Audio/video editing rig help

[sebotobes]

After 4 years, I'm finally ready to build my next (2nd!) PC. It's been a while...

I'm a recreational gamer, mainly play titles like PUBG, Fortnite etc probably a few hours a week (currently on console). The main purpose of this rig is for music production using Ableton Live 10, I record vocals and instruments in with an audio interface - but I also want capabilities of some light video editing so I can start creating some YouTube content. I've been researching for a couple of months now but just want some peace of mind from the experts before I hit the launch button.

I'm not keeping any parts from existing rig (it's olddddd) apart from a 250GB Crucial SSD, a Samsung U28E590DS (4k 28" monitor) and peripherals. I don't particularly have a need for 1440p gaming, I think a 1660S GPU would allow for it but not sure about the 590, though this is on sale and in budget. In any case, I'd be happy with 1080p. I'm considering swapping out the monitor for a widescreen, but that's a tale for another day. Regarding video, I mainly record in 1080p.

Anyway before this becomes a novel, this is what I've come up with after a couple of months or so of researching, looking forward to some feedback - hopefully I've not gone too far wrong as this list has been changed 245092 times in the last week, alone.. TIA!

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £89.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £178.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB (2x8GB) 3600 MHz AMD Ryzen Tuned DDR4 Memory Dual Kit= £79.99
• 1 x Gigabyte 512GB M.2 PCIe x4 NVMe SSD/Solid State Drive= £74.99
• 1 x PowerColor Radeon RX 590 Red Dragon 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £154.99
• 1 x Phanteks Eclipse P350X Glass Digital RGB Midi Tower Case - Black= £64.99
• 1 x Seasonic Core Gold GC-500 500W 80+ Gold Power Supply= £69.95

Total: £727.09 (includes shipping: £13.20)​

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[bloodiedathame]

What software will you be using to edit?

 

[sebotobes]

What software will you be using to edit?

New I'd forget something - Vegas Pro 17, specs below:

• Operating system: Microsoft® Windows 10 (64-bit)
• Processor: 6th Generation Intel Core i5 (or AMD equivalent) or better. 2.5 Ghz and 4 Core minimum. For 4k, 7th Generation Intel Core i7 (or AMD equivalent) or better. 3.0 Ghz and 8 Core minimum
• RAM: 8 GB RAM minimum (16 GB recommended; 32 GB recommended for 4K)
• Hard drive space: 1.5 GB hard-disk space for program installation; Solid-state disk (SSD) or high-speed multi-disk RAID for 4K media

 

[tamzzy]

GPU is a mixed bag.
but definitely should step up to a ryzen 3700x rather than a ryzen 3600/x

https://techgage.com/article/magix-vegas-pro-17-cpu-gpu-performance/

 

[tamzzy]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £289.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £84.95
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G320C6K)= £99.95
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £199.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Patriot Viper VPN100 M.2 2280 PCIe 512GB SSD (VPN100-512GM28H)= £74.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £39.95

Total: £868.47 (includes shipping: £11.70)​

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[bloodiedathame]

I think you should include another drive, maybe a large mechanical to hold your captured footage, maybe even a separate SSD from your OS/Apps for disk cache (128gb should suffice).

 

[tamzzy]

maybe even a separate SSD from your OS/Apps for disk cache (128gb should suffice).

I'm not keeping any parts from existing rig (it's olddddd) apart from a 250GB Crucial SSD

 

[sebotobes]

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £289.99
• 1 x MSI B450M Mortar MAX (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £84.95
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS432G320C6K)= £99.95
• 1 x Palit GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER StormX 6144MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card *BLACK FRIDAY DEAL*= £199.99
• 1 x Bitfenix Formula Series 550W 80 Plus Gold Power Supply= £66.95
• 1 x Patriot Viper VPN100 M.2 2280 PCIe 512GB SSD (VPN100-512GM28H)= £74.99
• 1 x Kolink Citadel Micro-ATX Case - Black= £39.95

Total: £868.47 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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Slightly above my price point (though if needs must, I am happy to save a little longer and wait another month or so).

Are the improvements in performance worth the price hike, though? Have only got time for a skim-read atm, but the article you sent does suggest the 1660S quite significantly outperforms the 590 so I see justification there, though is the 3700X worth another ~£130? I was originally torn between the 3600/3600X as I believe the latter provides better out the box performance (I'm not experienced in any capacity of overclocking), but the ~£50 doesn't seem worth it to me.

Big fan of that case, though.

 

[tamzzy]

though is the 3700X worth another ~£130?

you tell me if shaving off 20% of your encode time is worth that £130

 

[bloodiedathame]

I missed the NVME in his specs. OS/Apps on that, SSD from old machine for cache, then add a mech drive for captures (so set aside some budget for that).

 

[sebotobes]

You're right tamzzy, I guess I'm saving up a little longer then.. but at least I can rest assured in performance capabilities.

I missed the NVME in his specs. OS/Apps on that, SSD from old machine for cache, then add a mech drive for captures (so set aside some budget for that).

Thanks for the tip, I'm sure I can set aside £40 odd for a couple TB's.