[SOLVED] I want to build a computer good for video editing.

[Andyme177]

I am looking for suggestions and advice I have experience with gaming PC's and just overall upgrading PCs to be faster, but video editing is a new animal for me. What suggestions do you guys have? Budget TBD thinking $1200 or less.

SO far have two HDMI 1080p monitors

 

[tennis2]

What country are you shopping in?

 

[Andyme177]

What country are you shopping in?

USA

 

[Andyme177]

What do you all think of this setup?

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor ($172.39 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($89.99 @ B&H)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($74.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 1660 6 GB GAMING X Video Card ($237.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox E300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($70.96 @ Walmart)
Power Supply: EVGA 500 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($46.98 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($108.78 @ Other World Computing)
Software: Corel VideoStudio Pro X8 Software ($112.25 @ Amazon)
Total: $989.29

 

[maxamillionfeettall]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($294.14 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Best Buy)
Memory: G.Skill Flare X 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($139.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($124.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card ($319.99 @ B&H)
Case: Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Best Buy)
Total: $1218.07

You will want a quality psu and as many threads as possible, when rendering, your cpu usage will max out and you wont be able to do anything with the pc till the render is done.
16gb ram is fine for 1080p renders, but 4k is 32gb ram.
You will want a fast boot drive in general and as a fast scratch disk, so a nvme will do nicely and a hdd to store all the cuts.
You can downgrade to a gtx 1660 super if need be to stay under budget, the rtx 2060 provides a boost in render time with gpu accelerated renders though.
Dvd drives are a thing of the past and budgets don't generally include software or operating system.

 

[Andyme177]

Memory: G.Skill Flare X 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory

What is the difference if you have 4 x 8 GB DDR4 or 2 x 16 GB?

 

[Andyme177]

The person it is for doesn't know anything about software so I just plugged it in to give them an idea and they need a DVD writer they want to make DVD copies

 

[maxamillionfeettall]

4x8gb is generally supposed to be faster, but in ryzen, it tends to introduce a bit of instability.

The person it is for doesn't know anything about software so I just plugged it in to give them an idea and they need a DVD writer they want to make DVD copies

I see, so the pc isn't meant for a video editor, just an interested party?
If they're going to make dvd copies, are they for playback or just data? If its playback, It'd mean that the video will be 480p and won't tax ram too much, so we can safely reduce the ram to 2x8gb as needed.
Davinci resolve is a free video editing program, very powerful, but not so user friendly.
Windows 10 is also virtually free, keys are readily available for cheap on 3rd party sites and tomshardware published one or two articles on it as well.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor ($294.14 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Best Buy)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($72.49 @ Newegg)
Storage: Intel 660p Series 1.02 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($124.00 @ B&H)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6 GB TUF GAMING OC Video Card ($229.99 @ Best Buy)
Case: Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($109.99 @ Best Buy)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($22.98 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($0.00)
Total: $1078.55

 

[Andyme177]

yeah he takes video with various devices some cell phone some professional quality cameras he just wants to be able to put it all together to make training videos then copy them to a DVD since most of his clients are using dvd's not blu-ray. thanks for your help!