6k, 5k , 4k Video Editors What is your setup? Xeon or 5960x? 980ti or tesla? overclocked or stock?

[Filmman3000]

Hello,

I'm interested in what the editing community is using when editing 6k 5k or 4k video. Questions I have are:

1) What OS are you using? Mac? PC? Why?
2) What is your GPU of choice? Nvidia - AMD - Quattro - FirePro
3) What monitors are you using?
4) Are you outputting 10bit to a reference monitor?
5) How much Ram are you using and is memory speed important.
6) Is Xeon a good way to go or does a 5960x work for you.
7) Is 4k reference important?
8) What type of storage are you using?
9) Is the storage in a Raid setup for redundancy?
10) If you edit on Windows how do you work around the lack of Pro Res support?
11) Is upgradeability important?

These are all questions I have had and I would love to start a discussion on specs and setups for this type of editing. I currently have an editing rig running windows (Intel 5960x, dual 980ti's OC'd to 4.4ghz for playback of 6k uncompressed full quality in real time). I use a MacBook Pro on set.
Many of my associates are switching to PC for editing because of the upgradeability/cost factor editing on Adobe Premiere and After Effects.

We all shoot on Red Dragon Cameras in 4, 5 and 6k. We are DP's and often edit our own work.

I would love to hear what the community has to say.

 

[COLGeek]

From personal experience (my daughter is in the business), a great deal of editing is done on Macs. So that could open up your discussion a bit.

Also, for professional work, I never recommend overclocking. You want reliability and stability in these environments. You don't risk corruption issues for a few percentage points gain in performance. Cool, quiet, stable, reliable. That is more important.

Working with 4K and higher video, as you know, puts stress on any system. Lots of main memory and storage goes a long way to helping with this. Make that part of your discussion as well.

Also, the necessity of making backups and verifying shots after taking them. And keeping your media secure as well.

Just a couple more things to add to your discussion.

 

[Filmman3000]

From personal experience (my daughter is in the business), a great deal of editing is done on Macs. So that could open up you discussion a bit.

Also, for professional work, I never recommend overclocking. You want reliability and stability in these environments. You don't risk corruption issues for a few percentage points gain in performance. Cool, quiet, stable, reliable. That is more important.

Working with 4K and higher video, as you know, puts stress on any system. Lots of main memory and storage goes a long way to helping with this. Make that part of your discussion as well.

Also, the necessity of making backups and verifying shots after taking them. And keeping your media secure as well.

Just a couple more things to add to your discussion.

I agree. Stability and reliability is very important. Redundancy is king and I can't argue with that.
I'll update the questions to get a little more in depth.

 

[Namdhda]

I wouldn't go with Quadro or Firepro cards. They are overpriced because big companies often ignore price tags, and performance is far inferior to gaming graphics card such as the gtx 900 series.

 

[COLGeek]

I wouldn't go with Quadro or Firepro cards. They are overpriced because big companies often ignore price tags, and performance is far inferior to gaming graphics card such as the gtx 900 series.

You can't directly compare professional and gaming GPUs. If you are looking at them from a gaming and cost perspective, then a gaming GPU will be the better choice.

If you are looking at the comparison for professional uses, where time is money and specialized applications can take advantage of the special features and drivers that professional GPUs come with, then the professional GPU will be the better choice.

For a hobbyist, the consumer (gaming) GPU is often enough, but not always so in a professional environment. The comparison is one of requirement and purpose.