Spec PC for video editing

subbass · 13 Feb 2013 at 22:03

Any video editing professionals or hobbyists here??

Can someone recommend me a suitable PC for video editing please? It will be off the shelf workstation ( like a HP Z series) but I'm not really sure what to do pick. How much RAM, which GPU and if RAID is worth it etc?

Thanks

zakblood · 13 Feb 2013 at 22:11

whats the budget?

and for what? a pre built whole system etc

or just tower, and with or without a O/S and if you do want one, which one, win 7 or win 8?

whats all your uses, programs used etc

just looked at the HP Z220, and it's low end with the HP Z820 being high end, can you give a number of the one your looking at so can spec it off that?

mo9204 · 13 Feb 2013 at 23:28

zakblood said:
whats the budget?

and for what? a pre built whole system etc

or just tower, and with or without a O/S and if you do want one, which one, win 7 or win 8?

whats all your uses, programs used etc

just looked at the HP Z220, and it's low end with the HP Z820 being high end, can you give a number of the one your looking at so can spec it off that?

i wanted to ask same question, but i need for Adobe after effect and premier pro. i use it on my laptop but i need the power of desktop.

i just want to use the on-board graphics my budged is £550

i would rather have 32Gb ram or more , because of the ram preview

sorry pal i hijacked your thread.

zakblood · 14 Feb 2013 at 04:31

for home user that's a low budget and you would be lucky to get 8gb tbh of ram even if it's a tower only and no other bits like k/b and mouse, monitor and o/s etc

but i'll try for your's while im waiting for posters reply.

zakblood · 14 Feb 2013 at 04:44

1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £65.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
2 x Corsair XMS3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX16GX3M2A1600C11) £55.99 (£111.98)
1 x Antec One Gaming Case - Black £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £538.97 (includes shipping : £11.75).

went amd trinity with good onboard video and got fastest one there is so far, m/b supports memory and type, ie 4 sticks of speed and size 32gb, managed to get a small sdd for boot and a 2tb for data as well in budget, case & psu are good ones.

no peripherals, o/s or monitor etc

1 x Samsung S22B300BS 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £99.98
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD580KWOHJBOX) £95.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £71.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85XM-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 micro ATX Motherboard £61.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.99
1 x BitFenix Merc Beta Gaming Case - Black £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x Gigabyte KM6150 Keyboard and Mouse Set £11.99
Total : £557.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

added peripherals, o/s & monitor etc, lost memory, 8gb only and added lower spec case and sdd gone to stay near budget

mo9204 · 16 Feb 2013 at 19:45

thank you but i am not AMD fan, and also no monitor. thank you, i will keep planing, as i have few more weeks to put the funds up.

snips86x · 16 Feb 2013 at 20:01

mo9204 said:
thank you but i am not AMD fan, and also no monitor. thank you, i will keep planing, as i have few more weeks to put the funds up.

Depending on the programs you will be using and your final budget, the A10 is a fantastic choice. The integrated graphics is far more superior to the Intel's version, you cannot go wrong with it.

If you can push your budget to £9-1100, you'd be looking at something like this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £229.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (TXD332G2133HC11QC-L) £199.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £71.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,105.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).

RAM - Nice and fast and paired with the CPU will make your encoding very quick
Case - Nice & Quiet, good air flow & cooling
CPU Cooler - Stock coolers can be loud, this one would be suitable as the RAM is not low profile. Closed loop water coolers are an option also if you prefer a tidy case.

You also have the choice to upgrade to the hex-core and later on, the new Ivybridge-E chips with 6 & possibly 8 core flavours, around Q3 of 2013.

zakblood · 16 Feb 2013 at 20:06

nice spec snips m8

snips86x · 16 Feb 2013 at 20:17

zakblood said:
nice spec snips m8

Thanks mate!

