- Nov 25, 2008
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Hello all,
After many years of reliable use, I've been contemplating upgrading my former multi-purpose rig (gaming, virtualization, rendering, distributed computing, etc) to newer hardware to support more video rendering.
The former rig's current hardware:
Core i7 860 (not-overclocked)
16GB 1600MHz (G.Skill Ripjaws)
MSI P55-GD65 LGA 1156 motherboard
x2 WD Raptor 500GB drives (RAID-0 array)
x1 Intel 120GB SSD
Sapphire 6970 GPU (sold it to a coworker), running on a ATI HD5750 during the past summer
Corsair 750w PSU (non-bronze/silver/gold/platinum edition)
x2 Acer 21" 1080p monitors (via HDMI and DVI)
Nowadays I use Adobe Premiere for video rendering, and I've noticed, with multi-hour video captures, rendering videos can take significantly longer via CPU. The dilemma I face now:
1. Do I buy a new GPU and stick with what I have
or
2. Upgrade to Ivy Bridge/Haswell (new CPU, Mobo, heatsink and GPU)?
My budget is $1500 and I will be reusing the PSU, hard drives, and case. This is what I picked out, based on a continued interest with virtualization and (GPU) video rendering
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VdPDhM
Thoughts? Thank you very much in advance for your suggestions, thoughts, and advice.
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After many years of reliable use, I've been contemplating upgrading my former multi-purpose rig (gaming, virtualization, rendering, distributed computing, etc) to newer hardware to support more video rendering.
The former rig's current hardware:
Core i7 860 (not-overclocked)
16GB 1600MHz (G.Skill Ripjaws)
MSI P55-GD65 LGA 1156 motherboard
x2 WD Raptor 500GB drives (RAID-0 array)
x1 Intel 120GB SSD
Sapphire 6970 GPU (sold it to a coworker), running on a ATI HD5750 during the past summer
Corsair 750w PSU (non-bronze/silver/gold/platinum edition)
x2 Acer 21" 1080p monitors (via HDMI and DVI)
Nowadays I use Adobe Premiere for video rendering, and I've noticed, with multi-hour video captures, rendering videos can take significantly longer via CPU. The dilemma I face now:
1. Do I buy a new GPU and stick with what I have
or
2. Upgrade to Ivy Bridge/Haswell (new CPU, Mobo, heatsink and GPU)?
My budget is $1500 and I will be reusing the PSU, hard drives, and case. This is what I picked out, based on a continued interest with virtualization and (GPU) video rendering
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VdPDhM
Thoughts? Thank you very much in advance for your suggestions, thoughts, and advice.
Sketch