Budget video editing build

famas

famas

famas

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Hey all, it's been around 7 years since I last built a pc and I've been totally out of the loop since then.
It's an old Ryzen 5 1600, GTX 1080, 16gb ram.

I don't game much these days but recently have been trying a bit of video editing in the free version of Resolve, only trouble is my pc is seriously struggling to cope (think it's developed a memory issue which also isn't helping)

I'm due an upgrade, but as I'm only doing this for fun, I don't want to spend a lot, though If I get into it more I may get the full version of resolve or premiere pro.
Budget around £700-800 for a full system minus monitor and windows, micro atx, atx format.

I need to start doing research, but is it possible to get a system geared towards video editing at this price point with some 1080p gaming on the side (no AAA titles), and how much of an improvement will it be over my current system?


If so can anyone help with an initial spec.

Thanks.
 
famas said:
is it possible to get a system geared towards video editing at this price point with some 1080p gaming on the side (no AAA titles), and how much of an improvement will it be over my current system?
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Your 1080 is already good enough for most games, it is just the very newest that it can struggle. Resolve free version uses the CPU primarily, is that right?

The easiest upgrade would be to get a 5600 (or higher, if multiple cores are used, e.g. 5700X/5800X) for your current motherboard and if the GPU is used maybe something like a 4070 non-Super (which is over twice as fast at gaming).
 
If you wanted to keep things cheap I looked back and you've got the Asrock AB350 which does apparently support Ryzen 5000 series with the latest BIOS. So you've got an easy upgrade to a 5700X/5800X, stick in 32GB of RAM and you'll be pretty much done for under £200.

Are you sticking with ITX if you're doing a full overhaul?
 
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NLE's always eat RAM, so do try to cram as much in there as you can get away with.

Video editing requires a lot of fast storage, so do budget for it. What kind of fast storage is another matter!
 
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