Just want Opinion on Parts for a Performance PC

[nyyankee88]

Hey after alot of research, i have came to a conclusion list of parts. Just want a third opinion before i place the order

Purpose of PC: h264 enocding ( i will overclock it and use additional graphic cards if useful)

Budget: Its still flexible if i see a suggestion which would Help

Here is the List:

1) COOLER MASTER HAF X RC-942-KKN1 Black Steel/ Plastic ATX Full Tower Computer Case

2) SAPPHIRE 100311-2SR Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity

3) Rosewill BRONZE Series RBR1000-M 1000W Continuous@40°C, 80Plus Bronze Certified,Modular Cable Design,Active PFC"Compatible ...

4) G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM

5) ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe LGA 1155 Intel Z68 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

6) CORSAIR Hydro H70 CWCH70 120mm High Performance CPU Cooler

7) OCZ Agility 3 AGT3-25SAT3-120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

8) Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

 

[Roark]

Nothing wrong with having more power than you need, but 1000w is morbidly obese for what you're posted here.

What CPU are you going to be using?

 

[nyyankee88]

OH FORGOT TO MENTION
Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor

 

[Trotter]

No go on the Rosewill PSU. They are not crap, but there's no way I would trust that kind of hardware to one. Check into Antec, Corsair, Seagate.

 

[4P_Bulldozer]

Hey after alot of research, i have came to a conclusion list of parts. Just want a third opinion before i place the order

Purpose of PC: h264 enocding ( i will overclock it and use additional graphic cards if useful)

Budget: Its still flexible if i see a suggestion which would Help

If you are certain that you will dedicate this Rig to "h264 encoding" then find out which Program you would like to use and then Google for Benchmarks to determine which CPU (and most preferably GPUs) will run it fastest - it can make a huge difference on your GPU (and CPU) choice.

If you know what you want to end up with (fast h264 encoding) then I would work backwards from there. Using GPUs can net a 20-30+ times speed increase over using a CPU. Using the CPU (for the encoding) is not a good idea.

If you need a bigger SSD (for storage) then I would recommend one larger than 120GB (for Video), if it is only for cache then I would advise a PCI-e SSD (and it might be smaller if you can find a small one) as you don't want a bottleneck.

Is it for a Server ?
Would it ever be called upon for other tasks ?

Tell us your Program choice or 'encoding tool-chain sequence'.

 

[nyyankee88]

well i use handbrake for encoding .ts files (in general) to h264, this is just the main purpose of this pc, if you have any recommended application to use and parts to use along with it please let me know

 

[4P_Bulldozer]

well i use handbrake for encoding .ts files (in general) to h264, this is just the main purpose of this pc, if you have any recommended application to use and parts to use along with it please let me know

While I have not used any of these there are free Trials here for Xilisoft's Programs http://www.xilisoft.com/downloads.html - they have a huge selection and are recommended by others. They claim a 5x increase in transcoding speed: http://www.xilisoft.com/cuda.html

Elemental Technologies (makers of Badaboom): http://www.elementaltechnologies.com/products/product-overview have Hardware Solutions and Badaboom Free Trial: http://www.badaboomit.com/ they are well established.

I can recommend and I have used MediaCoder: http://www.mediacoderhq.com/index.htm , while it has only one Program the Menu has many input and output formats. It uses Nvidia GPUs (for some conversions) and is very fast. It is free.

Try some GPU-based Transcoders and see if you like the concept, Google for more info, come back with some more questions and we will try to help.