Elite 8300 for video editing -- GFX Card needs.

[Sniki]

@trs96 i found a HP Elite 8300 Tower for 280 Euro's..
Do you think it's worth the price ?, it's almost maxed out:
8GB of Ram
i7-3770 CPU
2TB HDD Included

i will have to add a 500GB Samsung 850 Evo 140 euro + Nvidia 1050 Ti around 140 euro so the overall price reaches almost 600 Euros.

 

[trs96]

@trs96 i found a HP Elite 8300 Tower for 280 Euro's..
Do you think it's worth the price ?, it's almost maxed out:
8GB of Ram
i7-3770 CPU
2TB HDD Included

i will have to add a 500GB Samsung 850 Evo 140 euro + Nvidia 1050 Ti around 140 euro so the overall price reaches almost 600 Euros.

It's not bad for price but I would shop around some more. You can usually get a lower price if you buy one with 4GB of ram and a 160 or 250 GB HDD. That might save you a hundred Euros. Then just replace those with your own 1 TB drive and ram kit. Sometimes you can even find a barebones one in good shape and install your own CPU and ram to save money.

 

[andwhy81]

I have seen a ton of these hitting the market for under $200 sometimes $150. I am debating getting one verses doing a MB/CPU/Ram bare bones upgrade with a i5-7600. @trs96, any opinions?

 

[Sniki]

It's not bad for price but I would shop around some more. You can usually get a lower price if you buy one with 4GB of ram and a 160 or 250 GB HDD. That might save you a hundred Euros. Then just replace those with your own 1 TB drive and ram kit. Sometimes you can even find a barebones one in good shape and install your own CPU and ram to save money.

i would like to find one without HDD/SSD and without ram, that would be the best thing for me.
i get 16GB of ram for free from a friend, i will buy my own SSD and i got an idea to search for people selling mining rigs and buy a used 1050 Ti for a lower price that way if i can find one who sells parts separately.

 

[trs96]

I have seen a ton of these hitting the market for under $200 sometimes $150. I am debating getting one verses doing a MB/CPU/Ram bare bones upgrade with a i5-7600. @trs96, any opinions?

It depends on what you would use it for. If it's mostly gaming, the 8300 with an I5-3470 is the better choice. It performs almost equally in games to a new I5-7500 CPU. If you are doing things like video and photo editing it's better to go with the newer kaby lake based system.

 

[trs96]

i would like to find one without HDD/SSD and without ram, that would be the best thing for me.
i get 16GB of ram for free from a friend, i will buy my own SSD and i got an idea to search for people selling mining rigs and buy a used 1050 Ti for a lower price that way if i can find one who sells parts separately.

It's taking a chance buying a used graphics card from a mining rig. Don't know if the warranty would transfer over to you when you buy it. The ram needs to be DDR3-1600 to work with these. Nothing too fast or exotic.

 

[andwhy81]

i would like to find one without HDD/SSD and without ram, that would be the best thing for me.
i get 16GB of ram for free from a friend, i will buy my own SSD and i got an idea to search for people selling mining rigs and buy a used 1050 Ti for a lower price that way if i can find one who sells parts separately.

look at the companies that are selling the refirbs and contact and ask if they have any without HD/RAM, most of those places are buying pallets full of them and piecing them together. They might have something.

 

[PDE]

Just read this thread with interest. Have an HP 8300 and looking to upgrade from the HD4000 in order to use Davinci Resolve (or perhaps FCPX). @PDE - how did you get on with the 1050 Ti?

Apologies for the delay... just saw this. Haven't had to use Davinci yet but Running AfterEffects and Premiere fairly well. I did little work in Resolve and it seemed to be running totally fine. Not breaking speed records but gets the job done--can't report too fully but I haven't run into any substantial issues except one weird legacy rendering thing in AE where you have to switch the 3D rendering to a newer (C4D) based renderer or you get all these weird errors.

 

[phrozenpenguin]

Thanks. Do you also use Final Cut Pro X as well?

 

[PDE]

Thanks. Do you also use Final Cut Pro X as well?

I do not, because I have rarely if ever had the need--have a project coming up in Avid though, so I'll report back on that.

If and when I have to do something in FCPX I'll let you know as well, but I doubt that will ever happen as most everyone in the professional environment avoids it like the plague.