Video editing upgrade advice

SemperFitz

SemperFitz

SemperFitz

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Hi all,

My current system (5 years old)-

MSI AMD B350M GAMING PRO AM4 mATX Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB DDR4 2400MHz CL14 Desktop Memory - Black
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Quad Core AM4 CPU/Processor with Wraith Spire 95W cooler
MSI Radeon RX 570 ARMOR 8GB OC GDDR5 Graphics Card

I'm on a budget as I don't really require a hugely powerful rig but i am thinking about upgrading the memory to 16gigs and an Ryzen 7 5700G

Any advice/comments regarding compatibility or suggestions please?

TIA
 
SemperFitz said:
Davinci resolve, just getting started with it
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Read this

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I’d spend your money on the best Nvidia GPU you can get and more RAM.

You’ll need min of 8gigs of VRAM and a minimum of 32gigs of system RAM for 4K as per the above guide.

I don’t think a 5700G would help much. It’s on par with the RX 570 which you already own.

What power supply do you have?

I would probably get a 3090 or 2080ti or 3080 ti or a really cheap AMD GPU with a beefy PSU and 32gigs of RAM at 3600 MT/s.
 
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JollyJamma said:
A used 3080 FE is £400.

My basket at OcUK:

Total: £247.97 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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A budget upgrade would be to get a used 2080 or 3060 and the above RAM.​
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It would run rings around a 5700G.​
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haven't looked that much into that psu, but it comes with a 5yrs warranty as opposed to others with a 10 yrs, so guessing components aren't same standard as their other stuff. I tend to stick to those that do a 10yrs warranty as standard.
notice OCuk not showing the warranties now on a lot of the psu's they list. Pretty bad in my view. makes it harder to choose as have to start looking at other sites to check. Might be the point though..their older psu's had 10 yrs warranties, now listing a new one at cheaper price, but not stating warranty in hope people buy it thinking they're getting the same quality

edit..review if you go that way...as suspected, says uses lower quality parts but still one to consider
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edit..the non g one uses better components and comes with 10yrs warranty..below all come with 10 yrs warranties.. .the tharmaltake and be quiet are on offer away for £10 less, and the msi is the 'G', not 'GL', much better.
With thew thermaltake if you go that route, they do a GF3 and the GF A3 below...from looking the 'A' version in newer..a few people think no difference but from reading the 12+4 connect on the non 'a' can provide the gpu with 350W power, whereas the newer 'A' version can provide 450w power to the gpu..more than enough i think
My basket at OcUK:

Total: £388.99 (includes delivery: £0.00)​

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Kingston Fury Beast 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit
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£120 (incl. VAT)
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MSI MPG A850G PCIE5 UK PSU 850W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply
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be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850W ATX 3.1 80 Plus Gold Power Supply
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Craig_d1 said:
With thew thermaltake if you go that route, they do a GF3 and the GF A3 below...from looking the 'A' version in newer.. a few people think no difference but from reading the 12+4 connect on the non 'a' can provide the gpu with 350W power, whereas the newer 'A' version can provide 450w power to the gpu..more than enough i think
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The A uses lower quality components, I would stick to the GF3.

SemperFitz said:
Davinci resolve, just getting started with it
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When you're having the most slow downs in the app, does task manager suggest your CPU, RAM or GPU are being maxxed out?

A 5700X is a big upgrade over a 1500X (I wouldn't get the G unless you want the IGP), but that's assuming your bottleneck is the CPU.
 
mickyflinn said:
Yes.

If it was me I would get
5700x £160
32gb 3200mhz memory £60
12gb 3060 £250

But I would want to upgrade the PSU as well which would take you over budget.
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Yes, this.

Get the psu too.

You might be fine but you might end up popping your brand new parts with a small and old psu.
 
Thanks everyone.

I can work with DaV perfectly until I want to use particle effects. When I checked cpu maxed and memory which made me think those 2 required the upgrade, I'll check gpu as well. It just didn't occur to me that the graphics would be the problem ty
 
SemperFitz said:
Thanks everyone.

I can work with DaV perfectly until I want to use particle effects. When I checked cpu maxed and memory which made me think those 2 required the upgrade, I'll check gpu as well. It just didn't occur to me that the graphics would be the problem ty
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For a long time, workstation apps didn't use the GPU much at all, but at least since the mining days GPU usage is quite common now and even stuff like Photoshop has some features that will hammer the GPU. Makes upgrading more complicated.
 
SemperFitz said:
Thanks everyone.

I can work with DaV perfectly until I want to use particle effects. When I checked cpu maxed and memory which made me think those 2 required the upgrade, I'll check gpu as well. It just didn't occur to me that the graphics would be the problem ty
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Load the latest drivers, could be that you’d see a performance improvement with the GPU being used instead of the CPU.
 
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