Old PC Upgrade

stuuk1

stuuk1

stuuk1

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Hi All,

I bought this PC some time ago from OC and now would like to move in the video editing direction... I won't be editing anything demanding, just 1080p gopro footage of my family as it grows over time. Ideally and if possible for the budget, I would maybe like to record and edit in 4K... My existing build is as follows and was purchased as a package.

I must add, I have never built a PC before but am very capable at disassembling / reassembling and navigating around a computer. I see editing BIOS etc a lot and while not having done this before, I am keen to learn but would just need to find a tutorial etc.

My budget is around £600 - £700 and if I can keep stuff that I already have that would be a bonus of course. I don't need a screen, keyboard or mouse as have those already.

Happy to stick with AMD as I have heard good things, but not adversed to switching to Intel as long as it works and does what I want, I'm happy!

One other thing is that I really want to buy some half decent stuff so that it is easily upgradable without spending a small fortune because newer parts aren't compatible with the other bits, if that makes sense...


1) "Defender X4" AMD FX-4 4300 @ 4.0GHz Turbo AMD Radeon Quad Core Gaming PC

2) TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED316GM1600HC11DC01)

3) BitFenix Neos ATX Tower Black/Gold Window

4) Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733)

5) Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW)

6) Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003)

7) Sapphire Radeon R7 250 Boost 2048MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Card

8) Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM


Thank you.
 
Coojeekitten said:
Which software will you be using to edit?
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That's the next question! My wife is a photographer and pays a subscription to Adobe for Lightroom and Photoshop (Mac). I believe that with that subscription she/ I am able to make use of one of the Adobe video editing softwares, although not sure which one. Essentially I want to be able to make use of a high end editing suite.

Thanks
 
I am also a photographer. Your wife probably has the "Creative cloud" subscription which includes Lightroom & Photoshop on 2 computers for about £10pm. Unfortunately, neither are suitable for video editing. For high end video editing, you could consider Adobe Premier Pro (which I use). As it is not part of the Creative Cloud suite, you will either need to take out a separate subscription just for Premier Pro (I think about £16pm), or upgrade your wife's Creative Cloud subscription to the "all apps" subscription which is about £49pm & will also give you Adobe After Effects plus just about everything Adobe have.

You could otherwise look at Adobe Premier Elements which I think is about £80 or so one-off. You should note that 4k editing with pro software does require a high spec pc, particularly if you start editing video from a larger sensor or/& a higher codec.
 
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Coojeekitten said:
I am also a photographer. Your wife probably has the "Creative cloud" subscription which includes Lightroom & Photoshop on 2 computers for abotu £10pm. Unfortuately, neither are suitable for video editing. For high end video editing, you could consider Adobe Premier Pro (which I use). As it is not part of the Creative Cloud suite, you will either need to take out a separate subscription just for Premier Pro (I think about £16pm), or upgrade your wife's Creative Cloud subscription to the "all apps" subscription which is about £49pm & will also give you Adobe After Effects plus just about everything Adobe have.

You could otherwise look at Adobe Premier Elements which I think is about £80 or so one-off. You should note that 4k editing with pro software does require a high spec pc, particularly if you start editing video from a larger sensor or/& a higher codec.
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Yes she has the Creative Cloud, shame about the video editing but thanks for the headstart on the Adobe Elements. I will probably go for it in that case.
 
Coojeekitten said:
Premier Elements. OK. Keep the kit you have for the time being, although sometimes the latest versions may require Windows 10.
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The computer at the moment is just too slow. I have edited video about a year ago with GoPro's own software and it is totally useless. The video judders and unwatchable while editing. I just don't want to pay for some software then to find out the computer cannot handle it.

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I should add that Windows 7 was upgraded to Windows 10 when it came out
 
Can you look at your budget? It's a bit low for video editing. The problem is that an 8 year old 4 core processor is not really going to cut it. So really, you need to replace everything.
 
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Here's the sort of costs for 4k video editing.

Motherboard £200-£350
Processor £400-£550
RAM for 4k editing is 64gb - about £300
Video card - say an RTX 2060 - about £430
Use your current storage & case
You didn't list your PSU

Really, you'd want a £2k budget. Scrape in at £1.5k. Cut to bare minimum £1.2k.
 
stuuk1 said:
Would £800 - £900 make a difference?
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Here's a spec I threw together. 1 SSD for the OS, the other for a scratch disc & the HDD for storage.

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £980.57 (includes shipping: £14.70)​
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