Build Advice Upgrading my Video Editing desktop - need advice (8 years old)

nickbeef

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Build my first PC in 2011 for video editing and even though it's still going pretty strong, it's getting a little long in the tooth... and I'm looking to upgrade. I would love to keep this upgrade between $1000-$1500. Here's what I currently have:

CPU - Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R LGA 1366
Memory - 12GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3-1333 (3x4GB)
GPU - EVGA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB
PSU - OCZ ModXStream Pro 600 W 80+ Cert Semi-modular ATX
Cooler - Corsair H60 Liquid CPU Cooler

Boot Drive is on a Crucial SSD, and I've got HDD's galore for storage. I mostly edit video in Premier Pro, so exporting is important to me, I do motion graphics in After Effects, but it's not my #1 concern, and I also do some color correction in DaVinci.

Any suggestions on modern parts would be great!
 

nickbeef

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Ok, so here's what I currently have put together, let me know if this looks good or not:

CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
Motherboard - MSI X570-A Pro ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory - G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2x16 GB) DDR4-3600
GPU - Radeon RX 5700 8 GB
PSU - Corsair SF 600 W 80+ Platinum SFX Power Supply


Some thoughts:
  • I'm slightly temped in going micro-ATX on the mobo, since I have never used more then one PCI slot (for GPU), that way it's easier to move the unit arround
  • I know nothing about memory except that I want 32 GB.
  • I know very little about GPU, except that since I'm mostly doing video editing, I only need it to be "good enough." That being said, I'm not sure if Nvidia's CUDA is better for Premiere Pro then the AMD's OpenCL. I'm ok spending $200 more to make the computer decent for playing games too.