I have spent 6 years in video for several jobs.
I have tried: Avid - FCP - Speed Edit - Pinnical - Sony Vegas
My local JW computer store seem to come in just over $1K even with some parts more expensive as they don't seem to charge for assembly and I can pickup down the road.
http://www.jw.com.au/order_form.php
They don't have the case I want though so will have to ask.
or I could just order all the parts separate on ebay and assemble myself, would be interesting to see if it's any cheaper with all the postage.
With that said, it would be stupid to buy a computer from Melbourne when you live in Sydney
Dave, last I checked Intel CPU's come with a heatsink and fan. Why buy another one? Sure, buy one later if you can't overclock it enough and maintain a decent temp. My standard Intel fan isn't noisy.
Unless you intend to put something noisy inside the box then what is the benefit in acoustic padding? Is this audiofoolery rearing its ugly head
So I presume you aren't intending to burn 600W.
You might shave another $40-50 with the basic Asrock Z77M MB if you only intend using 2 DIMMs.
Dave. The EXTREME-4 does support PCI-E 3.0.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme4-M/
Dave. The EXTREME-4 does support PCI-E 3.0.
http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme4-M/
That's the Extreme 4-M, I was looking at the plain Extreme-4
So many bloody options!
JW computers only have the 4 listed in their dropdown box, not the 4-M.
While you are considering a build I would throw all 32gigs of ram in, the stuff is pretty cheap and I have been rather impressed with performance since. You will be surprised how quickly that 16gigs gets used, I am at 9.8 right now with 3 chrome windows(and a ton of tabs), RubyMine, Eagle and steam open. Geekbench showed massive improvements over the existing 12 I had originally planned on. With the all the video editing you do, you will especially make use of all the ram.
Dave, have you considered just recording straight to the computer and skipping the conversion process?
The coolermaster case seems a reasonable choice. It has a very similar style and approach, but is cheaper. Personally I didn't like the big logo sticker on the front screaming "Look at me, I am a cooler master PC".
Dave, have you considered just recording straight to the computer and skipping the conversion process?
Yes, and it's simply not viable for many reasons. Mostly logistics of moving the camera around the lab for every shot.
Then I'd be in the exact same position anyway in terms of editing and rendering. The only thing that solution would save me is the minute or two to copy the files from the camera to the machine.
Fine if you are doing single take live shows all the time, but useless for a proper edited video blog .
Well, is problably possible to encode the files when you are writing it (aka shooting the video)
Ok, I think I've made up my mind
Intel i7 3770K
ASROCK - Z77-EXTREME4
2 x 8GB Corsair DDR3 memory
Seagate 2TB 7200 HD (+ the 128MB boot SSD I already have)
CoolerMaster Silencio 550 case ($60 cheaper than the Fractal, but still has good "silent" reviews)
Third party CPU cooler, probably a CoolerMaster or Thermaltake, maybe $80 tops.
Thermaltake Litepower 600W PSU (says it has silent fan, good enough)
Because that's 7 items instead of 6, scorptec want $105 assembly, and also $71 postage.
$1147 total, I assume that includes GST.
My local JW computer store seem to come in just over $1K even with some parts more expensive as they don't seem to charge for assembly and I can pickup down the road.
http://www.jw.com.au/order_form.php
They don't have the case I want though so will have to ask.
or I could just order all the parts separate on ebay and assemble myself, would be interesting to see if it's any cheaper with all the postage.
Dave thats not a bad system. I doubt you will use all that RAM but as its cheap you may as well get it. You should see a good improvement in speed over your current system. But i know if i went this route i would always be regretting that i had not spent $400 or so more and got a 3970k and quad channel memory for a much faster system even if i had to hold out buying it for a few more weeks for the money to come in.
Is the 3970K really worth the extra?