4K Video Editing - Rendering

[Rectifier]

Hi,
What do I need for video editing in 4K resolution?
I will use an adobe premiere and adobe aftereffect softwares, and my budget is maximum for GTX 960, i7 6700 and 16GB of RAM. They are good for my uses? Or should I go with GTX 970 if is it possible?
I need some guidance.
Thanks.

 

[Baumy15]

Hi,
What do I need for video editing in 4K resolution?
I will use an adobe premiere and adobe aftereffect softwares, and my budget is maximum for GTX 960, i7 6700 and 16GB of RAM. They are good for my uses? Or should I go with GTX 970 if is it possible?
I need some guidance.
Thanks.

cuda cores take off alot of load from the cpu when playing media back so the more cuda cores the better you may want to get more than 16GB ram in the future as i can utilize 10+GB easily when doing 1080P 60FPS footage, keep the i7 the extra threads will help, but if not gaming id suggest a haswell based xeon as its cheaper and about the same speed meaning you could get an ssd to cache data or get an extra 4-8GB ram

 

[Mr Kagouris]

Yes you should go with a GTX 970. Especially at 4K, video editing is very taxing. And unless you're willing to spend a couple grand on the rig, then don't expect very fast rendering or very smooth editing at 4K.

As far as CPU goes, since you're not overclocking, a better option would be to go Haswell instead of Skylake. A Xeon E3-1276 V3 will outperform the i7 6700 (even slightly), and 1150 motherboards (and DDR3 RAM) tend to be ever so slightly cheaper than their 1151 (and DDR4) counterparts. The net difference might be enough to get a GTX 970 (or 980 if you stretch the budget).

 

[Rectifier]

A Xeon E3-1275 is expensive CPU, much more expensive than i7 6700, so this CPU is not an option.
How bad will i7 6700 and GTX 960 be at 4K editing?

 

[Baumy15]

A 4/8 core/thread xeon is $365 (in australia) conpared to the 6700 which is $458 (in australia) you can then buy a decent b85 or h97 motherboard.
I would highly recommend a 970 over a 960, and if you could a second hand 780Ti will give you 2880 cuda cores (and works very well) 4k playback is very demanding and i would then recommend getting more ram, an ssd to cache the data.