Quote: Hi all,

Looking at a new PC, mainly to satisfy my home-movie making hobby. I've got PD11, my old pc just couldn't manage it, wouldn't write to dvd, took over 3hrs to render a 30 minute avchd movie etc. So I'm looking at this new one....
Do you think it has the right specs to manage cyberlink pd11 well?

BitFenix Shinobi Mid-Tower Case, Steel Side Panel, 2x USB3.0 2X USB2.0, 1x 120mm Fan, 3x 5.25'', x 3.5'', 1x 2.5''(By 5.25" adaptor), 7 PCI Slots

650W "Aywun" MEGA POWER Elite Series 80PLUS Certified Power Supply - Brand New Design from Inside Out, Reborn with Enhanced Quality

CPU Intel Core i7 Quad-Core i7-3770 with Intel HD Graphics 4000 3.4GHz/8MB 77W s1155 Box

Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black Hard Drive - 3.5", SATA III 6Gbs, 64MB Cache, 7200rpm, 5 Years Warranty

Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H / B75 / 4 x DDR3 / 2 x PCI-E / 2 x PCI / 1 x SATA3 / 4 x USB3.0 / HDMI / D-SUB / DVI-D / GBLAN / mATX

Samsung SH-224DB/BEBS SATA Black Internal 24x Speed Plus DVD±RW Drive, 12x DVD-RAM, 8x +R DL, 8x-R DL, OEM with software included

Drive, 12x DVD-RAM, 8x +R DL, 8x-R DL, OEM with software included

Corsair 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1333MHz, 9-9-9-24, XMS3 DIMM, Unbuffered, - Core i7, Core i5 and Core 2 / AMD Phenom II - Dual Chan

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit with SP1 - 1pk OEM DVD

HIS ATI HD 7870 PCI-E 3.0, 2GB 256-bit GDDR5, 1000/4800 MHz, Dual Link DVI, HDMI, 2x Mini DP, DX11.1, Fan


What do you think?
thanks for your input,
Jenny.

Hi Jenny,
I just build my own computers as and when I need.

The spec you've given looks reasonable but could be improved upon at additional cost.
Some towers are supplied without a power unit and then you select/purchase your own to insert. Could be improved to 1000W in my view.
You may want to include a BluRay writer instead of a DVD one. You can stick with the DVD, they're really cheap and put in a BluRay later.
I'd look to have a SSD, a good sized one as C drive.... they whip the pants off an internal HDD. Keep the HDD as a storage drive. The data transfer with an SSD is very fast and this'll mean PDR will respond quicker etc.

Just an opinion.

Dafydd

Not familiar with HIS products, but other ATI HD7870 cards have a minimum PSU requirement of 550W. 650W may not give you enough room if you add anything later.

However, the Intel 3770 has the HD4000 GPU so why add another GPU? From what I've read, the HD4000 does fairly well at video rendering. The only reason to add a dedicated card would be for maybe gaming.

Intel i7 4770k, 16GB, GTX1060 3GB, Two 240GB SSD, 4TB HD, Sony HDR-TD20V 3D camcorder, Sony SLT-A65VK for still images, Windows 10 Pro, 64bit
Gary Russell -- TN USA

Thankyou for your tips and opinions guys, much appreciated. It's really helpful to have people out there who know what they're talking about! Jenny