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[Rook]

mech, why not go for an am3 only setup with ddr3 memory? ddr3 is similar price to ddr2.

mobo - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128392

ram - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231205

The mobo being $10 cheaper cancels out the ram being $10 more. I have that mobo and it runs stuff fine etc.

[Timo]

If you can stretch for the i5 and edit your build around somehow it probably would be the way to go. I'd imagine $1082USD would be enough for that.

@Con what's your price range?

If I can stretch to an i5/i7, would I be able to ditch the GPU? It won't be used to play any games - the GPU is only there so to assist in video editing.

[Ganon]

If I can stretch to an i5/i7, would I be able to ditch the GPU? It won't be used to play any games - the GPU is only there so to assist in video editing.

No

e: maybe that GPU in particular

[Timo]

Would a Intel Core i5-660 3.33Ghz 4MB Cache *Dual Core* 2000Mhz Socket LGA1156 CPU whoop that quad core then?

[Timo]

From reading a review on a similarly priced core i5, it's much better for video editing than any AMD proc (~20% faster).

Final spec:

CPU:
Intel Core i5-750 2.66Ghz - $337

HDD:
WD Blue 320GB HDD (OS Drive) - $93
WD Blue 750GB HDD (HD Vid/Backup Drive) x2 - $254

RAM:
Corsair Value Ram 2x2GB DDR3 1333MHz - $188

PSU:
Vantec ION2 500W PSU - $110

GPU:
nVidia GT220 512MB - $109

MOBO:
Intel DP55WB LGA1156 mATX mobo - $196

OTHER:
InWin EM-Series EM019 Mini-Tower - $132
Samsung 22x DVD Writer (SATA) x2 - $122
Logitech Key/Mouse combo - $38
Asus PCI Network adapter - $45

For a whopping grand total of $1624. Not too bad considering the POS I spent $2000 on a few years ago (7600gs, 1gb of 533mhz ram, etc) :|

I've gone for blue WD drives apposed to green because of the faster write speeds (ty jcap), which will speed up the video editing process a bit. WD Black hdds have a bit too much of a price jump for the increased performance. The pretty av. GPU is there by advice from the supplier i'm buying from, as an average GPU > Onboard. The case doesn't look too bad for the price either: http://www.in-win.us/products/pc_cas...ries/EM019.jpg

Going to be buying it tomorrow, is there anything vitally wrong with it?

[InnerGoat]

Can that case hold 3 hard drives?

[Amit]

Can that case hold 3 hard drives?

Question answered: http://www.in-win.us/products_pccase...6&model_id=210



Doesn't look like it. Well, I guess it can if you try fitting it into a 3.5" floppy bay. To be honest, I think Timo needs a bigger case, however if it will end up in a home theater at some point, this should do good.

[Timo]

I figured it'd fit into a 3.5" floppy drive space, considering it's advertised as 3 hidden and one exposed 3.5" bay. Worst comes to worst one drive can just sit in the floppy bay. I doubt she's going to move it around very much.

[Amit]

I figured it'd fit into a 3.5" floppy drive space, considering it's advertised as 3 hidden and one exposed 3.5" bay. Worst comes to worst one drive can just sit in the floppy bay.

Same thing I was thinking. My IDE drive is sitting in a 5.25" bay on my old computer lol. I haven't gone out to get the converter yet.

[Cortexian]

There's no difference between a 3.5" floppy drive bay and a 3.5" hard drive bay, so there should be no problem.