Yes, another video editing build... with a bit of gaming

AndyCr15

AndyCr15

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I see there's another thread about a video editing build, but it seems to be based around Adobe and what's best with that. I'm not a serious video editor, dabble in a little CyberLink PowerDirector, but I need to upgrade as I recently got a 4K webcam and it can't keep the sound in sync at times, Google seems to think my PC isn't powerful enough. Very likely, it's 3+ years old.

So, for general video editing, encoding and such with a little (well, a lot, but it's not hard work) Overwatch, what are people's suggestions?

I'm expecting to spend £2,000-£2,500.
 
Currently -

i7-5820K @ 3.30Ghz
32GB RAM
290X 8GB

Seagate 480 SSD
1TB Samsung storage HDD

More than happy to learn a better video editor, I just know how PowerDirector works and it's fairly cheap so I've kept using it.

I guess I also wonder, if I shave 5% performance and save £700 (guessing here) I might prefer to do that, but I would like a reasonable step up in performance from where I am now. For example, I assume I don't need/want 2080 Gfx card, should I just go 1070?
 
@AndyCr15

basic version is free..

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve/

thing about resolve is that it eats up hardware , good coding so will use what you throw at it :D

in case of CPU , either High core count or lower core but with faster speed - if your able to overclock your current 6 core chip , it'll help greatly!

Vega 64 actually performs quite well and is on a steal at the moment - and will be very handy for gaming at 1440p as well as coming with 3 free games

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/a...-15-NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-2070-Performance-1264/

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £408.89 (includes shipping: £9.90)
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would try the above and make sure you've got a damn good 700w PSU unit at least

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/seas...plus-gold-modular-power-supply-ca-05r-ss.html

if you havent got a good cooler for that 6 core, look into it. Def overclock it , should be able to hit 4ghz easily ! 4.5ghz would be to aim for is got a decent AIO or flagship air cooler

If your sticking to Powerdirector 15 , you'll be using H.265 HEVC for 4k and GTX 1070ti level is were you'd want to aim for .
 
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I was thinking along the lines of this pre-built -

My basket at Overclockers UK:
  • 1 x OcUK Gaming Germanium X Overclocked Gaming PC - Intel Core i9 9900K @ 4.8GHz = £2,299.99
    • Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv X Digital Midi Tower Glass Gaming Case - Black
    • Processor:Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM
    • Memory:Gigabyte Aorus RGB 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit
    • Solid State Drive (Primary):Samsung 970 EVO Polaris 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
    • Storage Drive:Seagate 3TB BarraCuda 5400RPM 256MB Cache Internal Hard Drive (ST3000DM007)
    • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 Home Advanced - Systems
    • Graphics Card:Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2070 WindForce 8192MB PCI-Express Graphics Card
Total: £2,299.99 (includes shipping: £0.00)
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You think I'd be better off with the Vega? I'd like 32GB of RAM too, so I guess I'd have to call to do that anyway.
 
I thought I'd just mention that my PC is a 5820k and recently I just did a advert for Nokia which included a lot of VFX work on it. Footage was all 4k, ran off an external USB 3 drive. Performance of my machine was absolutely fine.
 
Okay, I've edited 4K on it no problem (sure, I'd like it faster if I'm doing it more), it's the recording/streaming 4K that it got out of sync. Surely that's different?
 
I tried with Logitech's own capture software and OBS. Can I get a card just to capture? Sounds like a good idea, any links?
 
Im assuming it's a usb camera then? If it is then a the capture cards I'm thinking of won't work. Blackmagic do some good gear that will take the load off the CPU or GPU for cameras that have an HDMI out etc. I'd imagine that the Logitech software is capturing 4k h264, and aa lot of power is being used to compress the video. You may be able to change the encode/capture settings in the software to end up with files less compressed but larger in size.
 
I tried Davinci Resolve. It seems very unstable on my system, crashing reasonably often, so not really an option for me at the moment. What it did do, was make me find out about multi camera editing on PowerDirector, which is quite handy :)

I'm thinking to save from one more paycheck then just go big with a i9-9900K, but maybe just a 2070 Gfx card.
 
Hmm, good point. HDD. I probably have enough space to capture to SSD. Is that more likely the bottle neck over the encoding though?
 
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