In the last half-month or so I selected the parts for my editing PC. I'm from germany and the pricing here is drasticly different and all my parts have pretty good prices here. My Budget here is about 1300€ First of all, my parts:
i7 5820k
be quiet! Dark Rock 3
MSI X99 SLI Plus
16 or 32 GBs of Ram (Crucial Ballistix DDR4-2400)
Cruxial BX100 250GB SSD
2TB WD Green
Zotac GTX 960 amp! (you see, this is not a gaming oriented build)
Corsair RM650 PSU (it cost 46 cents more than the 550 watt)
Fractal Define S (windowed)
1 or 2 decent Case Fans (Noctua NF-A14, Fratal Venturi 140mm or bequiet Silent Wings 2)
This PC will be used to edit, render videos, create Animations in After Effects, edit Photos in Photoshop and to do some light gaming. Well, pretty light (Rocket League, Minecraft, CSGO) so really nothing intensive.
I'm only using an 1080p 60Hz monitor so nothing crazy there.
Oh yeah i read it in the general guidelines : i probably will overclock the cpu a bit 3.9 - 4.0Ghz (is the Performance gain really that big in rendering?)
Oh, and astetics DO matter, i might pick up some sleeved extentions from bitfenix or get some cablemod DIY kits
Now to the Questions!
My floor is Carpet and i need to install the PSU fan-side up. How much will this hurt the case temps?
Should i get the 4GB model of the 960? Would it help CC graphics? (Its 23$ more)
Any recommendations for a better gtx 960 (no the r9 280x is not an option its like 100 euros more)
OK. 1. The RM series of Corsair PSU have the fan Off until certain watt usage, so the answer is non what so ever. 2. Yes and yes. There will be difference. 3. R9 380 is your only other option. 4GB version as well. If you use CUDA for rendering - get 960. If not, then 380 will be a better choice... Also, AMD as far as I know have much better Linux support than Nvidia, so yeah... I am using Sony Vegas for rendering, and in it radeon are faster, even though Vegas is using the CPU more. Not entirely sure how are things with Adobe's stuff...
If you are worried about dust, just get a wooden board you have lying around or something to lift your rig a bit from the ground. Your case should have stand off feet at the bottom anyways. Helped me a lot of reducing dust and "cat" in the case dramatically. CheersCheers!
You might want to see if you can find some 290/290Xs, some of them were going pretty cheap when the 300 series came out. Some people might be selling them used etc. Other than that, looks like a nice build.
Mihemine, 10% of the editing and rendering software uses CUDA. 100% of editing and rendering software uses OpenGL. AMD have better OpenGL support than Nvidia. Now it will have better DX12 and Volcan support as well.
This is Fractal R5... The feet of the case are fairly small. I would go with NZXT H440. It have larger feet, better internals imo, looks better imo, have better cable management imo, it's my favorite case basically...
Careful facing your PSU fan upwards when you're running a GPU. Power supplies aren't rated for very high operating temps and a GPU under a heavy render load could very easily put hot air in the PSU, causing problems either immediately or later on down the road.
If you're going to, might be best to go for a reference model GPU so you have a blower style cooler on it. Not to mention its easier to watercool later on in life should you decide to.
Thanks, but I said in the Post that the AMD Cards here are really expensive, i dont think i can find a 290 for less than the 280x and this card cost 300 euros here (overpriced as hell!)
Exactly. And even when the fan is On, it does not have huge impact on the airflow, especially if you have good airflow. The physics of things is that the heat goes up. And even R5 have fan mounts on the bottom, if you utilize them, the fan on the bottom will push the heat from the gpu upward, and if you have a roof fan the case will look ugly, but the heat will be exhausted. H440 have both high feet and separate PSU chamber...
