Looking for a video editing rig upgrade

3rdDegree

I am thinking of upgrading my existing rig of

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DSP3
Intel Quad Core Q9650
8GB of 1333mhz RAM (not sure what type)

to something like this bundle from Dabs.

I really only need the mainboard, RAM and CPU for now as I have everything else- except my current graphics card which is junk.

I guess my questions are:

1. How good are these integrated graphics? Would I be better off getting a cheaper mainboard without those high-end graphics and getting a good graphics card like this one: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 OC Windforce 3, 4GB DDR5, PCI-Express? These days a lot of editing programs and tools use the GPU for rendering.

2. The CPU I have seems pretty good, are these new quad code I7's a lot better? Will I see much of a boost? CPU is still very important for rendering video and outputting HD video in real-time.

3. Or is my approach here all wrong? It's been a long time since I build a PC!

I would like to keep the spend below €700.

Thanks

BloodBath

I'd go with something like this. That still leaves enough to go with another 16gb of ram if you want. Or a nice 250gb ssd drive. Or whatever else you might need.

That xeon is basically the same as a Haswell i7 4770. It's not overclockable and there's no integrated graphics but it's a lot cheaper between the cpu and board costs.

It would also be about 2-3 times more powerful than your old cpu.

You don't need an uber high end graphics card for video editing. You see very little gains in performance past mid range cards. An R9 270 2gb would be more than enough. It's also a decent card for gaming. You could put more money towards the card if you also plan to game on the pc.

Prices were got using www.geizhals.de

Item|Price
Intel Xeon E3-1230v3 Bx, LGA1150|€207.48
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD|€27.88
ASRock H87 Pro4, Sockel 1150, ATX|€64.36
MSI R9 270 GAMING 2G, AMD Radeon R9 270, 2GB DDR5|€150.31
16GB-Kit Crucial Ballistix Sport XT Series DDR3-1866, CL10|€117.48
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€586.50