I have been asked many times whether I could custom build a computer that would be great for both video editing and gaming.
While both types of machine benefit from some common factors such as processor speed and the number of threads, large amounts of good quality ram, and a sizeable SSD, there is one major factor that prevents a gaming machine from being great at video editing and vica versa.
The most common graphics cards are made for gamers to achieve continuity in their games at very high resolutions and frame rates.
Quadro graphics cards (featuring CUDA) are designed to achieve very fast rendering of edited footage.
If you need a high end video editing machine or a custom built gamer, please contact us outlining the desired specifications and we can work out the most cost effective solution.
Example Gaming
The Coolermaster HAF is a large case that can easily fit all yours drives, top end graphics cards and cooling.
Some Basics:
Graphics Cards in any configuration can only operate at their designated GDDR. Cards in x2, x3, or x4 array produce a lot of heat without producing the x factor in performance. This is why the x2 core cards (eg. R9 295) are currently very expensive ($1800aud).
Given the expense, even with the recommended Intel 1150 I5 processor (you could spend $800 dollars more on an I7 with more threads for little improvement), these are the recommended cards for ultimate gaming, if you can justify the cost. Cost vs Performance, I have the data from local gamers.
The options? Have a look, I have been building gaming systems for enthusiasts and nutters for a long time. Attending Lan Parties, or just want to game at highest resolution with all the extras, at 50+fps, I will give the best possible outcome for your budget.
Enthusiast Gamer
Coolermaster RC-942-KKN1 HAF X 942 Black
Coolermaster Thunder Series 700W Power Supply
Intel I5-4690K,3.50GHZ,,LGA1150
ASUS B85-PRO Gamer(ROG)
Arctic Cooling, Freezer 13 CPU cooler
Corsair 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 Vengeance Pro Red 2133MHz
Western Digital Blue 1TB SATA3 HDD 64M Caviar Blue
Kingston 120G HyperX SSD SATA 3
SAPPHIRE R7 265 2GB GDDR5 OC Dual-X Full
Samsung SATA Black Internal DVD RW Drive
Windows 8.1 (or 7 Home Premium) 64bit
$1745
Cooler Master RC-1200-KKN1 COSMOS II Ultra Tower
High End Gamer
Cooler Master RC-1200-KKN1 COSMOS II Ultra Tower
Thermaltake Tough Power 1275W 80+ Gold
Intel BX80646I74790K I7-4790K,4.00GHZ,4CORES,8THREADS
8MB CACHE,LGA1150
Artic Cooling, Freezer 13 CPU cooler
ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO (ROG)/4 x DDR3/2 x PCI-E 3.0
/1 x PCI-E 2.0x16/3 x PCI-E 2.0/6 x SATA/DVI/D-SUB 5yr war
Corsair 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 2133MHz Vengeance Pro Black
Saphire AMD Radeon R9290 4GB OC Tri-X
Seagate SATA3 2TB 7200RPM Barracuda 64mb Cache
Kingston 240G HyperX 3K SSD SATA 3
Pioneer BDR-209EBK 15X Blu-Ray Writer Drive SATA Black
Windows 8.1 (or 7) Pro 64bit
$3232
Portable High End Gamer
Corsair Graphite 380T Mini-ITX 450 x 365 x 440mm
FSP 750W Aurum Series Modular PSU, 80PLUS Gold
ASUS MAXIMUS-VII-IMPACT / Z97 / 2x DDR3 / 1 x PCI-E3.0 x 16 /
1 x mini-PCI-E2.0 x 1 / 4 x SATA3 / 6 x USB 3.0 / DP / HDMI / GBLAN/RAID
Intel I5-4690K 3.50GHZ
Arctic Cooling Freezer 13
Corsair 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3
Vengeance Pro Red 2133MHz
ASUS R9290-DC2OC-4GD5 R9 290
Western Digital Blue 1TB Sata3
Kingston Hyper X 120GB SSD
Pioneer BDR-209EBK 15X Blu-Ray Writer
Windows 8.1 (or 7) Pro 64bit
$2434
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