Building a New Gaming/video editing PC

[desiibond]

I'm building this pc mainly for video editing purpose I'm not much in gaming. I have a tv tuner card from tech-com it gives me good video quality but audio is very noisy in RECORDING.

Then get Intel Q9300 and Winfast Palmtop TV tuner card. They will suit your need perfectly.

 

[acewin]

Q9300 = 13.8K
MSI P45 Neo-F = 5.8K or if very lucky of getting Biostar Tpower i45 then that is also good mobo, comes in around 6.5K
RAM 2 x 2GB 800 FSB Transcend/Kingston (total 4GB) whichever costs you lesser approx price for each stick is 1400-1600

TV Tuner Card which desi suggested Winfast PalmTop TV is in around 3K

PSU + Cabinet + gfx card is what left, and its quiet tight budget,
I will say get 9600GT from XpertVision would be around 5.5-6K if do not get then I think you can order online.
Then get Corsair 450VX PSU in 3.2K
Coolermaster Elite 330 in 1.6K or any local Zebronics in 1K

 

[myhotdog]

Q9300 = 13.8K
MSI P45 Neo-F = 5.8K or if very lucky of getting Biostar Tpower i45 then that is also good mobo, comes in around 6.5K
RAM 2 x 2GB 800 FSB Transcend/Kingston (total 4GB) whichever costs you lesser approx price for each stick is 1400-1600

TV Tuner Card which desi suggested Winfast PalmTop TV is in around 3K

PSU + Cabinet + gfx card is what left, and its quiet tight budget,
I will say get 9600GT from XpertVision would be around 5.5-6K if do not get then I think you can order online.
Then get Corsair 450VX PSU in 3.2K
Coolermaster Elite 330 in 1.6K or any local Zebronics in 1K

will i able to record tv programes with Winfast PalmTop TV ? and what is difference between these two motherboards ? MSI P45 NEO2 FR and MSI P45 Neo-F

 

[desiibond]

^^Yes. you will be able to record programs with Winfast Palmtop TV.

MSI P45 NEO2 FR has the below advantages

Support for DDR2 1200 (neo-f has 1066 OC)
All solid state capacitors which means better power handling and longer life.
two PCIe slots with support for ATI Crossfire
1600MHz FSB (neo-f has 1600 OC'ed and native 1333MHz)
Heat pipe (copper heat sink around the CPU socket)

 

[comp@ddict]

I wud say, spend less and get Q6600, and MSI P45 Platinum

Dr.Mos, And all other features r there, which keep it cooler, more stable, and easier Overclock.

 

[myhotdog]

what your suggestion over board which is better in these two ? does this motherboard support crossfire ?

^^Yes. you will be able to record programs with Winfast Palmtop TV.

MSI P45 NEO2 FR has the below advantages

Support for DDR2 1200 (neo-f has 1066 OC)
All solid state capacitors which means better power handling and longer life.
two PCIe slots with support for ATI Crossfire
1600MHz FSB (neo-f has 1600 OC'ed and native 1333MHz)
Heat pipe (copper heat sink around the CPU socket)

I wud say, spend less and get Q6600, and MSI P45 Platinum

Dr.Mos, And all other features r there, which keep it cooler, more stable, and easier Overclock.

same question to you , is msi p45 platinum better than MSI P45 NEO2 FR and MSI P45 Neo-F ? does this motherboard support crossfire ?

 

[desiibond]

afaik, the only difference between platinum and FR is heat pipe and transistor/choke material. Nothing much.

I would choose between ASUS P5Q Pro and MSI P45Neo2-FR.

I think ASUS P5Q Pro is a damn good option and it comes with Expressgate.

With a fast bootup speed of only 5 seconds, the ASUS Express Gate offers an optional Linux OS bootup that allows you to enjoy instant access to commonly used functions like accessing the Internet, VoIP, and Web emailing without entering the OS.

PS: as you put more money, you get better board. Find a right balance. between board and processor.

 

[MetalheadGautham]

Get a Phenom X4 9850 (9K) with 780G (4.4K). It equals Q6600 in performance most of the time, but its AMD's hybrid power which you should be looking at if you are getting HD4870. Saves 125W electricity.

 

[desiibond]

Yes. 9850 is a good processor but when it comes to video editing, it is usually slower than Q6600 and sometimes matches Q6600 but when you bring Q9300(2.5GHz) into account, it's far ahead of 9850 and also not to forget Q9300 is one hell of an overclocker.

