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Man, that almost breaks my heart. My original design that I was going to build myself with my IT buddy was a Fractal Define R5 for the chassis. That's an interesting note about the Noctua TR4 over the 115, I'll have to look into it and see if they'll even let me make that modification. In a dream world, this would go into a separate control room, but unfortunately that's not going to happen where I work... at least not without driving up the cost wildly. Thanks for your input!

Hi there, This is going to be a somewhat interesting use case for a computer designed for OBS. What it is: I'm designing a computer for my workplace that can intake 4K video through one of the Blackmagic Decklink SDI cards (from a Blackmagic Ursa Mini 4.6k) and record it with OBS. This machine isn't going to be running AAA games. Instead it's going to be bringing in NDI signals, while also chromakeying multiple sources, applying reaper audio plugins, etc. The video feed will also be sent out to additional confidence monitors. I'm also going to be continuously experimenting with adding multiple effects. I'm planning to use this machine to edit the videos using programs like the Adobe CC and Resolve & Fusion. In some rare cases, I might ask it to capture running some of these programs while also recording 4k inputs. (Although if that proves too difficult, I might downgrade the incoming footage to 1080p.) I'm also aiming for a quiet build, since the computer will be located in the same room as the camera, and in some cases may be within a few feet of the talent. Why I'm not Building it Myself: Unfortunately, my workplace has forbade me from custom building the rig from scratch. Therefore, I'm going to use Digital Storm as a vendor. I can presumably add and drop out some parts myself (or have our IT do this), but the overall build (mobo, cpu, chassis) has to come from Digital Storm. I'd actually like to stick in a SC2 1080ti instead, to guarantee it doesn't kick on too loudly, since it'll be in the same room as the talent. I'm also going to attach an HP quoted build here. (That I think is wasted money & is over budget, but if anyone can point out a hard flaw with it, it would be appreciated.) Build & Location: My budget for the computer is $5000 US, but I'd like to keep it a little closer to $4000 so we don't have to go too far over that approved money for the capture card. Aim: 4k OBS capture & proper studio live production Monitors: 3 monitors at 1080p, 1 feed goes to a splitter, 4 would be nice. Peripherals: No peripherals Why: We don't have a computer that even comes close to the specs needed. tl;dr Point out any problems you can see with this Digital Storm build for recording 4k OBS feeds from a Decklink card taking in 4k, that is meant to be a live production studio that pushes OBS to its limits while being as quiet as possible.. https://www.digitalstorm.com/configurator.asp?id=1780751 Thanks! Mark

Thanks for all the responses. I'm pretty sure I'm going to take you guy's advice about the 1700 vs 1700x. Honestly, looking at overclocking really makes me wonder why the 1700x really exists. I suppose to squeeze pennies out of places that won't allow you to overclock a cpu. I also switched out the GPU for one with a different cooler. I hadn't realized that the parametric had grabbed a blower, which I understand to be less effective and louder? I am still a little confused about the ram speed though. After watching Linus' video and reading around on the internet, it seems like speeds past 2666 don't really have a very large impact. Is that incorrect? Also, is there something about ram speed and motherboard support that I'm not understanding? Honor put DDR4 3200 memory, but the ASUS Prime B350 says it only supports 2666?

Hi there, So I've been putting together this list of parts, and I wanted to know if anyone saw anything wrong with any of them or anything more that I should look into. Purpose: Video production, motion graphics, 3D modeling & texturing, audio capture, photorealistic Unreal Engine archviz/games PCPARTPICKER Permalink: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/2dQQ2R CPU: *AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($349.75 @ OutletPC) CPU Cooler: Scythe - Kotetsu 79.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($35.95 @ Amazon) Motherboard: ASRock - X370 KILLER SLI/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard ($126.98 @ Newegg) Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($239.99 @ Amazon) Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($127.99 @ Amazon) Video Card: *Asus - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($359.99 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($94.99 @ NCIX US) Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.89 @ OutletPC) Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC) Total: $1495.42 I'm hoping to have it be as quiet as possible (with good dust filters), and decently powerful with some upgrade options in the future. The storage in this build is a little small, but my thought is that I have a number of external USB 3.0 drives sitting around that I could use for larger storage (and things liek Steam games seem to run okay off of them), and if I need the speed, I'll copy to the M.2. I'm also hoping that with this mother board and its dual M.2 slots, that I'll be able to pick up another fast M.2 in a year or so as price per GB goes down. I do note that as I understand it, the Kotetsu cooler needs some sort of adapter bracket, but I haven't included it in this list. So what are your thoughts? Am I forgetting something important? Is there a bottleneck I'm missing? I'm also up for case recommendations that are comparable. I don't care too much about looks, but I'm not a big fan of the way the Define R5 looks. Thanks

Hey there, I looked over several of these builds and I noticed one thing that jumped out at me: Hard drive choices. I would definitely stick to a smaller hard drive with a solid state for booting. The 6TB is probably overkill and not worth the extra money. Plus, video editing can be kinda hard on hard drives. With 4k projects you do have potentially large project files, but I would keep old projects on a backup external hard drive to save space on your primary editing drives. Also, depending on what you are using for color grading, remember that certain programs like DaVinci resolve actually support (and recommend) multiple graphics cards, which may end up being very worth it with 4K video. This is just something I would keep in mind for the future, as you may not need it immediately.

