Best Configuration for New PC for Video Editing

[DigitalLove]

NOTE: Moderator please delete this thread as it seems I posted in a wrong category.

Hello,

I want a computer for video editing. I use video effects like fading, zoom, pan etc... audio, narration in my videos.

I haven't set my budget because I really don't know how much it costs for what I'm looking for so you tell me the best configuration:

I need
CPU
RAM
HDD
Motherboard
PSU
GPU (not sure it is required or not )

If there is anything else then also let me know.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Best depends on money. Do you use this system for making money or is it only for hobby work? How big are the files you normally work with? There are decent choices at every budget starting at about US$1000. Are you in the USA?

Answers to these questions will help us refine the build.

 

[DigitalLove]

Best depends on money. Do you use this system for making money or is it only for hobby work? How big are the files you normally work with? There are decent choices at every budget starting at about US$1000. Are you in the USA?

Answers to these questions will help us refine the build.

>Do you use this system for making money or is it only for hobby work?
Yes, I use it for making money, video creation is pretty new for me but it's not a learning curve because I've been in touch with it for a long time so I already know almost everything how to work etc....


>How big are the files you normally work with?
I usually create videos by using fairly small files. the finished file usually go around 250 mb. and my videos are not longer than 5 mins. FYI: In past only for 1 month it happened when there was a case when I had to deal with 700 MB files (worked on approx. 9 times) afterwards I never had a chance so far.


I'm not from US but if you tell me the brand names then I'd find yhem in my local market.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Brands and availability and prices will vary overseas. The reason I needed to know about making money is because even a 5% improvement in gold-mining is a good thing and can recover modest capital costs very quickly.

Here's a start in German Euro prices.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor (€419.01 @ Mindfactory)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14S 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler (€74.90 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: ASRock X99 Extreme4 ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard (€220.32 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory (€228.28 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Samsung SM951 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive (€326.96 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card (€358.90 @ Mindfactory)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (€100.53 @ Mindfactory)
Power Supply: XFX XTR 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (€109.90 @ Caseking)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (€12.83 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 DE OEM (64-bit) (€104.90 @ Caseking)
Total: €2062.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-02 20:43 CET+0100

It was built without regard to cost, but also assuming it was MY money. There are several places money could be saved, especially the GPU, and I don't know enough about your needs to advise on extra sound bits.

Key features.

Hexacore processor with Hyperthreading that can be overclocked about 20%.
Solid no-frills motherboard.
Plenty of memory for multiple processes.
Blinding fast M.2 SSD big enough to handle OS, Applications, and working files.
Great GPU for rendering 3d and will support three monitors well.
Excellent and efficient PSU.

The mods cam move threads easily.

 

[DigitalLove]

It was built without regard to cost, but also assuming it was MY money. There are several places money could be saved, especially the GPU, and I don't know enough about your needs to advise on extra sound bits.
.

I appreciate you answered, you're correct 'There are several places money could be saved' anyways

1. I don't want to go for overclocking CPU as it always need a cooler and more power. How about:

Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz) will it do?

2. It seems the in-built GPU in i7 6000 is good and I might don't need to go for additional GPU, what do you say about it?

3. I'll go for new 250GB SSD and also use my old 1 TB HDD


4. Here I did the comparison http://ark.intel.com/compare/82932,82930,80910,88196,88195 Please let me know what do you look for in CPU if you have to pick the best for video editing:

because when I look at the comparison all the features are same among these CPUs except these:
Cache
or # of Cores
or Max Memory Bandwidth
or Intel® Smart Response Technology
or # of Threads

so let me know your views.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

It was built without regard to cost, but also assuming it was MY money. There are several places money could be saved, especially the GPU, and I don't know enough about your needs to advise on extra sound bits.
.

I appreciate you answered, you're correct 'There are several places money could be saved' anyways

1. I don't want to go for overclocking CPU as it always need a cooler and more power. How about:

Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz) will it do?

2. It seems the in-built GPU in i7 6000 is good and I might don't need to go for additional GPU, what do you say about it?

3. I'll go for new 250GB SSD and also use my old 1 TB HDD


4. Here I did the comparison http://ark.intel.com/compare/82932,82930,80910,88196,88195 Please let me know what do you look for in CPU if you have to pick the best for video editing:

because when I look at the comparison all the features are same among these CPUs except these:
Cache
or # of Cores
or Max Memory Bandwidth
or Intel® Smart Response Technology
or # of Threads

so let me know your views.

From my perspective, you are using this to make money so the modest cost of overclocking to 4.0 to 4.2 Ghz is well worth the cost and effort for the performance improvement. Time IS money.. This is not extreme, just a normal good overclock. A CPU cooler is needed anyway and the one I suggested is good without being great or especially expensive. You could always get that CPU and motherboard, and upgrade the cooler when you decide to overclock later.

You need to decide your price point.

In terms of throughput, the base chip I suggests is about 10 x 3.2 x 6 = 192. The i7 you suggested is about 11 x 3.5 x 4 = 154. If the 5820K is overclocked to 4.0Ghz, it increases to 240.

Starting with an iGPU is fine. If it is not enough you can easily fix that and choose the 'right' thing when you know what you need.

Use this metric
Haswell = 10
Skylake = 11
Multiply that by base clock and number of cores for an estimate of computational throughput in highly threaded applications like video editing and such.

A budget system might look like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor (€321.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M PRO4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€91.84 @ Mindfactory)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (€84.40 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (€86.96 @ Mindfactory)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€52.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (€51.89 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Super Flower Golden Green HX 550W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (€74.90 @ Caseking)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer (€12.83 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 DE OEM (64-bit) (€104.90 @ Caseking)
Total: €882.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-12-02 22:41 CET+0100

10 x 36 x 4 = 144 throughput comparison

The difference in cost is one time, the difference in performance is forever.