Ok, my 7 year old AMD 6 core machine is dying. But as luck has it I have a pretty limited budget to replace it with.
This is the machine that just fits my budget and my CFO says that is the limit ($1600). I do mainly 4K videos that are less than 3 minutes and have been use proxies for editing. Anyone know of anything better for this price?
I can't speak to the computer vendor, but that's a lot of computer for the money :-) And it has the RX480 GPU that will play nice with Vegas.
I spec'd basically the same system at iBuyPower and it comes out to around the same price. Of course, doing the specs yourself allows you to tweak as needed. For example I spec'd Windows 10 Pro instead of Home and it only added $32 to the overall cost. The price ended up at $1576.
My last 4 computers have come from CyberPower...no complaints. Excellent customer service.
Agree on Window 10 Pro in lieu of Home version. If you could squeeze a few more $$ out, a separate internal SSD (in addition to the operating system drive C drive) would be nice.
Off the shelf from Newegg.
MSI X99A SLI PLUS LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard - 199.00
Intel Core i7-5930K Haswell-E 6-Core 3.5 GHz LGA 2011-v3 140W BX80648I75930K Desktop Processor - 638.00
G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (4 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Intel Z170 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16D-16GVGB - 240.00
XFX R9-FURY-4QFA RADEON R9 FURY X 4GB HBM Liquid Cooled 4096-Bit PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card - 390.00
Intel 750 Series AIC 400GB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SSDPEDMW400G4X1 -384.00
2x(Mirror) WD Black 2TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD2003FZEX - 250.00
Antec Three Hundred Two Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case with Upgraded 2 x USB 3.0 - 70.00
Antec TruePower Classic series TP-750C 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI CrossFire Certified 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Power Supply - 134.00
Total: 2305.00
Subing:
SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 256GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE256BW - 140.00
WD Black 2TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD2003FZEX - 125.00
Total: 1936.00
XFX Radeon R9 390X DirectX 12 R9-390X-8256 8GB 512-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card - 409.00
Total: 1955.00
XFX Radeon RS RX 480 DirectX 12 RX-480P4LFB6 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Video Card - 190.00
Total: 1736.00
Of course there is always this bundle deal:
Haswell-Extreme: Intel Core i7-5960X 3.0GHz Eight Core, Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB DDR4 RAM, Asus X99-Deluxe USB 3.1 MB - 1456.00
You can use whatever you want for storage for the rest. This stuff is like legos, you do not need a 3rd party to put it together for you.
"Anyone know of anything better for this price?"
Since you are already doing 4K projects, consider squeezing into a current X99 platform even if the current performance is equal to the 4 core machine that fits your budget. Maybe, your CFO will spend another $1600 for a processor upgrade to a 10 core i7-6950 in a year or so.