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I've been struggling to find affordable PC components lately and could really use some guidance on upgrading my system or even building a completely new PC. I currently run an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core processor and a GTX 1660 SUPER graphics card, but I'm unsure if this setup is sufficient for video editing or if I need an upgrade. I'm having trouble locating budget-friendly components, and I'm not sure if my PC's performance is subpar or if there's room for improvement. Do I need to upgrade my CPU, GPU, or both to avoid bottlenecking? Additionally, I'm experiencing some issues with recording, and I'm not sure if it's related to my OBS settings. I generally don't push my game settings to the maximum, ensuring they are playable and the video quality is decent, but in some games, the recording quality still suffers. Can anyone offer advice or point me in the right direction? I'm open to suggestions and appreciate any help. Thanks a bunch!

Budget (including currency): 800(ish?) Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: variety Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): ryzen 7 3700x Ram 32GB gpu: Radeon rx 570 power sup: 750W Dual LG 4k monitors first time posting… this is my first pc build. I’ve had it for a couple of years now. I’m a videographer and editor by trade. I got into streaming for fun last year and I’m looking to upgrade to a better graphics card to be able to handle streaming and game performance, maybe some game recording to mess around with some fun projects, but also be able to do more work from home. My current editing software is DaVinci Resolve which, at this time, is not compatible with AMD’s current version. I believe this will get fixed in the future but whether I stick with AMD or not for this purpose isn’t really a deciding factor. I’m just hoping to make a decent upgrade at this time. I am not computer literate… so looking up graphics cards and seeing mostly numbers and “ti’s” is like trying to read another language for me. I’ve been looking up GPU’s and seeing good things about the Nvidia Rtx 3070’s other than price as well as the new 4070’s but a lot of YouTubers are saying not to buy them? I’m not trying to break the bank… but I want a decent upgrade and I don’t want to worry about upgrading again in two years. I’m hoping to find something solid for what I want to use it for at a decent price. Can anyone give me some good options?

Budget (including currency): 850-1000€ Country: Greece Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: adobe suite and obs/vmix multicam Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): dont need any peripherals and gpu. My current build is a 4770k 32gb ram. It works fine for 1080p but i need proxies after that res and i wanna avoid proxies. Also multicam with a lot of scenes and effects takes my cpu and gpu to 65%. Dont care about gaming.

Budget (including currency): 50000Rs ~ 800USD Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci, Premiere, Aftereffects, Photoshop etc, CounterStirke,GTA V, Valorant etc Other details : Gaming less important but smooth editing is a must (maximum video quality 4k) but lets begin with 1080p. Hey guz, I am starting a YT channel so i want a system to edit videos. It can be a laptop or a build until its within the budget. What are your recommendations for a laptop or build(pls specify versions of all needed components). If you 4k editing rig is so expensive then lets do HD quality (1080p)

Budget (including currency): $3,000 Australian Dollars - AUD Country: Australia Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 4k video editing and colour grading using Davinci resolve and Premiere pro (some gaming) Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): current PC plan: Perth and Melbourne Shipping Australia Wide PLE Computers2.pdf

Hi, So I'm from India and the place where I stay we have at least 4-5 instances of power outage each day, its super unpredictable. I mainly use my PC (Ryzen 9 3900, 2070 Super, 32GB RAM) for video editing and motion graphics. Initially I got a 600VA UPS to go along with the setup and it just wont hold. If I have after effects and there is a power cut, the system just shuts down completely. I lose all the work and also I'm scared that such shut downs might harm the components(I'm not sure). I did some online reading and realized that I need something called an "On-line UPS", now the ones available in India are either way too expensive or way too loud (that's what I got from some of the amazon reviews) to be used in the same room(they are mostly server/cctv room UPSs). Right now I have everything including two 24 Inch 60Hz monitors connected to the same UPS. Whenever I'm not using After effects/premiere and say I'm watching a video on YouTube, the UPS usually holds up, it gives me 15-20 mins backup to safely shut down. I was wondering if instead of a full fledged On-line UPS, what if I get another say 1000VA ups and hook just the tower to that and leave the monitor and speakers with the old 600VA one. Will it hold up in case of an outage? Especially if I'm exporting something. I don't want it to stay on and finish the export, just 5-10 mins, enough for me to cancel the export and shut down the system. Any help would be really appreciated! Thanks

