[SOLVED] What Is Needed For A Video Editing PC?

[Doubles]

Hello,

I am trying put a build together for my brother who is wanting to do some low-end professional/amatuer video editing on the side in like 1080p and maybe 4k.

What would be necessary for a video editing pc, and if you have any budget builds, what are they?

Trying to get black friday and cyber monday sales!

Thanks you so much for reading!

 

[NightHawkRMX]

What would be your budget?

What software would he be using?

 

[dorsai]

Ryzen 3700x on a mid-level x570 board paired with 32gigs (2x16) of ram, a fast 512gig or 1T NVMe m.2 SSD, a second 2T sata m.2 drive in the second m.2 slot for storage, and a solid mid level GPU.

With Win 10 Pro, a good Seasonic PSU, mid tower case, and a decent 1920x1080 IPS monitor you should be around 1400-1700 dollars.

Of course you can easily edit video on a Ryzen 5 system with lower end parts but then you'll have to sit and wait longer...that's where you have choices and decisions...how long do you want to wait for files to process vs speeding money.

 

[Doubles]

What would be your budget?

What software would he be using?

The budget would be around $1000 max and I do not know the programs he would be using.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

I am going to assume adobe suite, in which you will want a 3rd generation AMD Ryzen CPU and nvidia GPU in many cases.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor | $299.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard | MSI B450 Gaming Plus MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard | $99.99 @ B&H
Memory | G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | $109.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive | $95.99 @ B&H
Video Card | MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB GAMING X Video Card | $269.99 @ Newegg
Case | Phanteks P300 ATX Mid Tower Case | $39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply | Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply | $69.99 @ Newegg
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1015.93
| Mail-in rebates | -$30.00
| Total | $985.93
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-29 20:07 EST-0500 |

 

[Doubles]

So I asked him on the program he uses, and it is adobe creative cloud. He said he actually does not want to edit in 4k.

Would this be good just for 1080p?

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4Vmcb8

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Depends in the effects and things he wants to do, but it will do pretty good for editing.