compact video editing rig - $1200

[diduknowthat]

Hey guys, a friend of mine wants a computer for video editing, photoshoping, and some gaming. He has a budget of about $1200 USD give or take 100. He doesn't need monitors, keyboard, mouse etc. But most importantly, he needs it in a compact case. I suggested for him to get...

Q6600
8600GTS
4 gigs of ram
X-Qpack

Can anyone cook up a detailed list?

Thanks

 

[INTELCRAZY]

Hey guys, a friend of mine wants a computer for video editing, photoshoping, and some gaming. He has a budget of about $1200 USD give or take 100. He doesn't need monitors, keyboard, mouse etc. But most importantly, he needs it in a compact case. I suggested for him to get...

Q6600
8600GTS
4 gigs of ram
X-Qpack

Can anyone cook up a detailed list?

Thanks

The X-Qpack's aren't as good as the LanBox

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=LanBox&x=0&y=0

 

[daisymtc]

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
GIGABYTE GA-G33M-S2H This can hook up to 3 SATA device, if you need more, get GIGABYTE GA-G33M-DS2R
MSI NX8600GTS-T2D256E-OC
G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB) DDR2 800
Seagate 500GB ST3500630AS
LG DVD Burner GSA-H62NK
Thermaltake LANBOX Lite VF6000BNS Black
Microsoft Windows Vista 64-Bit Home Premium OEM

 

[diduknowthat]

The X-Qpack's aren't as good as the LanBox

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=LanBox&x=0&y=0

Hmm I see, how's the cooling on the lanbox? The two 60mm fans on the back doesn't look like it can move too much air.

 

[diduknowthat]

how about this case?
http://www.xoxide.com/lian-li-pc-v300b-black.html

Looks VERY nice.

 

[ec2biz]

Thanks, very helpful post. I guess I can wait a few more months.

 

[oscaryu1]

how about this case?
http://www.xoxide.com/lian-li-pc-v300b-black.html

Looks VERY nice.

Except it's outta stock

 

[diduknowthat]

Except it's outta stock

stupid xoxide...

Actually, I found another case, the Silverstone sugo SG03

http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_contents.php?pno=sg03

 

[oscaryu1]

Looks kinda big... to fit an 120mm fan in there..

 

[diduknowthat]

Looks kinda big... to fit an 120mm fan in there..

Well if you look at the dimension, it's really only like 14" tall, 12.2" deep and 7.8" wide, which is pretty small considering it fits mostly full ATX parts (besides the mobo).

 

[oscaryu1]

wow... It is small. Looks like an good case can ya fit an 8800 in that case?

 

[diduknowthat]

wow... It is small. Looks like an good case can ya fit an 8800 in that case?

Yup, they've fit quad SLI in it before .

 

[oscaryu1]

Yup, they've fit quad SLI in it before .

There's quad sli now!? *faints*

 

[diduknowthat]

There's quad sli now!? *faints*

There was a gigabyte motherboard that really had 4 PCI-Express X16 slots. But I think they were talking about two 7950GX2, thus having 4 cores and quad SLI.

 

[oscaryu1]

My "friend" said that there was an P35 with 4 slots for SLi...

 

[INTELCRAZY]

My "friend" said that there was an P35 with 4 slots for SLi...

There is... But two of those slots are x8

 

[diduknowthat]

Either way, I dont think he's going to go SLI. It's going to be made to be portable, light and quiet, so the graphics card won't be anything top-of-the-line.