I was wondering if this build below was compatible / a good / affordable PC because I am going to be rendering and gaming on it, most of all the day. I live in the US.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/bobcat4848/saved/rLgzK8
Looks good. Although the PSU is very over kill. Here are a couple of alternatives:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151087
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139055
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438017
At this, budget, an 80+ Gold and modular PSU is recommended. You can't go wrong with any of those three. The EVGA has the best warranty and it's the cheapest out of the three after mail in rebates. With a 10 year warranty, that must mean they really stand by their product and put in high quality stuff.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438017
The 650W is actually cheaper and you would also be able to us it too. 750W is also a bit too much.
This may allocate a bit better. It still has 16 gigs of RAM but for editing, it uses 2133MHz Ram rather than 1600. The set comes out about the same cost at your two set of two sticks at the same cost.. The NZXT is cheaper and has a hot swap bay. I was able to get you two 2 TB HDDs and a Plextor 256gb SSD. Was also able to squeeze in a 780 TI
Would I be okay with stock coolers on everything? I have a 660 from EVGA and I NEEDED to put a after market artic cooler on it or else it'd overheat without even overclocking.
Your original build was about $1900, you could still afford a Noctua if you so choose.
So, my final build components are:
Processor: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory
Storage: Plextor M5P Xtreme Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Drive Two: Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Drive Three: Hitachi Deskstar 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card
Case: NZXT Switch 810 (White) ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Optical Drive: LG UH12NS30 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
OS: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)
I was thinking though, I want one of those two terabytes to be for my recording and one for my games. Do these hard drives have good write speeds for recording?
Also, does anyone know of a fast, free VPN that works with WIndows 8.1?
Also, I can use a VPN that you have to port forward cause I don't have the User and password cause my dad changed it.
OpenVPN dosn't work with Windows 8.1, tried it multiple times.
Anybody know a good free VPN that works with windows 8.1 that you don't have to port forward anything because openvpn dosnt work, also, are those two 2TB Hard Drives any good for recording at say 720p 0r 1080p?
Bump, need some answeres please.
Well, ad-supported hotspot shield is my choice of a free VPN. It installs to my computer and I've never had to mess with portforwarding(works with my internet, my school's internet, etc). However, free VPNs aren't really that great.
Try https://boxpn.com/ its not free but its fast and cheep servers in lots of locations. looks like its on sale at the moment $3 /mo you just set it up using the windows VPN setup
Hope this helps,
FitchX
Are the 2TB drives fast enough to write 1080p videos without studdering or struggling?
The only thing that will require a better cooler is the fx8350. The cooler you have picked out will work very well. The EVGA video cards have great cooling out of the box so no worries there.
I'm not 100% sure but the 2tb drives should be fine for recording 1080p. I've not personally done it but my friend does a lot of video recording/rendering/editing at 1080p and his Seagate 2tb does fine....