System build, First Time, for Video Editing.

[huskyla27]

I've always wanted to build my own, but been afraid, My desktop just crasheed and burned. I think I'm ready to give this a go. So here goes....

1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.

Video Editing from a Canon XL H1(HD) and Canon XL2(Standard Def)

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread

800-900

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.

United States

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc, etc, etc, you get the picture.

IntelHeard the i7 920 might be a good match for video editing.

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.
Nada
6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.

Searched this thread, i7 Build, Seems like it might be good for me, but not sure the case, video card, etc

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.

default

8. WHEN do you plan to build it?

next 2-3 weeks



Thank you all for the help. this is a big step for me so hopefully I can get it running.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601920 - Retail & GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $483.98 - $15 MIR
G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $104.99
MSI N9600GT 512M GeForce 9600 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail $59.99 after MIR
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 - OEM $22.99

Antec P182 + Antec Neo Power 500 $169.99
OR
Lian Li PC-7B $89.99 Free Shipping
Corsair CMPSU-650TX 650W PSU $69.99 after $25 MIR

For hard drives (I'm going to assume you're using Adobe Premiere) you want an OS/Page/Project drive, a storage drive (for when you're done, or DVD images, or whatever), and a (or many) scratch drive.
OS/Page/Project: Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $54.99
Scratch(also good as an OS drive): Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS 1TB SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $104

 

[huskyla27]

It seems like most of the items people suggest are sold at newegg, is this the best place to acquire parts? Or would any B/M stores be good to look at ? Thanks for the quick feedback

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: huskyla27
It seems like most of the items people suggest are sold at newegg, is this the best place to acquire parts? Or would any B/M stores be good to look at ? Thanks for the quick feedback

Depends on the B&M store really. TigerDirect bought CompUSA, so all the CompUSA stores in Tampa have the same deals TigerDirect does, as rare as their deals are, it's nice to have. I usually buy from Newegg, Amazon, or ZipZoomFly, depending on price.

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