New i9-7940x Video Editing Build, Red Weapon 8K, requesting suggestions.

[dhruvdd]

Hi folks,

Our company is building a new PC for me. I will use it for heavy Video Editing/VFX. It needs to be able to handle footage of Red/Arri etc. I need the PC to be future proof for at least 5 years. Need your
feedback/suggestions on the build.
Softwares mostly used - Adobe Suite, DaVinci Resolve, FCPX, Cinema 4D and lots of plugins. Occasional gaming. I also plan to Hackintosh the PC in the near future.
Thanks in advance.

Cpu- Intel i9 7940x - 14 Cores

Mobo- Asrock Fatal1ty x299 Professional Gaming i9

GPU - Msi GTX 1080ti 11GB

Ram - Corsair Vengeance 3000mhz 16GB x 4 = 64GB

SSD - Samsung 850 EVO 1TB

Cabinet - Corsair Rx 570

CPU Cooler - Corsair H150i liquid cooler

PSU - Corsair HX 1200w

Cabinet fans - Cooler Master MF120 RGB Led x 4

Monitors - Dell UltraSharp
UP2516D x 3

Keyboard - HyperX alloy mechanical

Mouse - Logitech G502

 

[COLGeek]

Using this proposed system as a hackintosh should not be a factor. If that is what you need, then have your company buy you a more suitable Mac Pro.

Do you have a budget to work within for your rig? Also, 5 years is a long time in tech. There is no such thing as future-proofing anything for that long.

 

[dhruvdd]

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Question from dhruvdd : "New Intel i9 7940x for editing Red Weapon 8k 60 fps, ARRI, requesting suggestions"

Hi folks,

Our company is building a new PC for me. I will use it for heavy Video Editing/VFX. It needs to be able to handle footage of Red/Arri etc. I need the PC to be future proof for at least 5 years. Need your
feedback/suggestions on the build.
Softwares mostly used - Adobe Suite, DaVinci Resolve, FCPX, Cinema 4D and lots of plugins. Occasional gaming. I also plan to Hackintosh the PC in the near future.
Thanks in advance.

Cpu- Intel i9 7940x - 14 Cores

Mobo- Asrock Fatal1ty x299 Professional Gaming i9

GPU - Msi GTX 1080ti 11GB

Ram - Corsair Vengeance 3000mhz 16GB x 4 = 64GB

SSD - Samsung 850 EVO 1TB

Cabinet - Corsair Rx 570

CPU Cooler - Corsair H150i liquid cooler

PSU - Corsair HX 1200w

Cabinet fans - Cooler Master MF120 RGB Led x 4

Monitors - Dell UltraSharp
UP2516D x 3

Keyboard - HyperX alloy mechanical

Mouse - Logitech G502

 

[COLGeek]

Please don't start a new thread to ask the same question. Thank you.

 

[dhruvdd]

Hi COLGeek,

We currently use Adobe Premiere pro, Hackintosh is desirable but not necessary. As for the budget, It's already stretched as far as possible. Even if it won't be future proof for everything, I just need it to handle 8K 60Fps.
I'm in India, where brand options are not plenty, hence have gone with Corsair for Case, Cooler, PSU & RAM.
Apologies for starting a new thread accidentally. Thanks for your response.

 

[King Dranzer]

Please provide the budget and that too in INR. We will definitely help you but need the budget. Give us the max budget and we will help you to get max performance possible for that budget.

 

[mdd1963]

The Threadripper 16 core 1950X is available for about $450 less CPU cost, if any sort of cost/performance ratio is any issue....

The platform has more PCI-e lanes, and supports more RAM, if either of those issues matter (to some, they do not)

 

[dhruvdd]

My budget in INR is 450000 for the PC and Monitors. I saw Threadripper 1950x benchmarks on Premiere pro, i9 chips are faster in that regard. As for RAM, I thought of upgrading to 128GB in sometime.

 

[ArchitSahu]

When I interned at a local firm, for their marketing department, they did 8k editing too. What I learned was that most of their PC's used the 18 core processor from Intel and a 1080 or so.

Consider this:
Intel -
PCPartPicker part list: https://in.pcpartpicker.com/list/WLJvjy
Price breakdown by merchant: https://in.pcpartpicker.com/list/WLJvjy/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i9-7980XE 2.6GHz 18-Core Processor (₹199999.00 @ Amazon India)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (₹9250.00 @ Amazon India)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X299-A ATX LGA2066 Motherboard (₹19026.14 @ Amazon India)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (₹104696.35 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (₹13490.00 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Toshiba - X300 6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (₹11715.60 @ Amazon India)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Extreme Video Card (₹56375.13 @ Amazon India)
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (₹4438.89 @ Amazon India)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (₹7865.84 @ Amazon India)
Monitor: BenQ - BL2420PT 23.8" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (₹26000.00 @ Amazon India)
Total: ₹452856.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-03 15:56 IST+0530

Slightly over, but 18 core i9 processor and a 1080Ti as well as 128 gigs of RAM. 500 GB SSD and 6 TB HDD. 1440p monitor and quality PSU.

