r/buildapc•
saient

[Build Help] Video editing/light gaming for a friend.

CAN$

A buddy of mine asked me to help out picking some parts. He has his mind set on intel processor, would like to use dual monitors, and does a lot of picture/video editing as he's a photographer on the side.

He also would like to spend around $1,100 CAD. I'm not really too good on budgeting my builds so I'm wondering if you guys could look this over and let me know. I left out OS and peripherals on purpose as I believe he has some lying around. Also parts must be available in Canada, preferably in a store just to make it easier on him, but I included online in my build.

Here's what I have so far. He's not planning on overclocking, but I'd like to give him the option if he'd like in the future, the z97 makes it pretty easy. I'm quite a bit over atm after tax, so I'd like to bring it down a bit if someone could help me out. I was thinking maybe a cheaper mobo? Worse case we take out the overclocking potential and I remove the cpu cooler and add a couple fans.

Edit: I'd also like to get him a modular psu. I can prob go cheaper and get a 550W?

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/cBWHXL

Thanks in advance!

Posted Jan 6, 2016, 8:37 PM UTC

12
KING_of_Trainers69•

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

TypeItemPrice
CPUIntel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor$360.98 @ Newegg Canada
MotherboardASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard$89.75 @ Vuugo
Memory*Team Elite Plus 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory$39.99 @ Newegg Canada
StorageSamsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive$108.05 @ Vuugo
StorageSeagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive$88.04 @ DirectCanada
Video CardXFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card$241.98 @ Newegg Canada
CaseNZXT S340 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case$97.05 @ Vuugo
Power SupplyEVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply$79.98 @ Newegg Canada
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates)$1160.82
Mail-in rebates-$55.00
Total$1105.82
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-01-06 15:43 EST-0500

swapped for a Xeon and added an SSD. The Xeon would be better for rendering.

1
saientOP•

Sweet, this looks dope, thanks for the input!

1