Need Adive on Build

[Petchy]

Hi, I'm studying television Production and need a machine for video editing. of course my first port of call is to buy a mac, unfortunately apple have a nasty habit of having ridiculous prices. So here I am. I'm fairly certain this Build will work but your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Gigabyte-GA-X58A-UD3R

Intel CPU- Intel Core i7-960

Asus nVidia GT220

that is the barebones of it so thank you in advance for your help

 

[notshy]

Hi, I'm studying television Production and need a machine for video editing. of course my first port of call is to buy a mac, unfortunately apple have a nasty habit of having ridiculous prices. So here I am. I'm fairly certain this Build will work but your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Gigabyte-GA-X58A-UD3R

Intel CPU- Intel Core i7-960

Asus nVidia GT220

that is the barebones of it so thank you in advance for your help

Please see my signature for a UD3R build. I'd consider getting an ATI card instead of nVidia given that it is ATI cards that are in all new Mac's now. They are a bit more tricky to get multiple monitors working but 2 is fine, 3 is tricky. If you do go with an ATI card please stick to well supported cards such as 5770 or 5870 and please only buy a dual slot reference design card. Do some research and you'll find some good info.

 

[scarberian]

Hi, I'm studying television Production and need a machine for video editing. of course my first port of call is to buy a mac, unfortunately apple have a nasty habit of having ridiculous prices. So here I am. I'm fairly certain this Build will work but your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Gigabyte-GA-X58A-UD3R

Intel CPU- Intel Core i7-960

Asus nVidia GT220

that is the barebones of it so thank you in advance for your help

As NotShy says, stick with what's recommended in Tony's guides and you'll avoid the headaches. I built my customac for under $1000 and because I wanted it to dual boot, the most expensive thing on my system is actually Windows 7 home premium. If it wasn't for that POS price I'd be well under $1000. Windows 7 costs more than my mobo or the CPU. Look at my sig for what I put together. You can also get combo deals if you look around i.e. mobo-cpu combo or mobo-case combo. Just make sure the mobo-cpu combos are the exact models from the guide. The case doesn't matter much as long as the mobo fits.

 

[Petchy]

thanks guys, much appreciated.