- Sep 19, 2011
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I’m in the planning stages for a personal video editing rig and could use some assistance on component selection for my particular needs. I've read though many of the recent video editing build threads here on TH. They were very helpful, but there weren't many recent builds matching my budget and software usage.
My budget is around 3-4K USD for the system sans peripherals as I already have most of those items on hand. I’m not a professional but I do tend to spend an hour or two daily working with Adobe CS6 products for my business, occasional freelance work for some local businesses and friends, and of course for fun in my own personal projects. The programs I tend to use daily are Premiere Pro, After Effects and a little Photo Shop.
I’m also an avid gamer but that’s secondary on this particular build. In fact, if making allowances for gaming is going to significantly detract from the performance I experience when working with Adobe products then I’ll just keep or upgrade my current gaming PC and maintain two systems.
I just read through the following from Adobe and found it very helpful, but if anyone knows of other suggested reading I’d love to hear about it. “Teach a man to fish” and all that
http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Ad...dfs/adobe-hardware-performance-whitepaper.pdf
The only item I've *mostly* settled on is the Corsair 900D case, because my water cooled gaming rig has been living in an 800D and I've been a big fan of its look, functionality, and having all that room to work with during the build. But I suppose that might be overkill and I know it eats into my budget through so I’m certainly willing go with a less expensive case if that’s what it takes.
Thanks in advance for the help. This will be my sixth or seventh PC build so I’m literate in the process but usually mystified by the nuances of available technology whenever I jump back into the research, and this is my first video editing build so that shift in focus has also come with a bit of a learning curve.
My budget is around 3-4K USD for the system sans peripherals as I already have most of those items on hand. I’m not a professional but I do tend to spend an hour or two daily working with Adobe CS6 products for my business, occasional freelance work for some local businesses and friends, and of course for fun in my own personal projects. The programs I tend to use daily are Premiere Pro, After Effects and a little Photo Shop.
I’m also an avid gamer but that’s secondary on this particular build. In fact, if making allowances for gaming is going to significantly detract from the performance I experience when working with Adobe products then I’ll just keep or upgrade my current gaming PC and maintain two systems.
I just read through the following from Adobe and found it very helpful, but if anyone knows of other suggested reading I’d love to hear about it. “Teach a man to fish” and all that
http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Ad...dfs/adobe-hardware-performance-whitepaper.pdf
The only item I've *mostly* settled on is the Corsair 900D case, because my water cooled gaming rig has been living in an 800D and I've been a big fan of its look, functionality, and having all that room to work with during the build. But I suppose that might be overkill and I know it eats into my budget through so I’m certainly willing go with a less expensive case if that’s what it takes.
Thanks in advance for the help. This will be my sixth or seventh PC build so I’m literate in the process but usually mystified by the nuances of available technology whenever I jump back into the research, and this is my first video editing build so that shift in focus has also come with a bit of a learning curve.
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