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hey guys,

I'm curently trying to decide between 3 builds I have in mind two Intel (different color schemes One Red the other Blue) and an AMD (Red build). I have a few components already in mind for these builds and will list them below, but thought i would just see if there were any ideas or suggestions from the forum on compatability issues or if there are just cheaper and better parts to use then the ones I've already chosen. As I am located in Australia i really want to order my parts locally from www.pccasegear.com.au as their prices I've found reasonable after looking around other site and also will have them build it for me (wifes idea she wants the warrenty piece of mind) so if i could get some feedback that would be great.

 

Build 1: Intel Red

PC Used for: Gaming and a little video editting

CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K

MB: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard

PSU: Corsair TX-650M Modular Power Supply

GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 660 DirectCU II 2GB

CPU cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H70 Core CPU Cooler

RAM: Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

Case: NZXT Phantom USB 3.0 Case Red

HDD: Western Digital WD Green 1TB WD10EZRX

SDD: SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 120GB

OD: Samsung SH-224BB/BEBS SATA DVDRW Drive OEM

OEM: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit with SP1 OEM

 

Build 2: Intel Blue

PC Used for: Gaming and a little video editting

CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K

MB: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H-WB WIFI Motherboard

PSU: Corsair TX-650M Modular Power Supply

GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 660 Twin Frozr III OC 2GB

CPU cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H70 Core CPU Cooler

RAM: Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

Case: NZXT Phantom USB 3.0 Case Black

HDD: Western Digital WD Green 1TB WD10EZRX

SDD: SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 120GB

OD: Samsung SH-224BB/BEBS SATA DVDRW Drive OEM

OEM: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit with SP1 OEM

 

Build 3: AMD Red

PC Used for: Gaming and a little video editting

CPU: AMD FX-6300 6 Core Processor

MB: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Motherboard

PSU: Corsair TX-650M Modular Power Supply

GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD7870 2GB GHZ Edition OC

CPU cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H70 Core CPU Cooler

RAM: Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

Case: NZXT Phantom USB 3.0 Case Red

HDD: Western Digital WD Green 1TB WD10EZRX

SDD: SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 120GB

OD: Samsung SH-224BB/BEBS SATA DVDRW Drive OEM

OEM: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit with SP1 OEM

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go with red, but with these modifications:

1. amd 7870 is alot better than the 600

2. get a hyper 212 evo or a big double tower... h70 is a waste of $$$$

3. WD green is pretty slow.... get the WD black or blue

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yeah lol i was leaning towards more the red, also since posting this i have swapped the coolers over to the hyper 212 evo, but website doesn't sell a 7870 amd cpu it jumps from 700's to 800's i had no idea about the cpu so i just picked one randomly to fill the gap.

thanks commissar

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Since you'll be editing I'd suggest getting a GTX 660 Ti instead of the 7870.  Your editing software will LOVE you if you throw some CUDA cores at it (only in Nvidia cards).

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herp derp, amd has it's own acceleration......

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the gfx card?????

each level has a 7*70 and a 7*50 the 70 is always better than the 50, and as you up the third digit, you also increase performance

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Since you'll be editing I'd suggest getting a GTX 660 Ti instead of the 7870.  Your editing software will LOVE you if you throw some CUDA cores at it (only in Nvidia cards).

sorry i am a massive computer noob and had no idea to you just ment in that last part lol

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If Adobe says you should use an Nvidia card for the best performance, they're probably right lol.

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no, cause adobe and nvidia have a deal...... amd supports open cl better

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Well what I said really only applies if you use Adobe Premiere or After Effects.  If you don't use either of those, then it doesn't matter.

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I still think CUDA cores make editing way faster.  I have a 560 Ti in my PC at home and editing is wicked fast.  When I have to edit for class using a 6970, everything is more sluggish and takes longer.

So from my personal experience, the CUDA cores help immensely

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adobe is expensive.... and there are good open source alternatives that use opencl

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so what i got out of all of that is head towards th AMD path more so then Intel

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nononono

we're talkin graphics cards, not cpu's

amd took over ati a while ago, so they also make the best gpus out there

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You can pick whichever you want.  Honestly, whichever is cheaper and gives out more performance, buy that one.

Anandtech has a nice chart you can use to pick between two or more GPUs and compare them.  I'd suggest using this to decide:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU12/372

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aright so I'm looking at this for my build

Build 3: AMD Red

PC Used for: Gaming and a little video editting

CPU: AMD FX-8120 8-Core Processor

MB: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Motherboard

PSU: Corsair TX-650M Modular Power Supply

GPU: VTX3D Radeon HD7950 X-Edition Boost 3GB

CPU cooler: CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler

RAM: Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9R 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

Case: NZXT Phantom USB 3.0 Case Red

HDD: Western Digital WD Blue 1TB WD10EZEX

SDD: SanDisk Extreme Solid State Drive 120GB

OD: Samsung SH-224BB/BEBS SATA DVDRW Drive OEM

OEM: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit with SP1 OEM

 

Cost Total: $1,499