Help with new build for video editing

Keeca · 8 May 2019 at 21:10

Hi all,

Hoping you can help me put together a new build for a friend, primarily used for editing 4k video (After Effects and Cinema 4D), with a budget between £3-4k (obviously the cheaper, the better).

Currently his wish list includes something like the following (though these parts are not set in stone should better options be available or if this would be overkill for what he is doing), as well as the rest of the components to get this up and running;

Intel i9 9900k,
64GB DDR4-2666Mhz RAM,
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080,
512GB Samsung 860 Pro SSD (for OS),
512GB Samsung 970 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD,
1TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD

Any help would be awesome, as I'm at a bit of a loss as to what kind of machine he would need to do this kind of work.

Thanks in advance.

Keeca · 9 May 2019 at 06:37

Thanks for the welcome!

Didn’t even consider AMD to be honest, so if Zen2 will be as good as you say, definitely worth mentioning -
All depends how desperately he needs the new build (think he is working from a Mac currently).

As far as other components go, any suggestions on what would or could be needed?

Thanks again though!

Keeca · 9 May 2019 at 08:36

So I’ve asked the question and he can’t wait as his current machine is crashing regularly when trying to work. Seems a shame, as Zen2 would have been interesting.

With that said then, any recommendations from you guys as to what specs/builds I could suggest to him, would be an awesome help.

Really appreciate you guys getting back to me so quickly! Very kind of you!

Keeca · 9 May 2019 at 12:40

Ye that doesn’t look too bad at all.

I think he is restricted in the software he can use (don’t quote me on that though) as it will be used at his place of work, though I will mention resolve as a better alternative.

If resolve couldn’t be used, would a 2060 or 2080 suffice for 4K work, or would you recommend sticking with a 2080 ti?

Keeca · 9 May 2019 at 17:33

Awesome, thank you.

Looks like there's not a vast amount of difference in the 2070 and 2080 from the AE benchmarks, if this is what he goes for.

I will stop asking questions soon I promise, but would it be worthwhile saving some cash by getting the 2070 and putting this into grabbing hold of another SSD?

Keeca · 11 May 2019 at 17:13

Brill, thank you so much guys, you've been amazing!

Will relay all this so that they can discuss at work and hopefully get to building it for him soon.