How Would You Build a Video-Editing PC?

[elbert]

Depending on where you live Internet may be iffy. For those onedrive and other internet options to drop files may not always be an option. I suggest at least a single HD with enough storage to hold one over. While the Tensor cores on the RTX may not be supported yet in adobe Premiere if you have to buy new may has well get a RTX 2070. If you already have a GTX 1080 tho dont waste the money as you will only see a small boost due to clock rate. A good fast set of 32G quad channel is plenty.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor ($589.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U12S TR4-SP3 54.97 CFM CPU Cooler ($69.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X399 AORUS PRO ATX TR4 Motherboard ($279.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (4 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($234.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($129.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($84.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($498.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Corsair - 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.82 @ Walmart)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($104.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $2051.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-04 12:56 EST-0500

 

[angelrod06]

For Premiere Pro exclusively, if your dead set on AMD.. this build does the job!

BUT for +- $100 LESS on the processor... Intel i9 9000K performance is significantly Superior/Better/Faster with other content creation apps such as Lightroom, After Effects, Photoshop, DaVinci ., etc...

and on Premiere Pro i9 beats TR in Premiere in AME Exports and the difference in live playback is humanly indiscernible.

 

[BulkZerker]

@ TMTOWTSAC"I'm not so sure it's accurate to say "-most files these days are stored in the cloud." in the context of video files, when you consider the average upload speeds available to the majority of people out there. Most of the content creators I'm familiar with still have rather sizable investments in spinning disks."

Gotta agree here. The cloud is gonna give you at abolute best 999Mbit/s of throughput for data retrieval/storage. And very likely 1/10th of that speed is what you'll get. If you have to retrieve a project that's leaving it to set overnight levels of wait.eanwhile a basic NAS will saturate a 1gb network so you aren't waiting hours.
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Someone I know, she has asked me about the best way to go forwards as to how to deal with mass storage since her setup is getting full. (5tb HDD, it was built 2 years ago on a super conservative budget) at this point we are discussing a 4 bay NAS and I'm pushing for her to drop the money on an 8bay unit so she can have access to expansion units later down the line.