Video editing pc - spec me?

[grudas]

Hi guys

other half needs a PC to be able to work from home, she's got a very beefy imac at work but no budget to match that at home.

the spec of the imac -;

I9
64gb DDR4
2tb ssd if I'm not mistaken
vega 64 8gb gpu.

she has a budget of around £1300-£1400 tops.

all she needs is the rig it self no monitor, peripherals etc.

any ideas what we can get for the budget to get as close to the above as possible?

software she uses is aftereffect, photoshop, premiere etc - basically all adobe packages so no restriction to mac for final cut etc.

any helps appreciated here!

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@grudas

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/What-is-the-Best-CPU-for-Video-Editing-2019-1633/

GPU wise... No more AMD. ARTX 2060 will do the job with less power

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...-Roundup-NVIDIA-SUPER-vs-AMD-RX-5700-XT-1564/

Ram side of things....

AMD it's speed over amount, and Intel it's the opposite if after max performance

AMD

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler= £62.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Quad Channel Kit (Black)= £149.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Twelve Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £439.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WindForce OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £349.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GC-500 500W 80+ Gold Power Supply= £59.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500 Midi Tower Case - Black= £69.95
• 1 x TeamGroup MP34 1TB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive= £139.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X570 GAMING X (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £149.99

Total: £1,436.08 (includes shipping: £13.20)


Intel version

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WindForce OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £349.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Base 500 Midi Tower Case - Black= £69.95
• 1 x TeamGroup MP34 1TB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive= £139.99
• 1 x Intel Core i9-9900KF 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £488.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z390 Gaming X Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £132.95
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3200 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £139.99
• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU Cooler= £73.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95

Total: £1,476.00 (includes shipping: £13.20)


1TB NVMe are about £119, different case could be used but that's one of the best for low noise

RTX 2060 no super is about £290 for quiet version . Is 6GB of Beam Vs 8GB , but is a good £60+ saving and better then AMD she uses

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...ddr6-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-1bj-gi.html


And last but not least, mash up of Ryzen 16 cores but with RTX 2060 non Super

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x be quiet! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler= £62.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB (2x16GB) 3200 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £139.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X570 GAMING X (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £149.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 9 3950X Sixteen Core 4.7GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £698.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 OC Rev2 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £289.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GC-500 500W 80+ Gold Power Supply= £59.99
• 1 x WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB 2.5" SATA 6Gbps Solid State Drive (WDS100T2B0A)= £99.95
• 1 x Kolink Tranquility Silent Midi Tower Case - Black Noise Dampened= £49.99

Total: £1,565.08 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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[grudas]

thanks for the response @orbitalwalsh

much appreciated! I will have a chat with her and see what she prefers! both look good from my POV.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

thanks for the response @orbitalwalsh

much appreciated! I will have a chat with her and see what she prefers! both look good from my POV.

she able to claim VAT back ? Gigabyte have UK RMA on mobo and GPU compared to the rest which is handy business wise Forum Rep on here

benches for aftereffects. Please keep in mind that Ryzen isn't using 3200/3600hz ram which would increase its performance as i've mentioned in the post above !

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...formance-AMD-Threadripper-3990X-64-Core-1658/

non overclocking i9 9900 (non K/KS) Can be hand for just over £400 mark which again could effect pricing

aftereffects for GPU- again Nvidia comes up ahead and £280 RTX 2060 super can beat her current Vega 64

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...-Roundup-NVIDIA-SUPER-vs-AMD-RX-5700-XT-1553/

latestly, intel based i9 which isn't overclockable but with 2060 super instead of non super listed above and CRITICALLY 64GB ram vs 32GB with the other two


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 2 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD432G2= £109.99
• 1 x Intel Core i9-9900 3.1GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail= £449.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z390 UD Intel Z390 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £109.99
• 1 x TeamGroup MP34 1TB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive= £139.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WindForce OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £349.99
• 1 x Kolink Tranquility Silent Midi Tower Case - Black Noise Dampened= £49.99
• 1 x Scythe SCMG-5PCGH Mugen 5 "PCGH Edition" CPU Cooler= £46.99

Total: £1,447.07 (includes shipping: £13.20)


counter version from AMD - 8 core ryzen 7:3700x - like above drops CPU so 12 core ryzen is out but in its place is 64GB of Ram


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x TeamGroup MP34 1TB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive= £139.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER WindForce OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £349.99
• 1 x Kolink Tranquility Silent Midi Tower Case - Black Noise Dampened= £49.99
• 1 x Scythe SCMG-5PCGH Mugen 5 "PCGH Edition" CPU Cooler= £46.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £259.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X570 GAMING X (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £149.99
• 2 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G320C6K)= £139.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GC-500 500W 80+ Gold Power Supply= £59.99

Total: £1,350.11 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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[Quartz]

other half needs a PC to be able to work from home, she's got a very beefy imac at work but no budget to match that at home.

