Hey,

Final year of film here. I'm investing about 1200$ on a new PC for CCing, editing, and various media things. Are these ideal parts for this type of work?

Debating on going from 560 ti to Radeon 7850, supposedly CUDA isn't worth it.


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks


CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.99 @ Memory Express)
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($89.99 @ Canada Computers)
Memory: Corsair 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($84.99 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Intel 320 Series 80GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($59.88 @ Canada Computers)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Canada Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB Video Card ($179.88 @ Canada Computers)
Case: Azza Orion 202 EVO ATX Mid Tower Case ($29.99 @ NCIX)
Power Supply: Antec 620W ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply ($79.99 @ Memory Express)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64-bit) ($139.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $974.69
(Prices include shipping and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2012-08-15 15:35 EDT-0400)