I put together this list for my friend. He wants to build a pc that can edit in 1080p and 4k smoothly with as little money as possible. He doesn't really care for gaming on a pc but I really don't want him using on-board graphics because I want to get him into pc gaming. Please give me adjustments to the build to meet these requirements as well as your thoughts. LIST: PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3200G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor $174.94 @ Amazon Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard $74.98 @ Amazon Memory Team T-FORCE DARK Za 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory $119.99 @ Newegg Storage Western Digital SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $59.99 @ Amazon Video Card MSI Radeon RX 570 8 GB ARMOR OC Video Card $185.00 @ B&H Case Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case $44.99 @ Amazon Power Supply Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply $44.94 @ Newegg Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $734.83 Mail-in rebates -$30.00 Total $704.83 Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-12-10 16:49 EST-0500

Budget: Around $2000 USD Country: The United States Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci Resolve 16, Blender, Unreal Engine 4, maybe some light gaming (not priority) Other details: I'm thinking about embarking on my first PC build and I have very limited knowledge about compatibility and really what's best for what I need. I did some research and I stumbled onto Linus' budget 4K editing pc build and based my build around it. However, that video is over a year old so I'd like to use more updated hardware and maybe even have the capability to edit higher quality than 4K, maybe 5 or 6K, without sacrificing too much of a smooth editing experience, if possible. I also would like to be able to use blender and unreal engine as well but my main priority is editing. My current set up is a Microsoft Surface Studio 2 with an Intel Core i7, 32 GB of memory, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, and a 2 TB SSD from Toshiba. I also have a Late 2015 iMac with an Intel Core i5, 8 GB of memory, an AMD Radeon R9 M395, and a 2 TB Fusion Drive. I mainly use the Surface as my daily driver and workhorse. I'll occasionally use the iMac if I need a second computer screen for something. I recently got my Surface back in May (2020) as a birthday gift and I was excited to finally have a PC that had decent performance. It is the best computer I've ever owned and I am still very happy with it. It runs most of the games I play at max settings and can even run older AAA titles (Fallout 4 and GTA V) at medium settings. It can even run some VR games decently well. Where my issues lie is with its performance in DaVinci Resolve. I've been working on a project for school that involves editing music videos shot using 4K footage and I find my computers performance to drop substantially the longer I edit to the point where it almost isn't usable (laggy playback, software crashes, etc.). I believe I narrowed the issues down to my computers GPU. If I understand correctly, DaVinci Resolve is a GPU based editing software and I don't think my hardware is powerful enough for the workloads. I looked into the possibility of boosting performance with an eGPU but after some research I found out that the Surface Studio 2 doesn't have Thunderbolt so it's impossible to connect a eGPU. I haven't tried editing using my iMac yet but I don't think that it will perform any better because it's a much older computer with worse hardware. I think the best solution is to upgrade to a better computer but I could totally be wrong and maybe all of my issues could be fixed with tweaking the settings, I would greatly appreciate some input on that as well. Here is the my attempt to find some parts that I think would work. Please let me know if there are any obvious issues or any parts should use instead of these. Also, I'm using the 3070's retail price of $499 in my cost estimates because I'm going to wait until they are back to regular prices before buying (screw scalpers). PCPartPicker Part List Type Item Price CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $209.99 @ B&H CPU Cooler EVGA CLC 280 113.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $114.10 @ Amazon Motherboard Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard $189.00 @ Amazon Memory G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory $133.99 @ Newegg Storage Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $139.99 @ Amazon Storage Samsung 860 Evo 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $199.99 @ Adorama Video Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB Founders Edition Video Card Case Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case $48.99 @ Amazon Power Supply Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $124.99 @ Best Buy Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Pro OEM 64-bit $139.88 @ Other World Computing Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total $1300.92 Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-02 20:42 EST-0500 I've also added a screenshot of the compatibility notes that PCPartPicker gave me. Seems like I might need and different CPU cooler and case, not sure though. Sorry for the long post, I was just trying to be through. Let me know if you need any clarifications or anything like that and thank you so much for your help!

