What do you think of my (future) build?

Q. I am building a computer for intense gaming, video editing/rendering, minecraft server hosting, (all of these being run simultaneously), and virtual machines.


Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Black Steel ATX Full Tower Unbeatable Gaming Case - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129100

(Monitors) (2) ASUS VH232H Glossy Black 23" 5ms Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD Monitor w/Speakers & HDMI - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236079

(Video Cards) (2) EVGA 025-P3-1579-AR GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) HD 2560MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130687

(Power Supply) Rosewill BRONZE Series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C, 80Plus Bronze Certified,Modular Cable Design,Active PFC"Compatible - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182188

(Keyboard) Rosewill Gaming Keyboard RK-8100 (RIKB-11003) - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201048

(Mouse) RAZER DeathAdder Black 5 Buttons 1 x Wheel USB Wired Precision Optical Gaming Mouse - 3.5G Infrared Sensor - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826153055

(RAM) CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 Desktop Memory Model CMZ32GX3M4X1866C10R - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233238

(Motherboard) ASUS P8Z77-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131819

(CPU) Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I73770K -http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116501

(Liquid Cooling) CORSAIR H100 (CWCH100) Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181017


Does anyone have any suggestions? My budget is 2400.
@brian I'm also doing video editing and rendering and virtual machines/minecraft server hosting (which takes up a lot of RAM)

A. i recommend upgrading a few things.
the motherboard and processor change to lga 2011,the costs are the same as what your getting but theres the option to upgrade to a hexacore in the future.
i7 3820
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115229
x79 motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157282

I also recommend staying away from rosewill power supplies.
I had a 850 watt psu rosewill fortress running a gtx 480,i5 2500k,8gb ram,and single hdd,and a dvd burner.
shoulda been at around 50-70% even a max,but within a month it burned out.
I'd go with a corsair,xfx,seasonic power supply.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151110&Tpk=seasonic
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139034&Tpk=corsair
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Classified-Continuous-Supply-100-PS-1200-GR/dp/B0040HVV1Q
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207021

the evga one is great because while its rated at 1200 it can output 2700.6x12v rails each with 38 amps.
so 38*12*6.because amps*volts =watts.since theres more than 1 12v rail you mulitply it by the number it has 6
38*12=456
456*6=2736
it's so heavily underrated because they wanted all the prestigious approvals of low ripple,clean power output,etc.

switch the ram to quad channel if you decide to change to the lga 2011
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233232

I agree that you should change the gtx 570 out but not to the gtx 660 ti,to the 7950.check sources for benchmarks.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127696
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102989
listed both since it's your choice.go with the 660 ti PE if you choose the 660 ti as it is more overclockable than a regular 660 ti,it has 2 pcie connectors vs the 1 on a regular 660 ti.

don't forget the dvd drive,you need to in order to install the bios,they can't be found online and you won't have internet access without them.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151244

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Intel Core I7 or AMD Phenom II X6 computer for video editing?

Q. Hi I have a computer (HP) that's about 2 1/2 years old. It currently has a 2.4ghz Intel Core 2 Quad (Q6600 model). The specs of the machine are below. I wanted to know what would be an overall better computer for video editing? I just started doing video editing using the basic Windows Live Movie Maker 2011 from microsoft. I recorded a 3.5 hour video on my camera (Sony Handycam HDR-XR150) in 1080 HD using HDFX format. It broke the file into 17 videos and it took about 10 hours to 1. put all the videos together to make 1 video and 2. to save it to 1080p display. I was wondering how much I could benefit with a new Intel Core I7 or AMD Phenom II X6 computer. I currently also have 8GB of DDR2 memory and I've heard DDR3 is much more advanced as are the processors on the market today. What would you recommend and please tell me why. Here's my current computer below:

Features/Specifications:
HP Pavilion Elite m9426f Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz Desktop PC


General Features:
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit with SP1
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz CPU
1066 MHz front bus side
8 GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM (actual available memory may be less due to operating system requirements)
640 GB SATA/300 7200 RPM hard drive
DVD±RW DL LightScribe drive
No floppy drive
ATI Radeon HD3650 graphics with 512 MB DDR2 memory
Realtek ALC 888S High-Definition audio - supports up to 8 audio channels
Integrated 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet
Integrated 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN
Front panel 15-in-1 digital media card reader with IR receiver
300-watt 115V ~ 230V switchable power supply


