Adobe Premiere / After FX rig ~ 1200 USD

[veiovis]

Hey there,
its time again to get a new computer. I look for a machine that is mainly used for rendering / editing HD videos in Adobe Premiere / After FX and a bit for Gaming (can't miss Skyrim!)....

Would be awesome if you could get me some pointers of what might be a good config. Price for everything (except monitors / keyboards / mouse) should be around 1200 USD.

Maybe we can squeeze some SSD for the OS and 1 TB harddrive in there? What do you think?

 

[lehtv]

Hi, I'm just going to borrow from another post I made for a user of a similar budget, with some changes. Shipping included:

Mobo Asus P8Z68-V LE $130
CPU 2600K $307 ($280 if picked up from microcenter + you get discount on mobo)
Cooler CM Hyper 212+ $26 or Thermalright HR-02 Macho $50
RAM Mushkin 8GB 1600 $50 ($40 AR)
GPU MSI 6950 2GB $265 ($240 AR)
HDD Hitachi 7K1000.D 1TB $106 [used to be $76... prices went up due to flooding in Thailand] or 7K3000 2TB $157
SSD Crucial M4 64GB $110 or Crucial M4 128GB $200 [could use part of it as scratch disk for Adobe?]
ODD Samsung DVD-RW $18
PSU XFX Core 650 $80 ($50 AR)

That's $1092 ($1027 AR) to $1257 ($1192 AR).

Then the case - really just choose what you like, there are plenty of options in the 60-150USD range that you can't go wrong with.

The mobo isn't dual-GPU compatible... If you want that consider Asrock Extreme3 or Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3. The PSU can handle even 6950 crossfire.

If you don't OC, get the i7-2600 and drop the aftermarket cooler. Or just get 2500K to save some money, though it won't be as fast in video encoding.

EDIT: I should add that you might need 16GB of RAM for HD video editing. I'd try 8GB first and buy another 8GB only if it's not enough.

 

[veiovis]

You rock man! Thanks! But is the MSI 6950 2GB one of those GFX cards that play nicely with the Adobe software? I thought there are some that give you an extra rendering / real time editing boost or was that just 2 years ago so?

 

[lehtv]

Oh you mean CUDA? Only works with NVIDIA cards. I've read Adobe CS5 supports it but I don't know any details. The 6950 2GB is priced right between the 560 ti and 570, and it performs accordingly but has more VRAM, hence I picked that.

 

[Ken g6]

Oh you mean CUDA? Only works with NVIDIA cards. I've read Adobe CS5 supports it but I don't know any details.

Yes, Adobe Premiere supports CUDA. The 570 is officially supported (edit: I think! I couldn't find it listed.) The 560ti - and practically anything else with Fermi and 1GB RAM - should work too, but you have to hack it.

 

[mfenn]

Yes, Adobe Premiere supports CUDA. The 570 is officially supported (edit: I think! I couldn't find it listed.) The 560ti - and practically anything else with Fermi and 1GB RAM - should work too, but you have to hack it.

Yeah, it is probably worth taking Lehtv's build and swapping the GPU for a 560 Ti if you don't mind doing a small "hack" (edit a text file).

Oh, and HDD prices are out of control right now, but the Samsung F3R is still "reasonable" at $100.

 

[veiovis]

Got this kind of setup now with an ASUS P8Z68-V LE motherboard, the i2600k and a 570 GTX gfx card. Should rock! Thanks everyone! Bought a 1 TB Seagate HD for 129 Euro... ridiculous... but whatever..

 

[lehtv]

You were euro? Why didn't you say so earlier...?

Anyway, HF with your build 🙂

 

[veiovis]

I figured it wouldn't matter much. I know I get raped here with Euro prices :X
Thanks! I'll get everything tomorrow... now I have to be productive and work until Skyrim screws up my productivity!

 

[lehtv]

LOL. Be careful, or you'll end up like this guy.

 

[veiovis]

Haha and I thought I get rick rolled. Well I'm already like this!!! 😀 At least there is no new Fallout on the Horizon so once I'm done with it I can get back to business!

 

[mfenn]

Congrats, looks like a good build! :awe: