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Hi guys,

I want to buy a computer for video editing and 3D render for example. I read some reviews and i have in mind this following components:

CPU - Intel CORE I7 4790 3.6GHZ 8MB SKT 1150 (274,60€)
SSD - SAMSUNG SERIES 840 EVO ULTRASLIM 250GB 2.5'' SATA III (129,90€)
RAM - CORSAIR PC3-12800 1600MHZ 16GB VENGEANCE PRO BLACK CL9 (2x8GB) DDR3 (162,25€) ou KINGSTON PC3-12800 1600MHZ 16GB XMP BEAST CL9 (2x8GB) DDR3 (159,90€)
MB - ASUS Z97-A SKT 1150 (139,20€) ou ASUS Z97-PRO SKT 1150 (173,90€)
GPU - ASUS GEFORCE GTX760 DIRECT CU II OC 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E 3.0 (228€)

Mu budget limit its about 1350$ (1000€). I will keep my case (Antec Three Hundred) and my power supply (Corsair 550W). Btw, im from Portugal.

Hope you can help me and suggest things.

Thanks,

My best regards

Looks good, but a SSD by itself won't go very far for video editing.

NiHaoMike said:

Looks good, but a SSD by itself won't go very far for video editing.

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Ofc not, I dont mention that I have 4TB HDD External and 1TB Internal. Sorry, my bad.. tks for the answer.

This seems like a decent setup. I'd go with 2133Mhz RAM. It's not much more expensive (maybe $10/16GB) than 1600Mhz and gives a slight performance boost in some scenarios.

I'd go with the 4790K. That way you can overclock it. Pick up a decent aftermarket heatsink and you can get as high as 4.8 Ghz on it. That'll help for intensive tasks.

Asus Z97-A is fine. I'd even look at the ASRock Z97 Extreme 6. It has 2 M.2 ports. One is M.2 Ultra. Good for adding ultra fast storage without taking up space in your case.

Any overclock you can achieve on air or AIO (ie, Corsair H100i) water will be doable on a $150 board such as the ones I just mentioned. Another choice is the Gigabyte Z97XUD3H.

Theocnoob said:

This seems like a decent setup. I'd go with 2133Mhz RAM. It's not much more expensive (maybe $10/16GB) than 1600Mhz and gives a slight performance boost in some scenarios.

I'd go with the 4790K. That way you can overclock it. Pick up a decent aftermarket heatsink and you can get as high as 4.8 Ghz on it. That'll help for intensive tasks.

Asus Z97-A is fine. I'd even look at the ASRock Z97 Extreme 6. It has 2 M.2 ports. One is M.2 Ultra. Good for adding ultra fast storage without taking up space in your case.

Any overclock you can achieve on air or AIO (ie, Corsair H100i) water will be doable on a $150 board such as the ones I just mentioned. Another choice is the Gigabyte Z97XUD3H.

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And what about CL? Do you think CL11 or CL10 its bad?

you think i'll need a new power supply?

vhcosta said:

you think i'll need a new power supply?

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CL9 would be better than 10 or 11 but its still gonna be faster than 1600 mhz stuff is. No you don't need a new power supply.

Theocnoob said:

CL9 would be better than 10 or 11 but its still gonna be faster than 1600 mhz stuff is. No you don't need a new power supply.

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even with 4/5 years of use?

vhcosta said:

even with 4/5 years of use?

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Decent quality power supplies last over a decade. If you feel uncomfortable reusing it, don't do it. It'll just increase the cost of your build though. I have a Corsair TX750 from 2008 that I still feel very comfortable using.

Theocnoob said:

Decent quality power supplies last over a decade. If you feel uncomfortable reusing it, don't do it. It'll just increase the cost of your build though. I have a Corsair TX750 from 2008 that I still feel very comfortable using.

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but still being a actually choice. and my present setup needs a psu in fact.

Well, you can't use a part that's already being used in another system.

Theocnoob said:

Well, you can't use a part that's already being used in another system.

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what? ill just stay with my case. when i buy the new setup i put the old one (my present setup in this right moment) in other case.