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November 9th Ultimate Video Editing PC Buyer's Guide - where to buy

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This ultimate build guide is a little different from previous ones. Instead of focusing on gaming, we focused on a completely different type of PC. This is our ultimate workstation for a video editor. I say it several times in the video, but I feel like I should say it again here. This was just one example. There are easily a million different hardware combinations that would make sense for video editing and we couldn't show them all here, but I still hope people find this useful.

 


 

I'm going to list out the components as well as provide a source or two for where you can get them :)

 

I can't tell you where to buy this stuff, but I do lean towards NCIX for the Canadians (and International viewers if their pricing and shipping costs work out for you) because they're my bros, and for Americans the Amazon links below are affiliate links, so of course every little bit helps :)

 

 

CORE COMPONENTS

 

CPU: Intel Core i7 4930K Ivy Bridge E Six Core Processor with HyperThreading
 
SSD: Intel 530 Series 240GB SSD
 
Storage Hard Drives: WD Black 4TB in RAID 10 - 8TB total redundant, fast storage
 
Motherboard: P9X79-E WS
Case: Silverstone TJ04B-E (also available with a window)
Workstation Video Card: Quadro K4000

Amazon: http://geni.us/aF8RaTA

 

CUDA Video Card: ASUS GeForce GTX 780

NCIX: http://bit.ly/HJpiO6

Amazon: http://geni.us/icptLDd

 
RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 2133MHz 64GB
NCIX: http://bit.ly/19PDgbE
Amazon: http://geni.us/63pD

 

Power Supply: Corsair AX860i 
Amazon: http://geni.us/gUPT6

 

Mouse: Logitech G602 Performance Wireless Mouse

Amazon: http://geni.us/EZwt

 

Keyboard: Logitech G710+
NCIX: http://bit.ly/15k2eZS
Amazon: http://geni.us/FcF8X

 

Monitor: ASUS PA279Q
 
Cooling Components
 
CPU Heatsink: Noctua NH-U14S
NCIX: http://bit.ly/1cLdNUk
 
Extra Fan for Heatsink: Noctua NF-A15
 
120mm Fans: 4x Noctua NF-F12
NCIX:  http://bit.ly/198lbE0
140mm Fan: NF-A14
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Yeah, new Linus video!

Let me get my horse head mask on to watch it!

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   Hail Sithis!

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The only thing i would change is the looks of the build, nicer case, even though noctua make great fans they look horrible,

I would prob get a H100i or K60 also

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Personally, I'd choose one of those other million different hardware combinations for video editing. *cough*AMD*cough*

 

Also, I don't like Nvidias business strategy:

 

GeForce GTX 780 Ti, on the other hand, gets neutered in the same way Nvidia handicapped its GTX 780. The card’s driver deliberately operates GK110’s FP64 units at 1/8 of the GPU’s clock rate.

 

edit: I'm sorry, that's just my AMD-fanboy-ism showing... Very nice video; thank you for your time.

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This looks like Dave Zember's build :o

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YAHOOOOO :D  Thank you linus I love these!

Hope I could help!

Specs: CPU: AMD FX-8320 @4.0ghz GPU: ASUS DCUII GTX 770 PSU: EVGA Supernova 750g CASE: Fractal Define R4 RAM: 8 Gigabytes ADATA 1333 Mhz MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3

 

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Whose build did you make this for Linus :)?

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Awesome Video, makes me want to build a video editing machine

 

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This machine looks awesome!

Wish I had a use case for this sort of hardware!

Motherboard - Gigabyte P67A-UD5 Processor - Intel Core i7-2600K RAM - G.Skill Ripjaws @1600 8GB Graphics Cards  - MSI and EVGA GeForce GTX 580 SLI PSU - Cooler Master Silent Pro 1,000w SSD - OCZ Vertex 3 120GB x2 HDD - WD Caviar Black 1TB Case - Corsair Obsidian 600D Audio - Asus Xonar DG


   Hail Sithis!

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Sweet video, and rationales.

 

Also loved the wan show startings animation in the bottom left corner @51:10 at the end of the video when it said sponsored by intel. I don't know if you have had it for other videos but that was the first time I spotted it outside the wan show.

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since i cant comment on youtube anymore ill leave my comment here.

 

Comment: I really like the case u chose and i do agree silverstone dont get enough credit for there products and the price they come at is extremely reasonable for the quality, i also thought u did a nice job of cable management. When i first saw the video and saw it was 51min long i was like no way im going to watch all this but i ended up watching the whole thing and didnt even realise i was watching for that long u did a great job of keeping my attention for that entire period of time i give u props for that as i am not a very easy person to keep my attention i tend to lose focus extremely easy great video as always looking forward to more of your videos :)

 

and yes i just totally fan girld out to linus.

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Funny you posted this. I am doing my first build and it is a video editing machine. Still working out all the parts. So much to know and learn as a newbie, but I am getting through it all.

