PC for video editing

Kam_s · 28 Jul 2020 at 18:54

I have a PC that I got from PC Specialist in 2013 and want to upgrade.

I mostly use it for video editing, inc 4K.

I have 11 HDDs (3.5") plus 2 BD-RW drives which I want to keep in the new PC.

I have had a look at the video editing pc's on overclockers, but they dont fit my requirements. I want this case - ZOFOS EVO SILENT FULL TOWER GAMING CASE - BLACK which is big enough for my HDDs.

Can anyone recommend which motherboard I should get that would have enough sata ports? Should I be looking at anything in particular regarding the configuration for my intended use?

My budget is around £2000 but not set in stone.

Greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance.

Kam_s · 28 Jul 2020 at 19:20

Thanks for the replies. Yes, I would like to replace the mechanical drives but it would very costly. They are mostly 4 TB each. One is 15 TB and one is 8 TB

This is my current spec. It was good till around 2 years ago, now its struggling with 4K and the fans are always on very loud.

Case ANTEC QUIET COMPUTING™ PERFORMANCE P280 CASE
Overclocked CPU Overclocked Intel® Six Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz @ max 4.6GHz)
OC Settings Show/Hide
Motherboard ASUS® SABERTOOTH X79: SOCKET 2011, R.O.G
Memory (RAM) 16GB KINGSTON HYPERX GENESIS QUAD-DDR3 1600MHz X.M.P(4 x 4GB KIT)
Graphics Card 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 660 Ti - 2 DVI, HDMI, DP - 3D Vision Ready
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
1st Hard Disk 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
M.2 SSD Drive NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply CORSAIR 1050W PRO SERIES™ HX1050-80 PLUS® GOLD MODULAR (£159)
Processor Cooling INTEL CERTIFIED LIQUID CPU COOLER FOR SOCKET LG2011 (£78)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Fan Controller NONE
Extra Case Fans 1 x 12CM Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof) (£5)
Sound Card Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE (£19)
Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options 2 PORT USB 3.0 INTERNAL PCI-EX CARD + STANDARD USB PORTS
Modem NONE, I WILL BE USING BROADBAND
Floppy Disk Drive NONE
Firewire NONE
TV Card NONE
Operating System Genuine Windows 8 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor NONE
2nd Monitor NONE
Monitor Cables NONE
Eyefinity Adapter / GeForce 3D Vision NONE
Keyboard & Mouse NONE
Mouse NONE
Gaming Mouse Pad NONE
Speakers Creative Inspire A520 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System (£49)
Webcam NONE
Headsets NONE
Surge Protection NONE
Cable Management NONE
Printer NONE
External Hard Drive NONE
Warranty 3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5)
Home Installation NONE
Data Recovery NONE
Delivery STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Pricing Information
Price (excluding VAT) £1,482.40
Price £1,778.88
Order Quantity 1
Bulk Discount £0.00
Total Order price (Ex VAT) £1,482.40
Total Order Price £1,778.88

Courier Instructions
Wattage
Maximum Required Power 488W

Kam_s · 28 Jul 2020 at 19:38

Unf I dont have the space to keep both PCs. Should mention 3 of my current drives are SSD, including the C drive.

None of the current drives are backups. I use most of them to work from. I backup to an external HDD but not everything due to disk space issues,

Kam_s · 28 Jul 2020 at 19:40

Not sure how to check fluid levels. I will google it, thanks

Kam_s · 28 Jul 2020 at 20:35

The fractal 7XL looks good too, I will check it out. Yes, my current case has only 10 bays. I have a few HDDs that I have just shoved onto the floor of the case and one above the PSU. I know, shocking.

Kam_s · 28 Jul 2020 at 21:09

I have 2 PCIe TV Tuner cards that I want to move across. I also have a Sata expansion card, which if my new motherboard doesnt have enough sata ports, I will have to move across.
I will leave the soundblaster and get a new sound card in the new pc

Kam_s · 28 Jul 2020 at 22:16

Thanks for that. I will use Windows 10.

The x370 is no longer available it seems

Kam_s · 29 Jul 2020 at 10:49

Thanks everyone. I will probably slowly replace all the ageing HDDs with SSD but will take some time for that to happen.

@Mcnumpty2323 If the new AMD cpu's are only couple of months away, then I would prefer to wait. Do you have any further info on them?

Kam_s · 29 Jul 2020 at 20:08

My monitor is 10 years old. I am thinking of changing that also. It is a Dell 22" - 2209WA - https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-ultrasharp-2209wa-lcd-monitor-22-series/

The resolution is not as good as modern ones but the thing I like about it, is the vertical screen size is 13" in height and newer monitors are less than this, just wider.

Kam_s · 29 Jul 2020 at 21:15

Actually, only the last few months I have done some 4K but my PC isnt really up to the job, so I am unable to properly work with it.