PC for video editing

Kam_s

Kam_s

Kam_s

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I have a PC that I got from PC Specialist in 2013 and want to upgrade.

I mostly use it for video editing, inc 4K.

I have 11 HDDs (3.5") plus 2 BD-RW drives which I want to keep in the new PC.

I have had a look at the video editing pc's on overclockers, but they dont fit my requirements. I want this case - ZOFOS EVO SILENT FULL TOWER GAMING CASE - BLACK which is big enough for my HDDs.

Can anyone recommend which motherboard I should get that would have enough sata ports? Should I be looking at anything in particular regarding the configuration for my intended use?

My budget is around £2000 but not set in stone.

Greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance.
 
Most modern motherboards won't have enough sata ports
Because of the gaining use of M2 drives
4,6,8 sata ports is pretty common now
You likely will need an add in card
With more sata ports
That's a healthy budget though
And with the huge core count available on
Desktop pcs compared to your 2013 pc
You will see a big difference
Plus ssds/M2 drives
Lists/basket aren't my strong point
But someone will come along and spec
You something suitable for that budget
 
I don't think you will find many boards these days with that many Sata ports, maybe look at getting a pcie sata expansion card.
 
You can get a 12 or even 16 core cpu
With that budget
But those mechanical hard drives will severely hamper it
Replacing as many as possible with ssds
Would be something I would consider
Once you have used ssds
Using mechanical drives is horrible
 
What's your full PC specs atm out of interest? Also what's the total capacity of your HDDs?

You could benefit from buying bigger drives to amalgamate some of that data! And if that data's important, I hope you have a cloud/offsite backup :D
 
Thanks for the replies. Yes, I would like to replace the mechanical drives but it would very costly. They are mostly 4 TB each. One is 15 TB and one is 8 TB

This is my current spec. It was good till around 2 years ago, now its struggling with 4K and the fans are always on very loud.


Case ANTEC QUIET COMPUTING™ PERFORMANCE P280 CASE
Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Six Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz @ max 4.6GHz)
OC Settings Show/Hide
Motherboard ASUS® SABERTOOTH X79: SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 660 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
M.2 SSD Drive NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR (£159)
Processor Cooling INTEL CERTIFIED LIQUID CPU COOLER FOR SOCKET LG2011 (£78)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Fan Controller NONE
Extra Case Fans 1 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£5)
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)
Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options 2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI-EX CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows 8 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor NONE
2nd Monitor NONE
Monitor Cables NONE
Eyefinity Adapter / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse NONE
Mouse NONE
Gaming Mouse Pad NONE
Speakers Creative Inspire A520 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System (£49)
Webcam NONE
Headsets NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Cable Management NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Pricing Information
Price (excluding VAT) £1,482.40
Price £1,778.88
Order Quantity 1
Bulk Discount £0.00
Total Order price (Ex VAT) £1,482.40
Total Order Price £1,778.88

Courier Instructions
Wattage
Maximum Required Power 488W
 
Pretty sure ocuk if you phone them can
Build to your specs if what's on the website does not suit your needs
11 drives is a lot and obviously if they are
Large replacing them all with ssds would be too costly
How many of the 11 are ones you work
From and how many for back ups etc?
Using storage spaces with some of them may also be an option depending on your
Actual usage
Possibly replace the C drive and 1 other with a ssd as a scratch disk?
 
Kam_s said:
I have 11 HDDs (3.5") plus 2 BD-RW drives which I want to keep in the new PC.
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Keep most of the HDDs in your current PC, turn on sharing, and turn it into a server / spare PC. You can pull the GPU as that CPU has onboard graphics. You can also pull the sound card - not needed in a server. Linus Tech Tips did a couple of videos on building a video-editing PC just recently:


 
You might want to give your current PC a dusting and check the fluid level in the cooler. Repasting the CPU cooler won't hurt.
 
Unf I dont have the space to keep both PCs. Should mention 3 of my current drives are SSD, including the C drive.

None of the current drives are backups. I use most of them to work from. I backup to an external HDD but not everything due to disk space issues,
 
Kam_s said:
I want this case - ZOFOS EVO SILENT FULL TOWER GAMING CASE - BLACK which is big enough for my HDDs.
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I count only 10 3.5" bays in that case. Why don't you keep your current case? If you want a new case for that many drives, take a look at the Fractal Design 7XL. Just remember to order the extra drive bay sleds.


Kam_s said:
Not sure how to check fluid levels. I will google it, thanks
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Take it off and weigh it and compare the weight with the shipping weight. You can also give it a shake and listen for the sloshing sound.
 
The fractal 7XL looks good too, I will check it out. Yes, my current case has only 10 bays. I have a few HDDs that I have just shoved onto the floor of the case and one above the PSU. I know, shocking.
 
I have 2 PCIe TV Tuner cards that I want to move across. I also have a Sata expansion card, which if my new motherboard doesnt have enough sata ports, I will have to move across.
I will leave the soundblaster and get a new sound card in the new pc
 
I’d probably go with a X370 taichi and these assuming 16c32t and 32gb of memory has you covered.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £948.87 (includes shipping: £9.90)
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The other option would be a thredripper system along with something like a 16 port SAS/SATA card.

What operating system do plan to use?
 
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