Video editing build

[brawl]

Hey guys,

 

First post and i'm lookin at building my first hackintosh! I am going to school for film and am needing a good editing computer...(we use Avid at school so i will be using it at home also along with Adobe CS5) I looked at buying a mac pro, but id much rather save money and do a hack... So ive been doing some reading on here and have decided on a few parts, but could still use some help. (I'd like to future proof it as much as possible.) and would like to stay around 1500ish (less would be better! )

 

Motherboard:

GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

 

CPU:

Intel Core i7-930 Bloomfield 2.8GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601930

 

CPU Fan:

Scythe SCMG-2100 MUGEN-2 Rev.B 5 Heat Pipes CPU Cooler

 

Memory:Still need a bit of help on this one... shooting for 12 gigs should i do 6/2gig or 3/4 gig? but from what ive read it seems like

2x G.SKILL 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9T-6GBNQ

 

Video card(s):need a bit of help here too. Was looking at the 9800gt fanless, should i go with 2? stick with one? upgrade to the 260 series?

GIGABYTE GV-N98TSL-1GI GeForce 9800 GT 1GB Silent Cell 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

 

Harddrives: can add more later... will be fine for now.

Western Digital RE3 WD1002FBYS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

 

Diskdrive: couldnt really find it, but is Bluray supported? otherwise

Sony Optiarc CD/DVD Burner Black SATA Model AD-7261S-0B LightScribe Support - OEM

 

PSU: after reading a bit more i came across this one

CORSAIR HX Series CMPSU-620HX 620W ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

 

Case: again suggestions? would like to keep it professional looking. (no lights or anything) maybe a HTPC case? i have my PC in one and love the way it looks.

SILVERSTONE Black Aluminum front panel, 0.8 mm SECC body LC17-B ATX Media Center / HTPC Case

 

Monitor: For now using my TV/Monitor... a 42in westinghouse 720p... Wanting to upgrade to a 1080p 42in TV/Monitor. should i get a smaller monitor instead? I will be sticking with this one for now.

 

Networking: Wireless? i dont network with other comps, so just a wireless card will work, right?

 

Mouse/Keyboard:

any issues with the wireless mac stuff?

Wireless magic mouse and wiresless keyboard

 

Anything else? please all recomendations are welcome.

 

Thanks,

Justin

 

(edited for new parts 10-20-10 10:49pm)

[MaLd0n]

http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/08/bui...c-pro-2010.html

 

http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/06/bui...omplete-pc.html

 

[brawl]

Hey thanks that helps. I still am a bit confused though, i was reading i believe on here and someone said for videoediting you dont need a great video card nor a big power supply... not sure how true that is though. As for memory will that work with the motherboard?

[3.14r2]

...videoediting you dont need a great video card nor a big power supply... not sure how true that is though. As for memory will that work with the motherboard?

Well, AFAIK if both Software and Hardware supports CUDA, it should definitely be a powerful GPU. I'm not sure about 2 card though. SLI is not supported in OS X, at the moment, so from that point of view 2 cards are useless. But if you need to use two (2) monitors at max resolution, when probably it would make a difference. Probably GTX260 would be more future-proof.

 

Also instead of buying the second VGA card, I'd suggest investing in the hardware RAID card. It should speed-up the system to some degree.

 

Memory should work. I'm not quite sure it will run at 1600 (it should however run at a different (lower) rate) as the MB (at least from specification what I've found) doesn't support that particular data rate. You should install at least 3 modules (or 6 modules at once) for the Triple Channel to work.

 

Blu-ray AFAIK is supported, at least in SL.

 

Also IMHO slightly powerful PSU could be used - around 700W. To make sure the RAID configuration and VGA card would work without any trouble. This would make the system more future-proof.