Okay, So I'm guessing you got your issue fixed, but just in case someone comes along looking for an answer to changing settings in Premiere: A new Timeline (File new Timeline or CTRL+N) will automatically ask if you want to conform to whatever the framerate, resolution, etc. of the first video file that you place on it, regardless of original settings. This is a good reason to place your primary or most important video on the timeline first. But lets say you screwed up and need to fix things later. Go To: Sequence Sequence settings This will open a new window in Premiere that will allow you to change settings. Keep in mind that there is "Video" settings and "Video Preview" settings that can technically have different res settings.

Okay well.... 1.To answer your formatting question, look no further than Cnet: http://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-best-ways-to-format-an-external-drive-for-windows-and-mac/ (I hope I'm allowed to post links on these forums.) P.S. A more quick response is yes, it will work on PC if you install the free HFS explorer software. This can be a preferable method if you're dealing with files larger than 4GB. 2. I'd recommend 2 hard drives, but you can probably get away with your current intended method. Make sure you always have your raw files, and see if your campus allows some sort of cloud or network based storage. 3. Most universities have access for their students to "Lynda.com" Check to see if yours does. Otherwise, a random gander at Youtube as well as checking out some places like VideoMaker's website can be useful. 4. Get the new version. Pirating is wrong for starters, but other than that, you can't go from CC back to CS6, you can only go from CS6 to CC. (It should ask you to make a second copy of your CS6 file for use in CC) You should be able to use Premiere Pro on PC or Mac without issue, although it has been several years since I've tried, so I'm not entirely sure if you will run into issues.. but you shouldn't.

Hey there, I see that you have a couple of suggestions already, but I wanted to recommend taking advantage of the Dynamic Link feature (which should work with Elements) How: Make a project file to keep your intro and outro. Create them in their respective timelines (sequences). Then when you are working on a new project, you can then just import the .pproj (or whatever Elements files are called) and you should be able to import a specific sequence. Why?: This will allow you to keep a safe reference file that'll never get disturbed or accidentally changed. You'll also be able to make quick updates to the original project file that will/should auto update all the other projects. This strategy is highly useful if you ever use something like after effects in the future, because you won't have to constantly rerender when updates are made.

Hey, Just wanted to mention that you want to keep an eye on where your Cache for Premiere Pro and AE is going. You can set it to go somewhere else (like your WD Red), or you can set it to clean out regularly, or do it yourself. But just keep that in mind, or one day you're going to suddenly realize all your space is gone on that little SSD. Also, Premiere Pro and AE use linking, so you might see some performance gains from moving your footage for your current projects over to the SSD temporarily (for the life of the project, and depending on the type of footage).

Recommended Site for B-Roll: Beach Front B-Roll: http://www.beachfrontbroll.com/ Vimeo: vimeo.com Just type in "Free Stock Footage" and a number of users supplying stock footage will pop up. Go to their pages and look at what they have. VideoBlocks has a lot of good stuff, but requires a $99 subscription. Video Editing: Hitfilm 3 - Good compositor (special effects) with a number of built in effects and the ability to use 3D models made elsewhere. If you like it and eventually upgrade, it's only around $400. DaVinci Resolve - Professional color grading software with some new and actually pretty good editing features. A little bit of a learning curve, but you'll learn a lot of useful and transferable skills. Nuke - Professional grade compositor. Free versions available. Another steep learning curve, but you'll learn a lot by the end of it. Lightworks - Can't honestly say I know too much about this one. I've used it a little and found it to be okay, but simply not as slick or transferable as Hitfilm, Resolve, or Nuke. I don't really recommend it.

I'm a little late to the game it looks like, but I would also recommend taking a look at DaVinci Resolve by Blackmagic. Slightly steeper learning curve than Hitfilm. They offer a free version of their software that is very capable. It also has some color grading advantages over Hitfilm(but will lack a lot of 3D modeling and compositing features). It uses a node based editing system for applying special effects which is a little different, but if you're just starting up and getting into things, it can be handy to learn about early so you can grasp the concepts.