Also, if you are looking for speed, there is the RevoDrive 3. Read & Write speeds are close to 1gb/s, but using the OCZ Sandforce controller can be problematic.

subbass · 17 Feb 2013 at 19:48

zakblood said:
whats the budget?

and for what? a pre built whole system etc

or just tower, and with or without a O/S and if you do want one, which one, win 7 or win 8?

whats all your uses, programs used etc

just looked at the HP Z220, and it's low end with the HP Z820 being high end, can you give a number of the one your looking at so can spec it off that?

Budget is about £1500 max. Just to reiterate, it has to be branded PC/workstation such as a Dell or HP. I was looking at the HP Z620 and I'd have thought it would be suitable for video editing but wanted to make sure. Has to be with Windows 7 and the PC will be used for video editing using Adobe Premiere. Is 1TB generally enough for video editing? And what's the recommended amount of RAM?

snips86x · 17 Feb 2013 at 20:12

subbass said:
Budget is about £1500 max. Just to reiterate, it has to be branded PC/workstation such as a Dell or HP. I was looking at the HP Z620 and I'd have thought it would be suitable for video editing but wanted to make sure. Has to be with Windows 7 and the PC will be used for video editing using Adobe Premiere. Is 1TB generally enough for video editing? And what's the recommended amount of RAM?

Why does it need to be branded? What is the significance of that over what has been spec'd above?

zakblood · 17 Feb 2013 at 20:15

we only do house built or diy custom builds, so looks like we can't help you then, as we don't have access to dell or hp etc

snips86x · 17 Feb 2013 at 20:15

subbass said:
Budget is about £1500 max. Just to reiterate, it has to be branded PC/workstation such as a Dell or HP. I was looking at the HP Z620 and I'd have thought it would be suitable for video editing but wanted to make sure. Has to be with Windows 7 and the PC will be used for video editing using Adobe Premiere. Is 1TB generally enough for video editing? And what's the recommended amount of RAM?

Value for money wise, you are much better here!

zakblood · 17 Feb 2013 at 20:19

subbass said:
Budget is about £1500 max. Just to reiterate, it has to be branded PC/workstation such as a Dell or HP. I was looking at the HP Z620 and I'd have thought it would be suitable for video editing but wanted to make sure. Has to be with Windows 7 and the PC will be used for video editing using Adobe Premiere. Is 1TB generally enough for video editing? And what's the recommended amount of RAM?

for me, windows 7 pro would be better, then you can get more ram, home supports a max of 16gb, with pro doing 192gb so for me the sweet spot is between 16 and 32gb.

1tb is basic, i'd put something bigger tbh like a 3tb one, either red or black etc

and as budget is good, then a i7 build

good luck with hp or dell, which ever you go for, for me if you dont want a custom diy build, OC can build it for you, better than dell or hp if im totally honest and it will be that, custom.

snips spec above with either home or pro would be better than any house built off the shelf job, and if you want more hdd, can add anything you like as its a custom build

easyrider · 17 Feb 2013 at 20:23

Buying a branded PC is for noobs.

zakblood · 17 Feb 2013 at 20:26

1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £229.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (TXD332G2133HC11QC-L) £199.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £124.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £100.00
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775 LGA1155 LGA1156 LGA1366 LGA2011 AM2 AM3) £69.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,215.35 (includes shipping : £13.75).

snips build from above with larger hdd, liquid cpu cooler an windows 7 pro 64bit, i7 4 core on socket 2011

1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £455.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (TXD332G2133HC11QC-L) £199.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 3TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD30EFRX - OEM HDD £124.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £100.00
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775 LGA1155 LGA1156 LGA1366 LGA2011 AM2 AM3) £69.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,441.34 (includes shipping : £13.75).

same as above with i7 being 6 core instead

1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £229.99
1 x Asus VE276N 27" Widescreen LCD Multimedia Monitor - Black £199.99
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 7K4000 4TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 7200RPM - Retail (0S03356) HDD £199.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 32GB (4x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (TXD332G2133HC11QC-L) £199.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £179.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 550D Quiet Midi Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 64-Bit - OEM (FQC-04649) £100.00
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775 LGA1155 LGA1156 LGA1366 LGA2011 AM2 AM3) £69.98
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £54.98
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £1,500.48 (includes shipping : £22.20).

