Best Computer for Editing With Adobe After Effects, Premier Pro.

[VoDkA29]

The budget is 500$, I have been helping friends who have been wanting to get into PC, so, any builds welcome.

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1300X 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($129.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($71.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($66.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GT 1030 2GB AERO ITX OC Video Card ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($46.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $493.73
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-30 17:58 EDT-0400

Ryzen 3 series was just released so you might have to wait for some days before you can get them.

 

[Compuser10165]

For that specific use, a higher ipc would be more recommended, that is why I made the following changes (I didn't add a case as that is according to preference). A decent discrete gpu (unlike sth like gt 1030- it was added above because Ryzen does not have an igpu ) can be added when needed- the igpu will do fine in the meantime:
Also, since he doesn't really have the budget for an ssd+hdd combo which will be ideal, I recommend getting a hybrid drive (I have the 2TB version of the same drive myself as a secondary partition and it performs better than a hdd).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B250H Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($72.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - FireCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($68.06 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($46.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $445.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-30 18:16 EDT-0400

P.S. An R5 1600 is more recommended for the price of an i5 7500 but that would also require a discrete gpu (I guess a gtx 1050ti as a minimum if he also wants to play some games) which would be over the budget (I recommend saving for that).

 

[Finstar]

For that specific use, a higher ipc would be more recommended, that is why I made the following changes (I didn't add a case as that is according to preference). A decent discrete gpu (unlike sth like gt 1030- it was added above because Ryzen down not have an igpu ) can be added when needed- the igpu will do fine in the meantime:
Also, since he down't really have the budget for an ssd+hdd combo which will be ideal, I recommend getting a hybrid drive (I have the 2TB version of the same drive myself as a secondary partition and it performs better than a hdd).

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-7500 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($187.69 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B250H Gaming ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($72.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Seagate - FireCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive ($68.06 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($46.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $445.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-30 18:16 EDT-0400

P.S. An R5 1600 is more recommended for the price of an i5 7500 but that would also require a discrete gpu (I guess a gtx 1050ti as a minimum if he also wants to play some games) which would be over the budget (I recommend saving for that).

You know both Premiere Pro and After Effects can use Cuda acceleration right? Not to mention how much smoother previews will look like with a proper gpu.

 

[norimacek]

For serious use of Adobe Premiere Pro and especially After Effects, 16 Gb is a minimum, dedicated quadro or FirePro highly recommended, or buying at least GTX 1070. Trust me, I've worked in video editing field for a decade, After Effects and 8 Gb of ram is a no go. You will experience constant stutters. I worked on video editing workstation cheaper than 2000 € only when my primary system broke down and it was a nightmare every single time, especially when catching deadlines. How could you build new video editing PC for 500 $ is beyond me, especially in times when HD video is a norm.

You should look for an old workstation like HP Z240, but will still cost you around 700 $. It has Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz (12.660 CPU mark -> on pair with Ryzen 5 1600/i7 7700K), 16 GB of ram, that should be enough, but I would add SSD to run Windows and Adobe apps on it and maybe some newer GPU, GTX 1060 as a bear minimum comes to my mind, if you really can't squeeze for pro card or gtx 1070 (Adobe apps love NVidia GPUs). That's a 900-1.000 $ build, very cheap for video editing machine, but still useful for essential work.

https://www.itsco.de/workstation-hp-z420-8-dimm-intel-six-core-xeon-e5-1650-v2-6x-3-5ghz-22804.html

 

[Compuser10165]

For serious use of Adobe Premiere Pro and especially After Effects, 16 Gb is a minimum, dedicated quadro or FirePro highly recommended, or buying at least GTX 1070. Trust me, I've worked in video editing field for a decade, After Effects and 8 Gb of ram is a no go. You will experience constant stutters. I worked on video editing workstation cheaper than 2000 € only when my primary system broke down and it was a nightmare every single time, especially when catching deadlines. How could you build new video editing PC for 500 $ is beyond me, especially in times when HD video is a norm.

You should look for an old workstation like HP Z240, but will still cost you around 700 $. It has Intel Xeon E5-1650 v2 @ 3.50GHz (12.660 CPU mark -> on pair with Ryzen 5 1600/i7 7700K), 16 GB of ram, that should be enough, but I would add SSD to run Windows and Adobe apps on it and maybe some newer GPU, GTX 1060 as a bear minimum comes to my mind, if you really can't squeeze for pro card or gtx 1070 (Adobe apps love NVidia GPUs). That's a 900-1.000 $ build, very cheap for video editing machine, but still useful for essential work.

https://www.itsco.de/workstation-hp-z420-8-dimm-intel-six-core-xeon-e5-1650-v2-6x-3-5ghz-22804.html

I agree with you entirely. The budget was to small to make a viable choice for those things. My suggested build would also work if he added an ssd, a capable discrete gpu and got 16gb of RAM.

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($109.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($115.88 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - BarraCuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.49 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GT 1030 2GB AERO ITX OC Video Card ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($46.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $497.22
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-31 11:38 EDT-0400

16gb RAM. check
Discrete Nvidia gpu. check
SSD. can be added
Fits the budget. check

You guys need to realize that money doesn't just grow on trees for some people.