Is this goof for a first build for VE

[jakecan13]

So I'm building my 1st rig to primarily perform all sorts of video editing tasks and Such I will be using DSLR footage, 1080, higher frame rates, plugins such as twixtor, possibly RAW files. But I will not be doing 3d or animation type work. Mostly just your simple trip and piece clips together.

IMPORTANT. The most important feature to me is to be able to take advantage of Adobe After Effects and Premiers "GPU Acceleration." So My question is can you review my components and tell me if they will perform adequately for the job and all the components are up to par with each other??

P.S. I pretty set on the processor and graphics card. But any advice helps and with that being said please keep in mind I know I can upgrade my parts in the future the more my work load demands on it such as ram, HDD, SSD, etc.

So here is the parts

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz)

GPU: ASUS GTX680-DC2O-2GD5 GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Mobo

RAM:G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GXM

HDD: 3 Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM

Case: AZZA Solano 1000 Black Japanese SECC Steel/Metal mesh in front MicroATX/ATX/Full ATX Computer Case


Power Supply: TBD determined. Still want to add aftermarket cpu cooler and 2 or 3 more fans + optical drive, and SD card reader. My guess was somehere from 800w -1000w??

Thanks a ton everyone

 

[daisymtc]

Have you bought the component yet?

CPU, mobo, GPU are not current generation.
RAM is a bit slow to current standard.

 

[spirit]

You've got the right ideas.

The i7 2600K is nearly 3 years old now, the i7 4770K is the latest, so I'd definitely get one of those. You want an i7 for video editing though. :good:

The 4770K won't work with the Z77 board, you need a Z87 board. There are some good ones on the market, I like the Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC and the GA-Z87X-UD4H a lot. ASUS make some good ones too.

The GTX 680 is a generation old now. You definitely want an NVIDIA card since After Effects and Premiere Pro are CUDA-enabled (which version are you using?), so look at the GTX 770 or the GTX 780. I believe the 770 performs about the same as the 680 and the 780 is a bit faster.

The case isn't the best. For $100 you can do way better and get better cable management especially. I'm assuming you're American (simply because most of the people on here are American).

For $110 you could get a black NZXT Phantom which is a much better case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146068

Or for $100 you could get the Fractal Design Define R4 which again is a much better case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352020

Or for $100 there's the Corsair Carbide 400R http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139008

Those are some examples of better cases you can get for the same money. You wouldn't need to add any more fans if you got those cases.

Power supply: you definitely don't need 800-1000W if you're running a single graphics card. You only need that much if you're running 2, maybe 3 graphics cards and even then 1000W is probably overkill.

For you, this 650W modular PSU from XFX would be enough http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207022 it's from a good brand and because it's modular, you needn't even use the cables which are useless to you which is a nice feature.

If you fancied something a little bit higher-end on the power supply side, take a look at this 80+ Gold 750W unit from XFX which is also modular http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207029

Aftermarket cooling: There's a few options, namely liquid cooling and air cooling. If you want liquid cooling, I'd take a look at some of the 'all-in-one' units. Corsair and Antec make some. If you want air cooling, the Noctua coolers are good.

As for the optical drive, it depends what you need.

If you're looking to burn your projects onto Blu-Rays, bear in mind that Blu-Ray Rewriters are becoming affordable(ish). I purchased an LG one a month ago for £70 and it's a great drive. Here is a very similar one on Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136250 (note that the OEM drives may not come with Blu-Ray playback software).

I use mine to burn videos I've made in Premiere Pro CS5.5 to Blu-Ray using Encore CS5.1, which works perfectly with the drive by the way.

If you just want to read Blu-Rays, then pretty much any Blu-Ray ROM drive from Samsung, LG, ASUS or Pioneer will do. Brands don't matter so much when it comes to optical drives.

If you just want a DVD-RW drive, they're dirt cheap and pretty much all the manufacturers make them.

Those 3 hard drives: are you having one to store the OS on and then two put in RAID-1 to store all your videos on? I think that would be a good setup and you'd be able to set RAID up on the board fine.

If you were going to have just the 2 drives in RAID-1, I'd maybe consider only buying 2 hard drives and instead getting yourself a 128GB SSD to install the OS and your Adobe programs onto because they'll run faster. This drive is pretty quick http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147192

The rest looks good. Make some of those changes and you'll be good to go! :good:

I apologise for the long post, I just want to make sure you get the best rig possible. I do video and photo editing using the Adobe software on my i5 2500K rig which has a 5870. Whilst it performs pretty well, I think I'd definitely be better off with an i7 and an NVIDIA graphics card, haha.