[SOLVED] Video rendering build advice

[Dangelous22]

Hey guys, my brother is after a new build that can do video rendering, I’m more of a gamer so not sure what the best build would be, I’ve looked at the Ryzen 3900x and that looks good, budget isn’t really an issue but obviously price to performance will play a factor, No sense in over spending, any build suggestions guys? Thanks chaps.

 

[Dangelous22]

Or if anyone can post a link to a build or thread

 

[kanewolf]

Hey guys, my brother is after a new build that can do video rendering, I’m more of a gamer so not sure what the best build would be, I’ve looked at the Ryzen 3900x and that looks good, budget isn’t really an issue but obviously price to performance will play a factor, No sense in over spending, any build suggestions guys? Thanks chaps.

What SOFTWARE is being used? "Rendering" means lots of different things. Some software scales well on CPU, some uses CUDA.

 

[Dangelous22]

He uses pinnacle studio, thanks kanewolf

 

[kanewolf]

He uses pinnacle studio, thanks kanewolf

Here are a number of candidate builds specifically for video editing -- https://www.logicalincrements.com/articles/videoediting
Be aware of build recommendations, most posters are gamers and have a gaming bias.
a video editing box, will have different RAM and storage requirements compared to gaming.
Can you give a target budget ?

 

[Dangelous22]

£1000 to £1500ish would be nice

 

[logainofhades]

I went more price/performance, for this build. Not knowing storage needs, I only put in a drive for OS, and programs, and one to be able to use as a scratch disk. The 3900x is a nice price/performance CPU, while the 3950x is not a terrible idea, depending on just how serious the work is. I would watch some Gamer's nexus reviews for each. I chose the 2060 KO ultra, from Evga, because it is cheap, but is a cut down RTX 2080. It games the same as a 2060, but its workstation performance is quite a bit better. Sky's the limit, on that one, obviously. I chose air cooling, for reliability.

Edit*
I see you posted a UK budget, as I was building up a system, so here is one, for your currency.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor (£418.09 @ Senetic)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright TRUE Spirit 140 Direct 73.6 CFM CPU Cooler (£55.67 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard (£143.99 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory (£163.68 @ Newegg UK)
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£99.89 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sabrent Rocket Q 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive (£109.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB KO ULTRA GAMING Video Card (£325.47 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Lian Li Lancool II Mesh ATX Mid Tower Case (£77.47 @ Box Limited)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£89.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £1484.24
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-10 20:06 BST+0100

 

[Dangelous22]

Nice build, there won’t be any gaming happening or nothing serious anyways if that makes a difference To the gpu but that looks a nice build, really appreciate it, storage would increase a little more though, other build specs are welcome guys, be interested to see other peoples opinions as amd isn’t set in stone, I just choose it because it’s looked good from the knowledge I have, obviously you guys are the experts.