$1,100 Rendering and Gaming PC build - Hardware & Software

Hello, so I want to build a gaming PC for Gaming and Rendering (Probably with Sony Vegas) and the price needs to be around $1,100. The only things I would like to be in this build: -An intel CPU -Windows 7 -Would 16GB be sufficient for rendering? -Preferably in the NZXT H2 Classic Silent Any help would be fantastic, thanks.

More information would be good Do you have a current PC you can reuse parts from? (Hard drives, optical drives, PSU, etc.) Do you need a monitor? Do you need peripherals? (Keyboard, mouse, headset/speakers)

Current PC is as Barebones as it gets, I can reuse a hardrive but it's only 450 gig so I rather buy another one for a backup drive, and I already have a 1080p monitor, and peripherals

Unfortunately this build is over budget, but that i7 really takes a chunk out so you'll need to downgrade this as necessary. Hard drive: 1 TB 7200 RPM 64 MB (or higher) cache Western Digital or Seagate hard drive. Here's the best one I found: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339[/url] CPU: i7 on the new Haswell line. Perhaps a 4770S: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116902[/url] Video Card: NVIDIA 770 GTX (about 400$) For Ram I'm not honestly sure how much you will need. But I did use Sony Vegas on my laptop with 6 GB of ram and never ran into any issues so I'll list both 8 GB and 16 GB. Either way you want dual channel DDR3 1600. 8 GB RAM: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231314[/url] 16 GB RAM: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231558[/url] Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130693[/url] At your budget this is probably the first thing that should be downgraded. Remember for haswell you need a 1150 socket. DVD Drive (DVD R/W): [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204[/url] If you already have one you can reuse, I recommend doing that. Power: 700W or more (correct me if this is too big or too small an estimate) from a respectable brand: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171067[/url] If this 850W remains on sale then it will be even cheaper than the above 720W and I would recommend it instead: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182072[/url] Note that I'm pretty iffy on recommending power supplies so I'd really like so me feedback on this. Heatsink: Hyper TX3 [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103064&Tpk=hyper%20Tx3&IsVirtualParent=1[/url] Also I'm not sure if you want another monitor or not. If you do this build will have to be downgraded even more, but I can recommend this one (goes on sale a lot): [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009255&Tpk=Acer%20S231HL[/url]

Get the Windows 7 OEM instead, it's like $90.

[QUOTE=Naaz;40961155]Get the Windows 7 OEM instead, it's like $90.[/QUOTE] Yes, sorry. Here's a newegg link for that: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986[/url]

Recommend this for everyone's future reference: PSU calculator [url]http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp[/url] There are others out there but this ones pretty up to date.

I've made the mistake here of mixing a Z87 motherboard with a locked i7, you shouldn't really be doing that, as it's a waste of money. Instead of the motherboard I posted, you should go with something with an H87/77 Chipset and save money (make sure its ATX form factor).

Also you can save quite a few dollars by switching an i7 with a Xeon E3 1230V3. 4 cores, 8 threads, like an i7, but no integrated graphics and slower clock. Vastly better performance per dollar.

[QUOTE=flayne;40985118]I've made the mistake here of mixing a Z87 motherboard with a locked i7, you shouldn't really be doing that, as it's a waste of money. Instead of the motherboard I posted, you should go with something with an H87/77 Chipset and save money (make sure its ATX form factor).[/QUOTE] Or even better just get an i7-4770k. WHich does allow overclocking. Or go with a XEON like Trekintosh said. Its not uncommon on rendering builds. benchmark for gaming performane are scarce though.

[QUOTE=taipan;40988419]Or even better just get an i7-4770k. WHich does allow overclocking. Or go with a XEON like Trekintosh said. Its not uncommon on rendering builds. benchmark for gaming performane are scarce though.[/QUOTE] It's a downclocked i7. Gaming performance should be on par with the i7, especially since you could use the ~$70 or so saved(more if you back off on your cooler) to beef up your GPU.