My current PC is holding up workflow and not supporting all the features in CS6 Production premium, so it's time for new hardware.
Current System
CPU- i7 2600 (locked version).
Motherboard- H67.
RAM- 16GB DDR3 1333.
Video card- AMD HD 6770- 1GB.
Disk Drives- 1x 2Tb Seagate, 1x 1TB WD Caviar Black, 1x Samsung External drive for backups.
SSD- 60GB Intel 520 series.
Shortfalls in Current System's performance.
- Previewing the timeline in Premiere Pro works fine until the current time indicator reaches a clip of Uncompressed .avi footage. Then it bogs down, and frame rates plummet. I suspect it's the disc drives failing to move the high bit rate data fast enough, so I'll probably need a raid-0 set up.
- Slow previews in After Effects. Upping the RAM from 8GB to 16GB improved previews significantly, but it could be better.
- Current GPU doesn't support 3D Ray tracing.
Budget for new build
- $2800 (Australian dollars).
Components I'm considering for new build
Case- Corsair 600T (already owned).
Motherboard- Z77. (Not sure which particular Z77 is best suited).
CPU- i7 3770k
CPU Cooling- Suggestions please.
RAM- 32GB DDR3 1600 MHz. Any suggestions ?
C: drive- SSD : 240GB intel 520 series.
Media/assets disc- 1x 2TB Seagate drive.
After Effects Exports (Uncompressed .avi) - 2x 2TB Seagate drives in Raid-0.
Premiere Pro Exports- 1x 1TB WD Caviar Black (already owned).
After Effects RAM Cache- SSD 60GB intel 520 series (already owned).
Internal drive for backups- 3TB WD Red.
GPU- GTX 580 - 3GB. Why not a 600 series GTX ? Because I plan to use Blender. Apparently 600 series cards don't work well with Blender.
PSU- Modular. Wattage requirements not yet calculated.
OS- Windows 7 Professional? or Ultimate?
Suggested changes to the list, please.