- PMC Fluffy
- |
- Exalted Legendary Member
This is a better model 670.
If you're using one monitor, get the 670. If you're using more, get the 7970.
Posted by: THE SALTY CHIP
You'd benefit more from the increase of performance and functionality of the X79 chipset than you would a slightly more expensive case. Chances are he wont ever need that 750W either.Salty, there's something you need to know. Not everyone who builds computers is a gamer. He asked for a media-centric PC. The 3820 is no better than the 3770 for media. Video editing would not benefit from the 40x bandwidth. The only plausible upgrade would be the quad-channel RAM, and that's definitely not worth $100 extra. That case will provide much better airflow for his components and have plenty of space for addition hard drives, which he will have in the future.
There's another thing that you don't seem to understand about PSU's. You never want to just purchase enough wattage for your system. You want 60% of your watts being used for maximum efficiency. You're young, so you probably don't look at your parents electric bills. An efficient PSU will pay itself off in a year.
[Edited on 12.16.2012 10:23 AM PST]