Threadripper:
PCPartPicker part list: https://in.pcpartpicker.com/list/BBbN6s
Price breakdown by merchant: https://in.pcpartpicker.com/list/BBbN6s/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor (₹91990.00 @ Amazon India)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (₹9250.00 @ Amazon India)
Motherboard: MSI - X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX TR4 Motherboard (₹36497.00 @ Amazon India)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (₹104696.35 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (₹13490.00 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Toshiba - X300 6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (₹11715.60 @ Amazon India)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Extreme Video Card (₹56375.13 @ Amazon India)
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (₹4438.89 @ Amazon India)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (₹7865.84 @ Amazon India)
Monitor: BenQ - GW2765HT 27.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (₹37995.00 @ Amazon India)
Total: ₹374313.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-03 15:58 IST+0530

16 core processor Threadripper processor. 128 gigs of RAM. Larger 1440p monitor. Rest all is same.

 

[King Dranzer]

When I interned at a local firm, for their marketing department, they did 8k editing too. What I learned was that most of their PC's used the 18 core processor from Intel and a 1080 or so.

Consider this:
Intel -
PCPartPicker part list: https://in.pcpartpicker.com/list/WLJvjy
Price breakdown by merchant: https://in.pcpartpicker.com/list/WLJvjy/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Core i9-7980XE 2.6GHz 18-Core Processor (₹199999.00 @ Amazon India)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (₹9250.00 @ Amazon India)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X299-A ATX LGA2066 Motherboard (₹19026.14 @ Amazon India)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (₹104696.35 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (₹13490.00 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Toshiba - X300 6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (₹11715.60 @ Amazon India)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Extreme Video Card (₹56375.13 @ Amazon India)
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (₹4438.89 @ Amazon India)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (₹7865.84 @ Amazon India)
Monitor: BenQ - BL2420PT 23.8" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (₹26000.00 @ Amazon India)
Total: ₹452856.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-03 15:56 IST+0530

Slightly over, but 18 core i9 processor and a 1080Ti as well as 128 gigs of RAM. 500 GB SSD and 6 TB HDD. 1440p monitor and quality PSU.

Threadripper:
PCPartPicker part list: https://in.pcpartpicker.com/list/BBbN6s
Price breakdown by merchant: https://in.pcpartpicker.com/list/BBbN6s/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor (₹91990.00 @ Amazon India)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (₹9250.00 @ Amazon India)
Motherboard: MSI - X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC ATX TR4 Motherboard (₹36497.00 @ Amazon India)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 128GB (8 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (₹104696.35 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (₹13490.00 @ Amazon India)
Storage: Toshiba - X300 6TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (₹11715.60 @ Amazon India)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB AMP Extreme Video Card (₹56375.13 @ Amazon India)
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case (₹4438.89 @ Amazon India)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Platinum 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (₹7865.84 @ Amazon India)
Monitor: BenQ - GW2765HT 27.0" 2560x1440 60Hz Monitor (₹37995.00 @ Amazon India)
Total: ₹374313.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-06-03 15:58 IST+0530

16 core processor Threadripper processor. 128 gigs of RAM. Larger 1440p monitor. Rest all is same.

The first build will go way over budget. Prices shown on PC Partpicker for majority of components are wrong. Please check the Amazon.in links to check correct price.

The second build will come near to budget but it is no good as OP said i7-7940X over-performs thread-ripper.

 

[King Dranzer]

Here is the list:

CPU: Intel i9-7940X (₹1,14,500)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i Pro (₹12,500)
Motherboard: Gigabyte X299 UD4 Pro (₹20,800)
Memory: G.Skill RipjawsV DDR4-3000 32GB(4 x 8GB) (₹26,000) x 2
GPU: Gigabyte AORUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB (₹79,500)
SSD: SAMSUNG 860 EVO 1TB (₹22,200)
Case: Corsair Obsidian Series 450D (₹8,900)
PSU: Corsair RM850x (₹11,500)
Monitor: DELL 4K U2718Q UltraSharp (₹57,300)
Monitor: Lenovo 1440p L27q-20 (₹41,700) x 2

Total: ₹4,62,000

Little bit over budget but is worth it. 4K Professional Monitor as main display will help you get better results.

 

[King Dranzer]

GTX1180 is only months away. I recommend getting that over GTX1080Ti if possible.