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?
 
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.
 
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?
 
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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