I'm looking for a PC that can edit HD video(Premiere Pro or Sony Vegas) and still play games like Battlefield on an single 1920x1080 monitor. I'm still very confused on whether I should get the i5 or the i7.The PC I had before was a old Toshiba which I would play games like NBA2k on low settings.(Never could play Battlefield) It was so bad it couldn't even play minecraft. Since I live in Japan the prices are a bit off so to make things easier, it will be 100yen=$1
This is the build so far:
Motherboard: GIGABYTE Z77X-UD3H 11000Yen=$110
CPU: i7 3770: 23000Yen= $230
this is where I'm confused if I go with a 3770k, I'll need to invest in an aftermarket cooler which makes it a little to expensive. On the other hand, I can get the i5 3570k for 18000Yen=$180 making room for an aftermarket cooler. The only thing stopping me from the 3570k is the video editing performance which I am unsure of.
GPU: HIS IceQ 7850 18000 Yen= $180
Will this interfere with Premiere or Vegas? Should I get the 560ti which is $20 more expensive?
I know that the LGA2011 platform is more expensive but if you do some more serious and regular editing I think that would be worth to consider.
And from what I know the hyperthreading on the i7 is really usefull for most editing programs so I would for that, you dont really have to overclock it right away so I would go for the i7 and use the stock cooler for a little while until you have the money for an aftermarket cooler..
from a quick google search I found that, for Premier, Nvidia is better because of cuda, and I think vegas supports that too..
so you should get the i7 (and prefferably on the 2011 platform) stick with the stock cooler and get a geforce 650ti or 660ti if you have the money.. (if you get a 650ti or 660ti, you should get a non-refference design card and cooler, from what I know)
good SSD, PSU is good from what I know and the case is mostly what your taste is..
Thanks for the quick reply! I looked into the lga 2011 platform market and the i7 3820 is the same price as the 3770. But the cheapest X79 motherboard I can find is the Asrock X79 Extreme 4-m I like the quad channel memory but on the other hand, I don't want an crappy motherboard. I might spend the extra $20 and get 3770k if I'm going to choose the lga 1155 platform and go for the 650ti... So I shouldn't get i5
I think if you are planning on doing a lot of video rendering I would go with the i7 if only for the hyperthreading. You can get hyperthreading in an i3 or i7 but not an i5. Me thinks Intel was considering this. A lower end i7 with a good quality X79 board is the way I would go. Your motherboard is the heard and CPU is the soul of your build. I would not cheap out on my motherboard for any reason.
The lower end i7 lga 2011 is the same price as the i7 3770 lga 1155 and a quality X79 motherboard will cost a lot. I don't think I can go with the X79 due to the price... if I had money to get a quality X79 board I could buy a high end z77 mobo and a water cooler. Thanks for the suggestions though :)