A quote in hothardware

What is most impressive is that even when overclocked to 3.3 GHz, the power consumption of this processor is roughly at the same level as a Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor at a stock 2.4 GHz. Even with nearly a 1 GHz clock speed difference there is nearly no difference in power consumption, which is a testament to Intel's Penryn microarchitecture and its advanced manufacturing prowess.

so, here is my config for you:

CPU: Intel Q9300 (Rs. 13k) or Q6600 (9k) or E8400 (10k)
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q Pro (Rs.8.5k) or MSI P45 Neo-F (5.5k)
RAM: Kingston 2x 2GB DDR2 800 Dual Channel Kit
TV tuner : Winfast Palmtop TV Tuner (3k)
GPU: Palit HD4870 17k i think
PSU: Coolermaster Extreme Power 600W for 3.5k or Corsair 650W Power Supply(CMPSU650TX) for 6k or 620W Power Supply (CMPSU620HX) for 6.5k
CHASSIS: Cooler Master Elite 330 (1.8k)

 

[myhotdog]

Yes. 9850 is a good processor but when it comes to video editing, it is usually slower than Q6600 and sometimes matches Q6600 but when you bring Q9300(2.5GHz) into account, it's far ahead of 9850 and also not to forget Q9300 is one hell of an overclocker.

A quote in hothardware

What is most impressive is that even when overclocked to 3.3 GHz, the power consumption of this processor is roughly at the same level as a Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor at a stock 2.4 GHz. Even with nearly a 1 GHz clock speed difference there is nearly no difference in power consumption, which is a testament to Intel's Penryn microarchitecture and its advanced manufacturing prowess.

so, here is my config for you:

CPU: Intel Q9300 (Rs. 13k) or Q6600 (9k) or E8400 (10k)
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q Pro (Rs.8.5k) or MSI P45 Neo-F (5.5k)
RAM: Kingston 2x 2GB DDR2 800 Dual Channel Kit
TV tuner : Winfast Palmtop TV Tuner (3k)
GPU: Palit HD4870 17k i think
PSU: Coolermaster Extreme Power 600W for 3.5k or Corsair 650W Power Supply(CMPSU650TX) for 6k or 620W Power Supply (CMPSU620HX) for 6.5k
CHASSIS: Cooler Master Elite 330 (1.8k)

do you mean either i go with ASUS P5Q Pro or MSI P45 Neo-F ? and I should avoid MSI P45 Platinum n MSI P45 NEO2 FR

 

[comp@ddict]

There's no need to avoid or anything all r good boards

But yes, ASUS P5Q Pro is an awesome board, and yes with CrossFireX support too, and an awesome Overclocker too.

But get Q6600 or Q9300(Q9300 cause it's 45nm, better OCer too)
ANd HD4870 shud come for 17k-18k, XpertVision, or Palit

 

[MetalheadGautham]

There's no need to avoid or anything all r good boards

But yes, ASUS P5Q Pro is an awesome board, and yes with CrossFireX support too, and an awesome Overclocker too.

But get Q6600 or Q9300(Q9300 cause it's 45nm, better OCer too)
ANd HD4870 shud come for 17k-18k, XpertVision, or Palit

Hmm... You might want to add 2.5K for some insane quality good solution or 1.5K for some decent cooling solution if you want to overclock, and if you do, get Q9300 in preference to Q6600 and AMD Phenom 9850BE in preference to Q6600.

If no overclocking and/or crossfire is needed, you might as well save some money and get a G31 board. It too can accept 4GB RAM, has nice performance and can accept a HD4870 GPU and a Quad Core CPU. And it comes at 2.5K.

Edit: And yeah, for GPU, get Palit's "Sonic" edition, not the standard edition. And see if you can grab the 1GB RAM version.

 

[Mike84]

I think the GTX260 should be a better solution with an eVGA 750i mobo. Awsome overclocker.
I mean games aside, the nVidia card has adtional CUDA and PhysiX support. Leaving Physix, CUDA could be useful in rendering large media data. I would prefer HD4870 anyday over GTX260, but thats the gamer in me talking. For other stuff, i think the nVidia card on nForce mobo would be a better choice.
And for CPU definitely Q9300. Thats the best bet for multithread handling rite now.

BTW I remember G31 having PCIe slot v1.1. Dont you think the latest cards would not be used in the full potential in that board?

 

[myhotdog]

now its final I'm going with

MotherBoard:: MSI P45 NEO2 FR -(8350 INR)
CPU:: INTEL Q 9300 (13,400 INR)
RAM:: 4 GB (2800 INR)
CABINET:: COOLERMASTER 334 (1850 INR)
SMPS:: COOLERMASTER RP-600-PCAR 600WATT (3400 INR)
GPU:: PALIT HD 4870 SONIC 512MB ( 17700 INR)
TV TUNER:: PINNACLE PCTV SET PRO PCI (7350 INR)
HDD: SEGATE 1 TB 32MB BUFFER (6900)
TOTAL::61750 INR

I hope this is great configuration and I'll not need to upgrade my pc for next 3 years
one final suggestion I want about my this config,

 

[desiibond]

If you select GTX260, make sure you get build 216 based card as they are far far better than the earlier series with more SP's etc.

 

[myhotdog]

If you select GTX260, make sure you get build 216 based card as they are far far better than the earlier series with more SP's etc.

I'm going with PALIT 4870

 

[desiibond]

^^ That is the best option

 

[Psychosocial]

^^Ya true.Palit HD4870 1GB SONIC is a great card.

 

[azaad_shri75]

I would say go for asus board.

 

[myhotdog]

I would say go for asus board.

you mean assus p45 board ?