Photo / Video Editing / Rendering Build

[elvasked]

No Gaming !

Approximate Purchase Date: ASAP

Budget Range: $1100 - $1500

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Photo and Video Editing - Rendering

Are you buying a monitor: No

Do you need to buy OS: Yes - W10 Home oem

Location: Denver, CO

Parts Preferences: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 or 2700

Overclocking: No

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: 3840 x 2160

A friend asked me to help with a new build list for Photo and Video editing and rendering in 4K.

He uses Photoshop - Lightroom - Adobe Premiere Pro and might change to DaVinci Resolve.

There seems to be an unending debate between the GTX 1060 and the RX 580 for this.

I know nothing about that. I usually build general use or gaming systems. After searching around a bit I put together this build.

He has a MicroCenter in town. To keep the price down I went with the Ryzen 1700, a mATX board and a RX 580. He wants 32 GB Ram and the selected Ram is on the MSI approved Qvl list.

An ATX build is ok. If so he'll get the full size Fractal Design Focus-G, he likes that case.

This system power usage is 363 W according to PCpartpicker.

Can anyone comment on improvements or alternatives with lower prices ?

Thank You

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3GHz 8-Core Processor ($209.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B450M MORTAR Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($94.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($279.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Hitachi - Deskstar NAS 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($139.88 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card ($239.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G Mini (Black) MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($59.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($71.11 @ Amazon)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($98.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Speakers: Creative Labs - GigaWorks T20 Series II 28W 2ch Speakers ($69.97 @ Amazon)
Total: $1399.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-02 06:57 EDT-0400

 

[julienruc]

You should get the NVIDIA Quadro K1200. It's a GPU that's meant for workstations and will output video in 4K on four different screens simultanrously if needed. Perfrct for editors.

You can also save money by buying a Windows OEM license key on Ebay for 10$ instead of 100$.

With the money you saved up from this, I would ugrade your RAM to 3200Mhz and maybe go for quad-channel 4x8Gb instead as I doubt you'll ever use 64Gb.

Or you can use it to upgrade CPU to R7 2700X.

As for the case I would recommend the Fractal Design Define R6 as it provides loads of drive cages for future HDD additions to store all those Gb of pictures and edits. Although it's not available on PCpartpicker so I picked the same one of yours for the sake of the proposal.

I went with a mid-end PSU instead of a high-end, most of the parts will be chilling in comparison to intense gaming builds. There is not need for a Seasonic Focus. If you want un uograde from the one I took, you can go for the EVO series. But tbh, it's more than enough.

I'd also add a couple of case fans, anything will work (this might not be a gaming rig, but keep in mind that summer gets really hot and so will your computer if u don't cool it).

Here is the suggestion:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor ($299.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME B450M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($76.61 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($269.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Toshiba - X300 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($110.99 @ Dell)
Video Card: PNY - Quadro K1200 4GB Video Card ($289.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Fractal Design - Focus G Mini (Black) MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($59.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: Edimax - EW-7811Un USB 2.0 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter ($9.99 @ B&H)
Case Fan: ARCTIC - F12 PWM 53.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Case Fan: ARCTIC - F12 PWM 53.0 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.49 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1262.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-02 16:44 EDT-0400

 

[elvasked]

Thank You for the info. I'll check out all your suggestions.

I appreciate your detailed response and your reasoning instead of just posting a build list.

Thanks Again

 

[julienruc]

No worries. Let me know what you're going with in the end.

 

[elvasked]

No worries. Let me know what you're going with in the end.

A really strange thing happened

This isn't the first time someone asked me for build help within a budget then decide that a few hundred bucks more isn't a big deal.

This is his first build so it's easy to see it happen. Yes he could save some but it's his money so........

I found W10 for $40 from a non Ebay source I've used before so I know their keys are legit.

He'll never use more than 2 HDD's so I advised an a NZXT H500 ( Black / Red ). That's a better case than the Fractal Design Focus G imo.

I doubt it but if temps are high I'll start with a couple of Noctua case fans ( black Pros 2000 pwm ) before considering a CPU cooler. ( He kinda likes the wraith cooler lights........now we're into a windowed case and red colored led's ).

Thanks for mentioning the Quadro card. I'd never really read much about them.

Users at Blackmagic ( Divinci ) gave differing opinions so he decided on a GTX 1080.

Now just going to monitor the GTX 1xxx series prices for a few weeks to see if they drop a bit since the 2xxx series is starting to sell. If that happens it wouldn't surprise me if he ends up with a GTX 1080 Ti, probably the MSI Gaming X as well as Corsair red led RAM.

He also might try a game or two, and I know how that ends. I advised him to wait six weeks for Black Friday / Cyber Monday for savings and to watch for Open Box deals and to visit Microcenter.

Regardless this is a solid build he'll be satisfied with.

Thanks again.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor ($269.99 @ Amazon)
Thermal Compound: Noctua - NT-H1 3.5g Thermal Paste ($5.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($99.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($279.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Hitachi - Deskstar NAS 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($134.95 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GAMING X 8G Video Card ($534.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT - H500 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WDN4800 PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Speakers: Creative Labs - GigaWorks T20 Series II 28W 2ch Speakers ($69.97 @ Amazon)
Other: Kingston Digital 16GB Data Traveler 3.0 USB Flash Drive - Blue (DTIG4/16GB ) ($5.97 @ Amazon)
Other: Kingston Digital 16GB Data Traveler 3.0 USB Flash Drive - Blue (DTIG4/16GB ) ($5.97 @ Amazon)
Total: $1702.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-10-05 04:24 EDT-0400

 

[julienruc]

Solid build in the end though! You could switch out those RAM sticks with some Corsair RGBs or G.Skill Trident Z RGBs if you want to add more subtle hints of lights. It'll go well with the Mobo + Cooler RGBs.