherboard with more USB 3? Is the PSU powerful enough. I have to spend it so...any advice?

    Article No. HV1034IGDE
    Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 G1 Gaming 2G, 2GB GDDR5
    ready for dispatch

    221,62 €

    221,62 €
    Article No. HV20XE54DE
    Intel Xeon E3-1231v3 Box, LGA1150
    ready for dispatch

    250,30 €

    250,30 €
    Article No. HV20MI49DE
    16GB Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9
    ready for dispatch

    98,99 €

    98,99 €
    Article No. HV1138RNDE
    ASRock H97M Pro4, Sockel 1150, mATX
    available within 2-3 business days

    80,79 €

    80,79 €
    Article No. HV203HSDDE
    Nanoxia Deep Silence DS 3 Dark Anthracite, ohne Netzteil
    available within 2-3 business days

    69,76 €

    69,76 €
    Article No. HV12CZSODE
    Crucial SSD 250GB BX100
    ready for dispatch

    84,53 €

    84,53 €
    Article No. HVR630TCDE
    Thermaltake Berlin 630W
    available within 2-3 business days

    58,99 €

    58,99 €

    Total €880


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    #2
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Power supply is overkill, and a GTX960 is also totally overkill if you're not gaming. Drop down to a GTX750 or 750Ti if you're rendering or similar, if not, a €40 euro graphics card is more than sufficient.

    I'd probably buy a larger SSD if I had to spend the money, or maybe a better case. Not a huge amount to be changed really.


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    skippy1977
    Registered Users Posts: 284 ✭✭skippy1977


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    Power supply is overkill, and a GTX960 is also totally overkill if you're not gaming. Drop down to a GTX750 or 750Ti if you're rendering or similar, if not, a €40 euro graphics card is more than sufficient.

    I'd probably buy a larger SSD if I had to spend the money, or maybe a better case. Not a huge amount to be changed really.

    Thanks...I was thinking it might be a bit much but was hoping to run the 3 monitors and thought the 960 might do that job better....have no idea though. Thanks for the input.


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    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    I'd get an ATX motherboard, normally more SATA or USB ports, similar price. Only change I'd make after TerrorFirmers. 500w PSU is loads by the way, or even a 450w


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    MC_G
    Registered Users Posts: 231 ✭✭MC_G


    A 960 could fit the bill nicely for a video editing workload.

    If you use Premiere Pro CS5 up through CC I believe you can render effects and the final output a lot faster using the Mercury Playback Engine hardware acceleration with a small textfile edit for Nvidia GTX Cards. Info on speed improvements here.

    I know a couple of years back, the GTX 760 and the textfile edit was the best perfomance/value card you could get. I'm assuming the 960 would still be a solid buy if you look into hw acceleration and your editing suite.

    An ATX board with more USB3 and Sata would be good as well as possibly a second or even third hdd or ssd. Having source, cached and output files across different disks can really speed up rendering time.


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