Advice on a video editing set up.

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Hi all,

I hope you are keeping well.

Currently looking into purchasing a new computer which will enable me to edit videos. I typically shoot at 1080p 60fps or 720p 120 fps but I have the ability to go up to 4k 25fps. However it is unlikely I will shoot in 4k.

Looking at buying the following:
Processor: Intel Core i5 Quad core processor i5-4690 (3.5 GHz)
Motherboard: ASUS H81-MPlus:Micro-ATX, LG1150, USB 3.0. SATA 6GBs
Memory: 8GB memory
Graphics: 1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 630

or

Processor: Intel Core i7 Quad core processor i7-4790 (3.6 GHz)
Rest same as above.

I would like to future proof my computer is it worth the £69 step up to the i7? Considering I have a budget I would like to stick to.

Look forward to your feedback and advice.

Regards

Ross
 
1TB doesn't sound like much! I mean, it does sound like much, but it will fill up quite quickly, specially at full HD or 4k sizes. Depends what other storage you have available I guess... Also consider backups etc. as you won't want to keep all your eggs in one basket.
 
1TB doesn't sound like much! I mean, it does sound like much, but it will fill up quite quickly, specially at full HD or 4k sizes. Depends what other storage you have available I guess... Also consider backups etc. as you won't want to keep all your eggs in one basket.

Okay thanks for point that out to me. Any thoughts/advice on the other aspects?
 
Depends on your needs really. Whether its something you are doing professionally will factor into the storage and systems you need etc.

I personally use a couple of drives in RAID 0 as a scratch disk for editing. This has speed, but no redundancy, thus I keep a backup of that. I also archive all my finished projects and then have another backup of that. I only really make videos these days that go on the likes of YouTube, but it nets the odd bit of money.
 
High end video work can be a real test, almost nothing in your system can hide from a 4k workflow. CPU, Ram, GPU, hard drive speed and capacity, it can hammer everything.

As the CPU is what you're least likely to upgrade later I'd go for the most cores/threads you can afford. Give yourself room to add hard drives, ram and a good gpu if you're going to use it for accelerated workflow (Programs like Resolve for grading make great use of gpu power).
 
Depends on your needs really. Whether its something you are doing professionally will factor into the storage and systems you need etc.

I personally use a couple of drives in RAID 0 as a scratch disk for editing. This has speed, but no redundancy, thus I keep a backup of that. I also archive all my finished projects and then have another backup of that. I only really make videos these days that go on the likes of YouTube, but it nets the odd bit of money.

Thanks for the info I will look into RAID 0. Do you have a link to your videos I would be interested in checking them out.
 
High end video work can be a real test, almost nothing in your system can hide from a 4k workflow. CPU, Ram, GPU, hard drive speed and capacity, it can hammer everything.

As the CPU is what you're least likely to upgrade later I'd go for the most cores/threads you can afford. Give yourself room to add hard drives, ram and a good gpu if you're going to use it for accelerated workflow (Programs like Resolve for grading make great use of gpu power).

Thanks Adrianr. I will look into all that is advised.
 
I would definitely advise you get the fastest i7 CPU you can afford. Video editing will use all the power you can give it. As Adrianr has said, it used to be that CPU and memory were the fuel for high res video editing but now everything plays a part as the new software will utilise your graphics card power as well through Open CL
 
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