So far I went with the

CPU--Intel Core i7-4930K Ivy Bridge-E 3.4GHz LGA 2011 130W Six-Core Desktop Processor BX80633i74930K
CPU Cooler--Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid
Motherboard--Asus P9X79 PRO ATX LGA2011--Ivy Bridge-E support ready
Memory--G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) F3-2133C10Q-32GXM TUNE with XMP
Storage-Boot drive--Corsair Force Series GT 120GB 2.5" SSD
Storage--Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM
Video Card--Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 4GB
Wireless Network Adapter--Asus PCE-AC68 802.11a/b/g/n/ac PCI-Express x1-
Case--Cooler Master HAF 932 Blue ATX Full Tower-
Power Supply--Corsair 750W ATX12V / EPS12V
Optical Drive--Asus BW-14D1XT Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer
Operating System--Microsoft Windows 8 Professional (OEM) (64-bit
Monitor--no sure yet

 

Still making sure it works all together with out flaws before I even start, might change things up still. Days upon DAYS researching and watching videos and reading forums
 

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This ultimate build guide is a little different from previous ones. Instead of focusing on gaming, we focused on a completely different type of PC. This is our ultimate workstation for a video editor. I say it several times in the video, but I feel like I should say it again here. This was just one example. There are easily a million different hardware combinations that would make sense for video editing and we couldn't show them all here, but I still hope people find this useful.

 

 

Really liked the case. Heck, this could be a general build guide if you were a noob at building a computer.

Nice video, Linus. How long did it take you to produce it?

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Personally, I'd choose one of those other million different hardware combinations for video editing. *cough*AMD*cough*

 

Also, I don't like Nvidias business strategy:

 

edit: I'm sorry, that's just my AMD-fanboy-ism showing... Very nice video; thank you for your time.

 

 

Well the reason why double precision floating point operations is crippled on 780Ti and 780 is that it would make Titan completely and utterly redundant otherwise. 780 would pretty much offer all of Titan's performance for like half the cost, 780Ti would just beat it in everything. 

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LINUS, you linked us to the wrong motherboard. The link takes us to 

ASUS P9X79 WS which is around $370, but the one you're wanting to link us to is the ASUS P9X79-E WS which is around $520. Just thought I'd let you know ;)
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I'm surprised there wasn't a mention of a colorimeter in the episode which is critical because monitors will not hold their calibration for more than a month or so. If you are looking at a colorimeter Spyders are a nice middle ground, i1 Displays are a wee bit more accurate, stay away from Munkis. The mouse and keyboard are more luxury than anything else, to each their own. Otherwise pretty rock solid.

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Noob question: How does it work having a Quadro and a gtx780 in there? So how would the computer know to use the Quadro if you were opening Maya and then the 780 if you were opening Crysis?

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I'm surprised there wasn't a mention of a colorimeter in the episode which is critical because monitors will not hold their calibration for more than a month or so. If you are looking at a colorimeter Spyders are a nice middle ground, i1 Displays are a wee bit more accurate, stay away from Munkis. The mouse and keyboard are more luxury than anything else, to each their own. Otherwise pretty rock solid.

Didn't realize LCD monitors lost their calibration so quickly. I learned something new, if your statement is true.

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Well the reason why double precision floating point operations is crippled on 780Ti and 780 is that it would make Titan completely and utterly redundant otherwise. 780 would pretty much offer all of Titan's performance for like half the cost, 780Ti would just beat it in everything. 

I understand. Does that reason make it okay? It might be smart for the company, but for you?

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520 =/= 530 hint

 

Yea..  :D

 

Logged in here for the same reason (520), still watching and so far enjoying it.

Especially interesting for me as I am in the middle of planing and hopefully soon buying a video editing computer (MC CS6 + some rather old studio equipment software - orientated)

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I understand that this is a video editing rig, but that doesn't mean he has to make faults on things like the part where he talked about 3D software. Blender for example works the best with AMD cards to get the most screen performance (more polys then NVIDIA), but works the best with geforce card to render with CUDA.

"It's like all common sense just goes out of the window when a computer is involved."

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I understand. Does that reason make it okay? It might be smart for the company, but for you?

 

Well, yes, I'm completely okay with that. This sort of thing isn't just limited to nVidia. It's been happenning for years with all sorts of components. 

 

Their Quadro workstation cards are actually weaker than their GeForce cards, but most of their value comes from the drivers and software sire of things rather than hardware. 

 

Intel's CPUs - right from the Pentiums up to the i7 4770K are all actually the same die. Like, they're actually the same CPU, except with cores disabled and different clock speeds. 

 

So the whole idea of nVidia limiting double precision floating point operations to the Titan isn't something new and what it's able to do is allow nVidia to lower the price of the 780 and 780Ti whilst still charging a premium for a premium feature on the Titan so that it can make money and invest in R&D.

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