How about a Hackintosh?

 

[varkanoid]

How about a Hackintosh?

£2400+

but no budget to match that at home.

£1300-£1400

 

[StarShock]

I think by hackintosh he means build a PC and run Mac OS on it, which is getting harder and harder to do as apple keeps putting things in place to stop people from doing that

 

[orbitalwalsh]

I think by hackintosh he means build a PC and run Mac OS on it, which is getting harder and harder to do as apple keeps putting things in place to stop people from doing that

aye- limited choice , still better then apples choices but now getting small.

£2400+



£1300-£1400

worth asking her when shes in work to check CPU/RAM load when shes performing her tasks .

Seen you mention she has 8 core i9 Mac- only ones i can see that do 8 cores in the IMac Pro/Mac Pro which is Xeon and not i9 based.

i9 9900 non K would have a higher single core boost 5ghz vs 4Ghz and all core boost of 4.6Ghz vs Xeon's 3.7Ghz

 

[grudas]

Thanks guys.

Back to this.. she had confirmation and they've said "1k" budget for the rig, so the initial 1500 was changed.

I'm thinking of getting something together that's good now and upgradable in the future so maybe less memory and disk and lower end case but keep the GPU/CPU and future proof motherboard in there.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Thanks guys.

Back to this.. she had confirmation and they've said "1k" budget for the rig, so the initial 1500 was changed.

I'm thinking of getting something together that's good now and upgradable in the future so maybe less memory and disk and lower end case but keep the GPU/CPU and future proof motherboard in there.

to be honest, would keep the CPU and RAM as they are , GPU can be knocked down. Again not using Da Vinci Resolve that takes GPU power into consideration more .


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £269.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G320C6K)= £139.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £89.99
• 1 x Corsair TX550M 550W 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020133-UK)= £64.99
• 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken ECO Advanced CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £29.99
• 1 x Kingston A400 960GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/960G)= £82.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £218.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Define Mini C Micro-ATX Case - Black= £74.99

Total: £985.12 (includes shipping: £13.20)


and smaller then mATX is ITX - console style case


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My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £269.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G320C6K)= £139.99
• 1 x Corsair TX550M 550W 80 Plus Gold Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020133-UK)= £64.99
• 1 x Alpenfohn Brocken ECO Advanced CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £29.99
• 1 x Kingston A400 960GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Hard Drive - (SA400S37/960G)= £82.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £218.99
• 1 x Gigabyte B450-I AORUS PRO WIFI (Socket AM4) Mini-ITX Motherboard= £115.99
• 1 x Silverstone SST-RVZ01B-E Raven Z Mini-ITX Case - Black= £72.95

Total: £1,008.18 (includes shipping: £12.30)​

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[grudas]

@orbitalwalsh brilliant thanks! Ordered today. Thanks for the help.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

@orbitalwalsh brilliant thanks! Ordered today. Thanks for the help.

no worries, got matx or itx ?

 

[grudas]

no worries, got matx or itx ?

we went for the matx.

I remembered that I have a bitfenix phantom case sitting in the attic so I'll pull that down and that reduced the overall, we replaced the gpu for the 2060 super while we are at it to get closer to the 1k budget.

she's happy to bump up the storage later if she needs it(even tho her final export files etc mostly end up on external drive so 1tb might just be enough)

 

[orbitalwalsh]

we went for the matx.

I remembered that I have a bitfenix phantom case sitting in the attic so I'll pull that down and that reduced the overall, we replaced the gpu for the 2060 super while we are at it to get closer to the 1k budget.

she's happy to bump up the storage later if she needs it(even tho her final export files etc mostly end up on external drive so 1tb might just be enough)

awesome hope it proves well