4k video editing PC build - thoughts?

[cooper795]

Hi All

Long story short, this build is for 4k long GOP video editing at likely 200mbs.

Do all these parts match up/have I got any obvious bottlenecks?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Fractal Design Focus G Midi-Tower Case - White Window= £46.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
• 1 x ASUS PRIME B450M-A (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £74.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ventus XS OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £218.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB 3200 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Kit= £179.99
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RMx550 550W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020177-UK)= £79.99
• 1 x WD Blue 500GB M.2 SSD + 2TB HDD Bundle= £111.94
• 1 x ASUS PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter= £15.95

Total: £931.03 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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Cheers

 

[labcoattech]

Looks fine to me, plenty of scope for upgrade further down the line if required.

 

[silk186]

This is an all-rounder PC, a balance between CPU, GPU, memory and storage.
What is the performance bottleneck for 4k long GOP video editing?
Will 500GB be enough space for the OS, apps and your current projects?
You can get some good deals on a 1TB m.2 drive.

 

[Quartz]

Does that motherboard support PCI Express v4 M2 SSDs? Because you're going to be doing a lot of I/O.

 

[Russinating]

Seemed silly creating another thread, and I've stolen most of the above, but any improvements on the below?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 2 x Kolink Stronghold Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass Side Window= £44.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £239.99
• 1 x ASUS PRIME B450M-A (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £74.99
• 2 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB 3200 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Kit= £179.99
• 1 x Corsair RMx Series RMx550 550W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020177-UK)= £79.99
• 2 x Seagate 6TB IronWolf NAS 7200RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST6000VN0033)= £179.99
• 1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660Ti 1-Click OC 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £259.99

Total: £1,484.52 (includes shipping: £19.62)
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Already have a 1TB SSD for the OS (and monitors, peripherals etc), and the 2x 6TBs are going to be in RAID1.

All our machines are Intel-based atm, one similar having an i7-7800 3.5Ghz and GTX 1080Ti 11264MB. I'd rather stick with Intel just so there's some swapping ability if needed but are the Ryzen's THAT much better for video/animation?

(Additional case for another use!)

 

[Quartz]

Seemed silly creating another thread, and I've stolen most of the above, but any improvements on the below?

Do you really need 64 GB RAM? And look into a PCIe4 M2 SSD.

 

[EsaT]

Does that motherboard support PCI Express v4 M2 SSDs? Because you're going to be doing a lot of I/O.

Except for "direct stream copy" cutting/joining video editing is computationally bottlenecked.
Also transfers are sequential and not lots of small accesses, meaning IOPS aren't usefull.

https://www.4kshooters.net/2018/03/25/can-an-nvme-drive-really-enhance-your-video-editing-workflow/

 

[EsaT]

Seemed silly creating another thread, and I've stolen most of the above, but any improvements on the below?

• 1 x ASUS PRIME B450M-A (Socket AM4) DDR4 MATX Motherboard= £74.99

That motherboard is pretty much garbage.
VRM is very flimsy design and runs easily hot and then it doesn't even have any heatsink!
This would be better and with actual heatsink for cheaper:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asrock-b450m-pro4-socket-am4-ddr4-matx-motherboard-mb-16c-ak.html
And compared to Asus this is high end.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-b450m-gaming-plus-socket-am4-ddr4-matx-motherboard-mb-349-ms.html

Also for Zen2 Ryzens you need to have BIOS updated to get PC to boot/POST.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Geomapping is PCIe 4.0 main selling point . thousands of 32mp plus images being pulled from storage and stage 1 and 2 being passed to and from storage is only program i can recommend pcie 4.0 SSD.

pcie 3.0 could shave off half a day to a full well in workloads but not the same for video editing .... yet ...

if your going B450 then MSI with is flash option- needing beefy VRM for 8 cores then B450 ITX Aorus or MSI boards.
gigabyte only vendor that can have board sent to and flashed for you

 

[Russinating]

Do you really need 64 GB RAM? And look into a PCIe4 M2 SSD.

Probably not, but the similar existing machine has 64GB and it does eat it with what we do.

Do you need an old Ryzen to flash the BIOS or can it be done with the slot empty?

 

[cooper795]

After doing a bit more reading, this may be a bit more money but more appropriate? Faster SSD and motherboard is more appropriate, no RAM speed overlcock required and compatible with the processor from the off.

Anyone got any experience with the case?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £199.99
• 1 x Gigabyte X570 GAMING X (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard= £182.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 32GB 3200 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Kit= £188.99
• 1 x Corsair Force MP510 series 480GB NVMe PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F480GBMP510)= £68.99
• 1 x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 7200RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST2000DM008)= £55.99
• 1 x Corsair CX-M Series 550W 80 Plus Bronze Semi Modular Power Supply (CP-9020102-UK)= £73.99
• 1 x MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Ventus XS OC 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £218.99
• 1 x Fractal Design Focus G Midi-Tower Case - White Window= £46.99
• 1 x ASUS PCE-N15 300Mbps 802.11B/G/N Wireless PCI-E Network Adapter= £15.95

Total: £1,066.07 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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[Russinating]

Order placed, went with the following in the end:

£37.49 x 1 - Kolink Stronghold Midi Tower Gaming Case - Black Tempered Glass Side Window
£182.49 x 1 - AMD Ryzen 5 3600X Six Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail
£74.99 x 2 - Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32
£207.49 x 1 - MSI GeForce GTX 1660 Gaming X 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£54.16 x 2 - Toshiba 3TB P300 7200RPM Performance Hard Drive (HDWD130UZSVA)
£149.99 x 1 - Asrock X570 Phantom Gaming 4 (AMD AM4) DDR4 X570 Chipset ATX Motherboard
£104.16 x 1 - Corsair RMx Series RMx750 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020179-UK)
£14.99 x 1 - Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler
£4.96 x 4 - Arctic Cooling P12 PWM PST Black Fan - 120mm

Very similar to yours cooper. Like I said already have a 1TB SSD and peripherals.

 

[cooper795]

Think I may go for something very similar... Will probably wait for the Tomahawk 'Max' board to come out though.