How much should I spend on each component of my Video Editing build?

joerichardson · 15 Feb 2016 at 17:35

Hi,

I'm looking to build a Video Editing PC, using Adobe Premiere, but I'll also occasionally game as well as general use.

My budget is about £600, including OS (Windows 10), and storage (1TB Hard drive and about a 128GB SSD). My question is; how much should I spend on my CPU, GPU, Motherboard etc.

I appreciate any response, thanks.

Padraig · 15 Feb 2016 at 18:09

what will you be editing and at what res and what games?.

joerichardson · 15 Feb 2016 at 18:12

Padraig said:
what will you be editing and at what res and what games?.

I'll be editing mostly .MOV files straight out of a DSLR, usually 1080P but it's possible I'll be editing 4K in a few years (though I may have a new pc by then). The games, just stuff like CS:GO, Far Cry 3, Some Simulators and Tom Clancy Ghost Recon Games.

Padraig · 15 Feb 2016 at 18:47

At that budget if the primary use is editing and you only intend on playing cs go and pre 2016 games maybe just get a skylake i7 and use the integrated graphics for the best editing capability. It will be difficult to get a good editing cpu and gaming gpu at that price.

joerichardson · 15 Feb 2016 at 18:50

Padraig said:
At that budget if the primary use is editing and you only intend on playing cs go and pre 2016 games maybe just get a skylake i7 and use the integrated graphics for the best editing capability. It will be difficult to get a good editing cpu and gaming gpu at that price.

Would integrated graphics even be playable though for gaming? especially if I decide to play something more advanced.

Padraig · 15 Feb 2016 at 19:03

Yes you can play games on it pretty well just on low settings which still looks good for the most part, Plus then you have the option later to upgrade to a highend gpu while still having a great cpu.
watch these :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQboWjjdaww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zegKQqAFoTg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-RVFKKIg0

joerichardson · 15 Feb 2016 at 19:15

Padraig said:
Yes you can play games on it pretty well just on low settings which still looks good for the most part, Plus then you have the option later to upgrade to a highend gpu while still having a great cpu.
watch these :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQboWjjdaww
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zegKQqAFoTg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m-RVFKKIg0

Okay thanks, that has reassured me quite a bit, and anyway; gaming is just entertainment, video editing is more important at the end of the day because it's almost a job and will be making me money soon. Thanks for your help, I'm not completely decided yet but it's likely I'll go with a sylake i7 now, cheers.

Padraig · 15 Feb 2016 at 19:19

yh its the best thing i can think of right now but someone else might have a better idea but i doubt it also see if you can buy a second hand amd gpu like a 280 that would work with adobe premiere for gpu acceleration then you can get a lesser i5 cpu and better gaming experience.

joerichardson · 15 Feb 2016 at 20:28

Padraig said:
yh its the best thing i can think of right now but someone else might have a better idea but i doubt it also see if you can buy a second hand amd gpu like a 280 that would work with adobe premiere for gpu acceleration then you can get a lesser i5 cpu and better gaming experience.

Right okay yeah, I mean I think I'd be more interested in waiting and getting a higher end GPU like a GTX 960 or something. Anyways yeah; thanks for the help and to anyone else reading the thread: any other suggestions are welcome...

Padraig · 15 Feb 2016 at 20:34

the new nvidia 900 series gpus cant do gpu acceleration without hacks and they are not recommended for adobe premeire btw.

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html

joerichardson · 15 Feb 2016 at 20:40

Padraig said:
the new nvidia 900 series gpus cant do gpu acceleration without hacks and they are not recommended for adobe premeire btw.

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html

Ah, okay aha, Thanks for letting me know then lol, I won't purchase one if i get a GPU then.

varkanoid · 16 Feb 2016 at 15:05

For Video Editing you need RAM, RAM, and more RAM. Single most important thing then a fast SSD as your OS drive. 16gb min 32gb lovely.

DaleTheWhale · 16 Feb 2016 at 15:21

Good starting point would be to grab and I7 and 16GB of RAM alongside a decent SSD, HDD, etc.

Then in the near future grab a decent GPU that will play games and help with rendering, getting everything now will reduce the CPU you can get, albeit an I5 wouldn't be so bad just slower but the system will be slower overall. If the video editing is going to be for work, then I would prioritise that now or try to put more money into the build to get decent parts that meet all requirements.

Banzai_Joe · 16 Feb 2016 at 15:36

varkanoid said:
For Video Editing you need RAM, RAM, and more RAM. Single most important thing then a fast SSD as your OS drive. 16gb min 32gb lovely.

Totally.
CPU cores does help, but some folk get video rendering mixed up with encoding/editing. Rendering tends to use CPU and GPU cores.

If you're tlaking about chopping videos up length etc like a movie producer, then ram and HDD speed are really important as is CPU core speed (not necessarily amount of cores). Hyperthreading really helps too.

GPU not so important.

SSD for sure, no mechanical hard drives. You WILL notice the difference.