I am wanting to build an I7 for home use, no gaming but will do video capture and editing as well as hdmi output to a TV. I am also trying to keep the system as quiet as reasonably possible. I need help with the gpu, the one below is a passive one but can I do better or alternatively get a midrange card and put a cooler on it. I don't think I need to spend a bundle here as I do not play games. Also- how about an alternative memory that might be a tad cheaper? The Build- Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor $300.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 20L2%20Cac Gigabyte LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard with Triple Channel memory $210.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128375 G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $155.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231223 MSI N9400GT-MD512H GeForce 9400 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card $63.00 http://www.avadirect.com/product_d [...] PRID=12687 WESTERN DIGITAL Caviar SE16 SATA WD6400AAKS SATA 7200 RPM 16MB Buffer Hard Drive $75.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] WD6400AAKS PC Power & Cooling S75CF 750W EPS12V SLI NVIDIA SLI Certified (Dual 8800 GTX and below) CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS $70.00 Certified Active PFC Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 5CF%20750W AFT XM5U 26-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader $25.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] d%20Reader Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower $60.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] id%20Tower SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X $28.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 20SH-S223Q Total cost so far is only $986.00 which isn't bad for an I7 I don't think
6gb of DDR3 doesn't get much cheaper than that, sadly... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125250 This card seems to suit your needs, quiet, HDMI out, etc. Also, go for a blu-ray reader, they're a bit under $100 now, a little over if you want a DVD burner with it.
that card looks sweet though i'd say pick up a powercolor 4830 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131129&Tpk=powercolor 4830 double the price but alot more OOMF, should help with video editing and encoding if software supports GPU acceleration and its a quiet card though obviously not as much as passivly cooled alternatives
Get a smaller PSU, you don't need 750W for all of that lot. I use a 600W PSU and my graphics card is an 8800GT (which uses a lot more power than the 9400GT). 500W should be enough.
if your a media machine.. get the msi board MSI X58 Eclipse SLI LGA 1366 it's around a bill more but you get the x-fi for your theater included and the extra pci slot.. it has greenpower genie too, saves you the trouble of checking your voltages with a multimeter.. have to make your own tri-sli bridge if your sucked into nvidia's marketing http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=169509 I guess msi is slow to make a bridge (gee I wonder why.. probably because there's 5 people out there that are going to use it).. docodine has the right idea, go with ati
