Building PC for 4K Video Editing - £1100

Martin_Man

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Morning everyone,

I'm looking to build myself a new computer to handle 4K video editing. I'm very new to this and I'm worried I will spend all this money and it won't fit or break a week later.

I needed something with High CPU and RAM to handle the 4K editing. Graphics Card I'm not worried about just yet but I can upgrade next year. I would normally go for INTEL but the AMD CPU I have selected has gotten incredible reviews from the video editing community.

Just so I know this will work, is someone able to check this list over for me to make sure I've got all the right parts? Is there anything missing?

Unfortunately I can't link to the products because I will be breaking forum rules but here is the list:


CPU - £410
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Processor (12C/24T, 70 MB Cache, 4.6 GHz Max Boost)

RAM - £116
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 DRAM 3200MHz C16 Memory Kit - Black

GRAPHICS CARD - £74
PowerColor Radeon RX 550 4GB RED DRAGON Graphics Card

CASE (ATX) - £56
MTALLICGAR MetallicGear 520 Series (520 Series, Neo Air - Black/White)

MOTHERBOARD (ATX Size and AMD Compatible) - £110
MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX AMD AM4 Motherboard

POWER- £41
Corsair VS Series 350 Watt Power Supply

SSD - £170
Sabrent 1TB Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 Internal SSD Maximum Performance Solid State Drive (SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-1TB)

FAN 1- £89
Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black, Dual-Tower CPU cooler (140mm, Black)

FAN 2 (x3) - £39
MTALLICGAR MetallicGear SKIRON series (140 mm, D-RGB) x3
 
@Martin_Man

what program are you using for editing ?

Have had a huge effect on hardware, specially davinici Resolve !

as GPU is Just as Key. also NOW Adobe has improved GPU acceleration greatly

Price of what they are charging for MSI MAX, would move to B550 for better VRM - specially if you overclock and go for long video rendering

£99 32GB of 3200Hz. Also B550 have better designed ram slots so adding another 32GB should be to much of an issue

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/team...-3200mhz-dual-channel-kit-grey-my-0aj-tg.html
 
Martin_Man said:
I'm using Adobe Premiere Pro

Also, GPU is something I will be upgrading next year :)
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https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...9-10850K-for-Adobe-CC-Are-They-Worth-It-1838/

3900x should do well

able to ooverclock 10850k 10 core to 5ghz all cores then yoou'll be cooking! in many waays!

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/inte...e-socket-lga1200-processor-oem-cp-68m-in.html

if you are using aftereffects . IIntel has a slight lead... only just
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...ntel-Core-10th-Gen-vs-AMD-Ryzen-3rd-Gen-1762/

with ram, i know i linked 3200hz liike yourself, but for ryzen is SPEED! intel you can get away with less speed, and more ram!

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Does-RAM-speed-affect-video-editing-performance-1528/
 
also dont cheap out on the PSU!

pcie 4.0 not really needed as much, still the most beneficial programs for that are Geo-mapping

intel version with your case if Cooler fits. thats 64GB worth of RAM! No need for GPU due to onboard

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £1,037.03 (includes shipping: £11.10)


you run that at 5ghz all core... wow

amd. Use your pricing for 3900x. Overclock ram to 3466 or 3600hz . job done! Add your GPU as no onboard etc
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £970.04 (includes shipping: £11.10)


and pcie 3.0 rocket 1TB is £90-100 ...​
 
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Thanks for the power supply recommendation, I was struggling to know which one to get. I appreciate your time putting your list together.

I've made some adjustments to my original items:

  • AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Processor (12C/24T, 70 MB Cache, 4.6 GHz Max Boost)
  • Patriot Viper 4 Steel Series DDR4 32GB(2 x 16GB) 3200MHz Kit
  • PowerColor Radeon RX 550 4GB RED DRAGON Graphics Card
  • MTALLICGAR MetallicGear 520 Series (520 Series, Neo Air - Black/White)
  • MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX AMD AM4 Motherboard
  • be quiet! Pure Power 11 500W CM, modular, 80 PLUS Gold, power supply
  • Sabrent 1TB Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 Internal SSD Maximum Performance Solid State Drive (SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-1TB)
  • be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4, 250W TDP, CPU cooler
  • MTALLICGAR MetallicGear SKIRON series (140 mm, D-RGB) x3


So you think the Sabrent 1TB Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 is an overkill? I read up that it can have some improvements during the editing process but to be honest I'm willing to try something different to save some cash.

I get worried whether all this will fit together especially the CPU cooler you suggested which is why I went for the pro version. According to the be quite company, the ram slots would become restricted with the MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX motherboard. I need to find out if the motherboard, CPU Fan, graphics card and power supply fits the case I wanted. I'm really hoping it does because it looks well ventilated.

Would you bother with the CPU fan if you don't plan to overclock your machine? I would have no idea what to do with overclocking. Something I have never done before.
 
Sabrent rocket 3.0 is fast enough ! 4.0 version doesn't actually reach its full speed due to controller.

New PS5 and Xbox actually have controller's that allow gen 4 to reach its max speed .

I'll double check 3.0 Vs 4.0 for live playback and other aspects but shouldn't be a huge difference. And again, the b550 I linked
 
orbitalwalsh said:
Sabrent rocket 3.0 is fast enough ! 4.0 version doesn't actually reach its full speed due to controller.

New PS5 and Xbox actually have controller's that allow gen 4 to reach its max speed .

I'll double check 3.0 Vs 4.0 for live playback and other aspects but shouldn't be a huge difference. And again, the b550 I linked
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I do have a sabrent Rocket PCIe 4 as the PCIe 3 version died on me and it seemed pointless not changing it as I've lost trust of the PCIe 3.0 versions (Amazon did a straight refund after 10 months so I'm not complaining). And the PCIe 4.0 is definitely faster but probably not in anyway that actually matters in real life

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