i7 4 core, 4tb hdd, and a 27" monitor, no matter how you look at it, you get a better deal with a custom build, higher spec parts and better overall speed, this will be quite as well

snips86x · 17 Feb 2013 at 20:27

subbass said:
Budget is about £1500 max. Just to reiterate, it has to be branded PC/workstation such as a Dell or HP. I was looking at the HP Z620 and I'd have thought it would be suitable for video editing but wanted to make sure. Has to be with Windows 7 and the PC will be used for video editing using Adobe Premiere. Is 1TB generally enough for video editing? And what's the recommended amount of RAM?

zakblood said:
we only do house built or diy custom builds, so looks like we can't help you then, as we don't have access to dell or hp etc

easyrider said:
Buying a branded PC is for noobs.

See the above!

OcUK do not sell pre-built machines from other manufactures, if they did, they would be out of business.

You BEST option would be to look at the spec(s) above and speak to OcUK or other forum members to clarify what you already know.

The amount you spend on a PC here, will blow the **** out of any pre-built system, you will not be disappointed. If you are not comfortable to build yourself, speak to OcUk Customer Service before you order, they should be able to give you a quote to build it for you. This will obviously come at a price, but I would also expect there to be some kind of warranty, in the event you needed it. This should take the pressure off you worrying about something going wrong if you built it.

easyrider · 17 Feb 2013 at 20:31

For Starters I would no be buying mechanical hardrives for video Editing. Would be better to have 3 SSD drives and have one for a scratch disk.

Next you don't need 32GB of ram at a cost of 199

Thirdly that PSU is not the best for the money

Forthly I wouldn't be buying a sandbridge when I could get a faster Ivy Bridge setup for less.

Fifthly, you don't need to spend 1200 quid

Love the noobs that come in and suggest builds for editing and think if they just throw money at it thats the best solution.

The Dirts · 17 Feb 2013 at 20:35

I had a similar problem. Red tape at work said it HAD to be a branded PC. By the time I put a quote together from our 'preferred supplier' the cost was double what I could have done from OCUK.

At less than a year old it's already had a new PSU (known fault) and to cap it all, anything over a 2TB HDD needs new firmware which HP won't write. Their solution is to by a new server !!

Moral here, is to do research on the 'Brand' thoroughly before you buy.
Next time I'm going to buy a pre built from OCUK and stick a HP badge on it.

Good luck.

snips86x · 17 Feb 2013 at 20:37

easyrider said:
For Starters I would no be buying mechanical hardrives for video Editing. Would be better to have 3 SSD drives and have one for a scratch disk.

Next you don't need 32GB of ram at a cost of 199

Thirdly that PSU is not the best for the money

Forthly I wouldn't be buying a sandbridge when I could get a faster Ivy Bridge setup for less.

Fifthly, you don't need to spend 1200 quid

Love the noobs that come in and suggest builds for editing and think if they just throw money at it thats the best solution.

Firstly - The SSD would be used for storing the OS & Editing software where as the mechanical would be used for storage. WD Caviar Black would be the better choice over the RED & Seagate.

Secondly, - 2133RAM would be a solid choice for editing & encoding, nice & quick, you would really see a difference over 1600.

Thirdly - There is nothing wrong with the XFX, it is value for money, best in it's price range.

Forthly - For an investment like this, the Sandy would be better over the Ivy, if you didn't know, there are no more 1155 chips to be released. With 2011, you get the option to upgrade to a hex-core as well as the ivy-e in Q3 2013 if you bothered to read the entire thread.

Final - For what he is asking for £1200 is reasonable with plenty of headroom for improvement.

Noobs...lol. Find something more constructive to say!!!