Media Editing/Recording PC Build

[L0stpr0phet]

Hi Guys,

I've been out of building machines for a couple of years but have been tasked with helping a mate build a new machine for his home studio/man cave. Any help is much appreciated!

The machine is not going to be used for gaming, its main purpose will be for recording demos and some video editing.

Budget is ideally £800 if possible?? but id like to give him a couple of options so perhaps builds of £800-1K.

Preference is Intel probably an i7? but not going to hate on any help if an AMD build is posted!

Going to need a full build:
Case - plain stylish design, USB3.0 on front? maybe with some sound dampening?
Monitor
Keyboard
Mouse
CPU - i7? - maybe upgrade stock cooler?
MOBO
RAM - 16GB?
PSU
GPU - maybe a dedicated card for rendering video if editing? He has another screen so would need 2 x outputs on the MOBO if not using a dedicated card.
Storage - SSD for OS/programs and scratch area then 2TB disk for long term storage (he can move projects to the SSD to work if he wants the quicker load times etc)

..have i missed anything?



No OS needed (already got Win7 64bit that can be transferred)

Recording will be done through an existing external audio interface with audio monitors/headphones attached to that.

If anyone can help with getting a spec started that would be great

 

[varkanoid]

I7 CPU for hyperthreading, 16gb or more RAM def, try for an Nvidia GPU as a lot of software has CUDA support to increase speed of editing/rendering.

Also get a decent sound card spend £50+ at least on one if its for audio.

How about a headset ?

 

[L0stpr0phet]

Thanks varkanoid I presume i wont need anything particularly beefy for the GPU? would a 740/750 series suffice?

Regarding the soundcard is it worth investing in one if using an audio interface? i was under the impression the onboard sound isn't used if selecting the interface for recording/playback in windows and the DAW.

I dont think a headset is required but thanks

 

[L0stpr0phet]

I've had a chat with the guys who wants it building and he'd quite like 2 matching monitors to work on.

Not spent too much time on this but any thoughts on the below spec as a first draft? Ideally i'd like to get it down in price without sacrificing too much in performance.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
2 x Asus VX229H 22" Widescreen AH-IPS LED Multimedia Monitor - Black £125.99 (£251.98)
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £106.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £106.99
1 x Asus Z97-K Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £92.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £66.98
1 x Antec P100 Mid Tower Silenced Computing Case £62.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 350W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £41.99
1 x Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 for Business 5SH-00005 £21.95
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £1,036.84 (includes shipping : ).

 

[L0stpr0phet]

Any thoughts or recommendations guys? Any help is much appreciated

 

[McGraw]

I'd but a beefier psu in otherwise if he ever wants to game or use CUDA/openCL he will need a new psu.

 

[dacads]

What software will he be using?

Here's my take on it:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £281.99
1 x AOC I2369VM 23" Widescreen LED IPS Monitor - Black/Silver £129.95
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED316G2400HC11CDC01) £101.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £89.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £86.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £74.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £61.99
1 x BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Silver £29.99
1 x Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 for Business 5SH-00005 £21.95
1 x LG 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM GH24NSC0.AUAA10B £13.99
Total : £916.73 (includes shipping : £19.10).




I haven't included a graphics card as we don't know what software will be used yet, some may benefit from one while others won't.

 

[L0stpr0phet]

thanks very much for the input guys, software wise its likely cubase 8 or ableton and probably some of the adobe premier/photoshop suites. Do you think a dedicated card is best?

 

[dacads]

Cool well then I think a GTX 660 will be ideal here it can be picked up for around £115. Make sure he enables GPU acceleration in premiere

 

[ShivP]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BG-424-MS

A cheapo b-grade option with a good amount of CUDA cores?

 

[easyrider]

Thanks varkanoid I presume i wont need anything particularly beefy for the GPU? would a 740/750 series suffice?

Regarding the soundcard is it worth investing in one if using an audio interface? i was under the impression the onboard sound isn't used if selecting the interface for recording/playback in windows and the DAW.

I dont think a headset is required but thanks

No just use the sound interace and disable onboard audio in the bios...

I would go x99 and 5820k

 

[dacads]

Ideally a 2GB card would be better, otherwise there isn't much difference.