Video Editing Upgrade (Davinci Resolve)

MarkLP

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Hello,

Looking for suitable upgrades to my machine to be able to edit 4K footage, my current system really struggles even with 1080P when tracking, I assume this is just down to hardware. I'm looking to purchase a DJI Mavic 2 to make a few videos and need a system which can handle dealing with 4K, I understand I can use proxy mode or optimise media with Resolve but even doing so with the 1080P footage on my current system tracking just glitches and even colour adjusting glitches in and out.

This is my current system, bought from Overclockers and built in 2014.


Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail
Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11220-00-20G)
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01)
Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1)
BeQuiet Pure Power L8 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in
BitFenix Neos ATX Tower BlackBlack
Raijintek Rhea Heatpipe CPU Cooler - PWM - 92mm
Noctua NF-S12B REDUX PWM 1200RPM 120mm Quiet Case Fan


Any thoughts would be appreciated, budget wise if I could get away with upgrading for around £500-£600 that would be perfect.
 
@MarkLP


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gtx 1060/rx 570/80 is a good recommend gpu for resolve, with high colour grading scores- AMD actually does well here. Vega 64 can pull ahead of gtx 1080ti

Naturally though the program loves the top hardware you can through at it and most use 1080ti or dual GPU set ups, which really pull awa with high thread count CPUs - for Colour grading.

Fusion its still more single fastest card with fast core speed, 6 core 8700k can pull ahead of 18 core intels here!

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but should be all around good upgrade on CPU and GPU

16 threads vs 4 from your current intel - looks like you havent overclocked this but worth pushing to 1700 to 3.9ghz ALL cores.
 
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I have little experience at 4K video editing/rendering but I would add that once I went from 8GB of system memory to 16Gb, the benefits were apparent (e.g. no crashing during longer/larger render projects).

I should add that I've not yet used Davinci Resolve.
 
Thanks for the spec and information.

Do you think I could try upgrading to 16GB memory or would it be a waste of time? Could I keep the GPU I currently have with a new CPU/Mobo/RAM or would that also be a bit pointless?
 
MarkLP said:
Thanks for the spec and information.

Do you think I could try upgrading to 16GB memory or would it be a waste of time? Could I keep the GPU I currently have with a new CPU/Mobo/RAM or would that also be a bit pointless?
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That software does like GPU power, lot of people pushing 4/8k content have dual 1080tis .

I just went for all round upgrade that would see big increases in every area
 
@orbitalwalsh

I've been spending time researching and think I've chosen on the Ryzen 7 1700 and the 16gb RAM that you suggested.

I'm still unsure on the graphics card and motherboard, looking on the website I've found a few cheaper motherboards that could potentially allow me to get a better graphics card. Is there any reason I shouldn't go for a cheaper motherboard? I was looking at the Asus Prime B450-PLUS or Asrock B450 Pro4. Then I could go for a GTX1060 6GB graphics card?
 
Boards should be good, to be honest wouldn't see to much of a change of power from RR570/80 to 1060 - just more cost . It's if atwppi g up to gtx 1070/Vega 56 you'll see an increase .
 
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