Author Topic: Blockland Forums - Help me Build a Computer  (Read 1073 times)

Hey forumers. I've made a few topics in the past but I'm probably going to go all out on this one. I'm looking to build a computer that will suit my needs in video editing, gaming, and rendering. I have a few ideas, but I would like to see your opinions and comments to help me get the best build at it's best price with your experience.

I'm looking to build a computer that will have preferably an NVIDIA graphics card to support CUDA rendering in After Effects and Cycles in Blender. Would multiple low end graphics cards work better than one single high-end graphics card?

A CPU isn't that big of a problem for me. I'm leaning towards Intel i7s but also considering some of the new AMD CPUs. I'll take any suggestions too!

Motherboard is a big part. Is there any motherboards that can fix a large graphcis card, but possibly have room to upgrade in the future? Same goes for RAM.

Also a fan and tower. Anything that can keep the sound down helps.

I'm not sure if this is really clear but I hope you guys can make sense of it and help me out. Thanks!




yo give us a budget first




All amd cpu is horseestuff to use for a new build right now. Until am4 is selling. But thats still few months off. We dony even know.
And a downgrade from i7 to stuffty am3+  is a huuuuuuge difference. A skylake i5 is just fine for high end gaming
« Last Edit: December 20, 2015, 03:44:34 PM by Bisjac »


this processor will get you a long way http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116895

get a gtx 960 too, you can get those for relatively cheap now.


If it's a really good combination, I'm willing to spend $1000 - $200. Christmas time is coming. Hopefully it doesn't reach that price though.


gtx 980 if you dont mind having lower quality parts on some stuff

gtx 980 if you dont mind having lower quality parts on some stuff

I'm leaning towards the GTX 980 because it's quieter and seems like a lot better upgrade than 970. However, I'm wondering if multiple lower end GPUs would out performance a 980.