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I just bought a Blackmagic camera and now need to put together a list of components of what I'll need in order to edit the RAW footage. I would like to build the PC as cheaply as possible, which I know is tough, but I'd like to be around $1500 for the everything except the peripherals. I understand how to build a computer and how everything goes together, but I don't know anything about RAW except for that I need a good PC for stress free editing. If anyone can give me a kick start in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated.

Probably should have added that I'll be editing 1080 RAW and not 4k or 2k.

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Intel i7 and a GTX 770 or a 280X and 16GB of ram. Sorry I can't do a pcpartpicker part list because I'm on the road.


CPU: Intel i5 4570 | Cooler: Cooler Master TPC 812 | Motherboard: ASUS H87M-PRO | RAM: G.Skill 16GB (4x4GB) @ 1600MHZ | Storage: OCZ ARC 100 480GB, WD Caviar Black 2TB, Caviar Blue 1TB | GPU: Gigabyte GTX 970 | ODD: ASUS BC-12D2HT BR Reader | PSU: Cooler Master V650 | Display: LG IPS234 | Keyboard: Logitech G710+ | Mouse: Logitech G602 | Audio: Logitech Z506 & Audio Technica M50X | My machine: https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/b/JoJ

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I just bought a Blackmagic camera and now need to put together a list of components of what I'll need in order to edit the RAW footage. I would like to build the PC as cheaply as possible, which I know is tough, but I'd like to be around $1500 for the everything except the peripherals. I understand how to build a computer and how everything goes together, but I don't know anything about RAW except for that I need a good PC for stress free editing. If anyone can give me a kick start in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated.

Probably should have added that I'll be editing 1080 RAW and not 4k or 2k.

 

What software will you be using to edit the footage?

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($269.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: PNY XLR8 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($139.00 @ Amazon)
Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: PNY Quadro K2000 2GB Video Card  ($423.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($86.83 @ Mwave)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $1470.76
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-25 20:12 EDT-0400

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Everything looks good and I appreciate you putting that together for me. A couple questions about that configuration.

1. Is the Xeon processor better than the i7?

2. Does the motherboard have onboard wifi or would I need to get a wifi card?

3. I definitely like the GPU. May I as why you chose PNY over Nvidia? The Nvidia got great reviews on Amazon.

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Also, I was reading over on the Blackmagic Designs forum about not having enough VRAM for editing RAW footage. I see this card has 2GB VRAM. Is that enough to handle the RAW editing?

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A much pooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeer as possible.

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Intel i7 and a GTX 770 or a 280X and 16GB of ram. Sorry I can't do a pcpartpicker part list because I'm on the road.

That's the configuration I had on mind. What's a 280x? Should I be concerned about VRAM?

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A 280x is an amd graphics card, Linus has done a few videos on shopping for graphics cards. [ URL=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c3BKuNXdM5A ] like this

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Idk if i did that link properly, I'm on an iPhone atm

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Everything looks good and I appreciate you putting that together for me. A couple questions about that configuration.

1. Is the Xeon processor better than the i7?

2. Does the motherboard have onboard wifi or would I need to get a wifi card?

3. I definitely like the GPU. May I as why you chose PNY over Nvidia? The Nvidia got great reviews on Amazon.

 

  1. The Xeon processor is a Haswelll processor and essentially an i7 with an enhanced memory controller and lacking an integrated graphics processor.
  2. The motherboard does not have WiFi. A PCIe card would be needed.
  3. If you check the Amazon listings you will likely see that the part number starts PNY. PNY manufactures Quadro cards. Nvidia is the company that designs them.

 

 

Also, I was reading over on the Blackmagic Designs forum about not having enough VRAM for editing RAW footage. I see this card has 2GB VRAM. Is that enough to handle the RAW editing?

 

For HD you should be fine with 2GB. If you want more on a Quadro card you would need to move up to the K4000 (~US$800) for 3GB. The alternative is to use a gaming gpu like the GTX 780 which is available in 3GB & 6GB versions.

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I like the quadro card. In your opinion, would the K2000 be enough to handle the RAW footage? Everything else is looking good to me.

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What resolution raw are you talking about? 

                                                                                                                                                      

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PSU: Corsair EVGA G2 850W  | SSD: Intel 730 Series 480GB, Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB | HDD: WD Black 1TB

 CPU Cooler: Corsair H105 | Case: Corsair 760T (White) | Peripherals: (2)Asus VS247H-P, Corsair M65, Corsair K70 RGB w/ Brown Switches

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I like the quadro card. In your opinion, would the K2000 be enough to handle the RAW footage? Everything else is looking good to me.

 

You need to be more specific about what you mean by "handle the RAW footage". But in general I would say that 3GB or more of vram would be better. The problem becomes budget, as you can see below.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1241 V3 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($269.98 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Asus H97M-PLUS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($114.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Patriot Viper 3 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($260.74 @ Amazon)

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Storage: Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($147.00 @ Amazon)

Case: Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($86.83 @ Mwave)

Power Supply: SeaSonic 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($88.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($89.99 @ NCIX US)

Other: Nvidia Quadro K4000 3GB GDDR5 PCIe x16 Dual DisplayPort DVI-I GK104 Video Graphics Card GPU 900-52033-0000-000 ($768.94)

Total: $1937.45

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-07-26 13:46 EDT-0400

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What resolution raw are you talking about?

I've got the BMPCC which shoots 1080 CinemaDNG RAW and ProRes only.

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Brob - I just mean for the computer to be able to handle the RAW files. I don't have any experience with raw whatsoever so I don't have a clue what even comes off the camera. But I've read you need a powerful computer to handle it.

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Brob - I just mean for the computer to be able to handle the RAW files. I don't have any experience with raw whatsoever so I don't have a clue what even comes off the camera. But I've read you need a powerful computer to handle it.

  

I've got the BMPCC which shoots 1080 CinemaDNG RAW and ProRes only.

 

Then you should be fine with the first build.

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