Supported Media Cards:
CompactFlash I/II (CF)
IBM Microdrive
Secure Digital (SD)
MiniSD
MultiMedia Card (MMC)
Reduced size MultiMedia Card (RS-MMC)
MultiMedia Card Plus (MMC plus)
MultiMedia Card Mobile (MMC mobile)
Memory Stick (MS)
Memory Stick Pro
Memory Stick Duo
Memory Stick Pro Duo
SmartMedia (SM)
xD-Picture card


Motherboard Features:
Asus Model: IPIBL-LB (HP Model: Benicia-GL8E)
Socket 775 microATX form factor
Intel G33 chipset
Four (4) 240-pin DIMM sockets (four occupied)
Supports up to 8 GB of PC2-5300 & PC2-6400 Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
One (1) PCI slot
Two (2) PCI Express x1 slots (one occupied)
One (1) PCI Express x16 slot (occupied)
One (1) floppy connectors
Six (6) Serial ATA connectors (two occupied)
ICH9R onboard RAID controller supports RAID 0 & RAID 1 modes
24-pin power connector


Front I/O Ports:
15-in-1 card reader (4 slot) with IR Receiver
One (1) IEEE 1394 FireWire
Two (2) USB 2.0 ports
One (1) Headphone jack
One (1) Microphone jack


Rear I/O Ports:
Two (2) PS/2 ports
One (1) Digital audio out
One (1) Digital audio in
One (1) IEEE 1394 FireWire port
Four (4) USB 2.0 ports
One (1) RJ-45 Ethernet jack
Six (6) Audio jacks
One (1) DVI-I (Dual Link)
One (1) VGA
One (1) HDMI


Case Features:
Two (2) 5.25-inch external drive bays (one occupied)
Two (2) 3.5-inch internal drive bays (one occupied)
One (1) Pocket Media Drive Bay
One (1) Personal Media Drive Bay
300-watt power supply (100-127V ~6A; 200-240V ~3A 50/60 Hz)

My Windows Experience Index is below

scale is 1.0 to 7.9

Processor: 7.1

Memory (RAM): 7.1

Graphics: 5.2

Gaming Graphics: 6.1

Primary hard disk: 5.9

Please give me any feedback for a good upgraded PC that you would possibly recommend for better video editing, gaming, etc.

Thank you.

A. Really if money is no object i would do something like this:
-Core i7 2600
-8 or 16gb of ddr3 1600 dual channel ram (i think 8 would be more then enough though)
-Asus/evga/gigabyte 1155 socket motherboard
-nvidia gtx460/560 (for the gaming aspect, if you really want to go high end gtx570). and i would recommend nvidia because of cuda support will help with video editing.
-750W corsair 80+ certified PSU
-An antec or coolmaster case, if you want higher end video cards probably be better to get a full tower(the gtx460/560 will fit in mid towers).
-sata III 6gb/s 32-64gb SSD (for OS/drivers etc)
-sata III 6gb/s 128-256gb SSD (for any software/games)
-and a 1tb 7200rpm sata III 6gb/s HDD for media (like movies, music, pics etc) or you could use your old 640gb drive for this.
-and if you are an audiophile, you can invest in a sound card. I think onboard sound is good enough, it supports 7.1ch surround.
-You can get a lcd monitor, try to get one that supports atleast 1920x1080 resolutions. You can use an old oen if you want.
-You could use your old win7 64bit OS unless it was OEM. If it was OEM then just buy another win7 64bit OEM version. (dont buy retail, OEM means you cant use the OS on any other motherboard but the one you 1st used it on. But by the time you change motherboard win8 will have been out for awhile. OEM=$100 retail=$200, so you could get win7 and win8 OEM for the price of win7 retail so >.>)

Will cost somewhere in the $2000+ range, but should last for a very long time before having to upgrade anything inside it.

I would suggest buying the parts from somewhere like http://newegg.com and http://tigerdirect.com (newegg is better but you might find a part onsale on tiger) and building it yourself. its much cheaper, and not hard to do. you can find videos on like youtube i think.

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