Hey guys, I am thinking of building a portable editing pc. As mostly editing will be done on the computer I want to use a xeon chip, but I have absolutely no idea if is the xeon and the gigabyte motherboard are compatible and will work efficiently together.
Links to the motherboard and cpu:
Xeon 1230 v2 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128568&Tpk=gigabyte%20ga%20z77n
Gigabyte GA-Z77N - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117286
Cheers,
Caleb
stick with desktop hardware, server hardware is made for running VM's and data storage/management, not heavy processing. and for an editor, you want an i7 or 8350.
it's more about the case, take a look at CM's storm-series cases
storm scout: 20lbs w/ handle, mid tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119264
storm trooper: 30lbs, handle, full tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119245
storm stryker: white storm trooper with a window
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119260
Cormissar pretty much summed it up, great advice!
whats the budget
GigabusterEXE - The budget is around anything under $1500 AUD (Note I used Newegg because I know most of the guys on the forum are America), So that'd be a around $1400, I think.
Commissar - I was wanting to go Mini-itx with the build because of the BitFenix Prodigy and it being a killer case, especially for what I will be doing with it. And Thankyou for helping me =)
Cheers guys
Also, I am also including the price of a $205 AUD monitor