Budget (including currency): 3000USD or 1000000HUF Country: Hungary Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci Resolve Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I need a lot of storage, but most of it to archive stuff. I use DaVinci Resolve, mostly edit 1080p right now, but would like to do 4k or even higher res. I play some games, but they are not so demanding (LoL, cs:go, apex, rocket league, battlefront 2, rainbow 6), I want to play cyberpunk tho. I was thinking of going AMD - Nvidia, maybe an rtx 3080 and a ryzen 9? + I only have place on the left side on my desk, so a mirrored case with a window would be good, so I can easily swap storage. (this is my first time on the forum, I have no idea what I'm doing send help)

Currently feeling that sluggish pc feel on my first prebuilt. I have a Ryzen 2600, 16gb 3200 ddr4, 240gb ssd with no ram, rx 570, a b450m, 500w psu. case is forsure going to be upgraded but what should I change. I can probably get myself a used 3700x not sure if its compatible and a rtx 3060 with a samsung 1tb ssd and call it a day. Mainly edit iphone videos on my pc. I shoot on an iphone 14 pro max in 4k and it lags so hard. i dont care for gaming too much just know that the nvidia cards are more useful. I have a scythe fuma 2 i think for cooler

Budget (including currency): $1500 Country: Ghana Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Blender, Unreal engine, FIFA, Assassin's Creed, once a week stream. Hello LTT world, I'm looking to build my first pc that will aid me in editing, and gaming. I need a server build for hosting an e-commerce project. i have a budget of $1500 to get both systems. How do i achieve this?

Hey everyone, I'm working on a build for a good friend of mine. He is looking to use this workstation for After Effects and Premiere Pro with a heavier focus on After Effects. I wanted some Input on parts that i have chosen just in case there is something that may be a better bang for the buck. Also i need a recommendation on a Mother Board AM4 socket. I look forward to hearing what you all think! *Note i used puget system's benchmarks for advice on performance. Ryzen 9 3950X 16 core processor Motherboard unknown 64G DDR4 memory (2 x 32G sticks to allow for expansion in the future) RTX 2070 Super 1TB Samsung SSD (Boot) 1TB Samsung SSD (Current PRojects Files) 1TB Samsung M.2 (Scratch and Media Cache) 750W Power Supply Corsair Windows 10 Pro Let me know if you have any questions or recommendations! -chris

I have an old AMD FX-4300 PC. It has a Sapphire RADEON R7 370 NITRO Dual-X OC 4gb card. 8gb 1600 DDR3 ram. 80gb Intel 320 series SSD. I also have a 500gb usb drive, and a 250gb laptop drive via sata 3. She wants to edit videos taken with her phone and a Canon DSLR camera, and her game recordings from the XB1, so at most 1080p/60fps. She's saved up $300 towars buying a laptop, but If I can find some software and it'll handle the tasks, I'd rather just give her my old gaming rig, so she can worry about buying other stuff she may want. She'd have it hooked up to a 720p TV as a monitor Will this work for a 15yr old? What is good, hopefully inexpensive software to do video editing on for beginners? Do I need any minor upgrades, or should I just let her blow her money on a laptop? It still runs games like Overwatch at at least 144fps on high/ultra, CoD Black Ops 4 at around 90-100fps.

Hey there! I have a budget of 700€ and want to get the best editing machine out of the bucks. A few things: 1080p Edits SSD is must have (preferably in combination with a HDD) Price in €! PC parts are more expensive in europe. You could plan a build on de.pcpartpicker.com (will give you € prices) Thanks guys (Btw it's my first build, I am happy for any advice)

Instead of editing videos on a notebook with a I3-3110M, I would buy me a video-editing-PC. I have two choices: 1. Intel Xeon E5-1620 16 GB Ram Radeon R7 240 2. i7-4770 8 GB Ram NVIDIA Quadro NVS 310 Please tell me which of these you would buy for video editing in "premiere elements" or "premiere pro cs 2" and just a little bit 3d-modeling and animating in "blender". LG Monte

I want to build a high end rendering machine for after effects, 3DS MAX and octane. I already have a decent gaming pc with a 4690 and a gtx 960 4GB. But that thing is starting to lack behind. So I went on pcpartspicker and started to combine some stuff. The fittings and pipe I didn't add because I will do that on the fly. I also added a 10GBit network card for fast transfer with my 35TB server. PcPartPicker

Hey there LTT Forums! Long time reader, first time posting. I've finally decided to build a new PC and think I've got everything I need. I'm just looking for any suggestions from this amazing community that may help me in any way possible. With that said, I'll keep this short and sweet. I'm looking to build primarily a Gaming PC, but I do plan on streaming on twitch as well as editing my streams in Adobe Premiere. Things to note: -I don't plan on overclocking (but would like to have it available in case I decide to in the future) -I've never done water cooling before. I think it looks amazing but am not sure if it's absolutely necessary for me. -I am an Intel / NVIDIA fan (nothing against AMD Ryzen, just preference) So with that said. Here is the build I've come up with: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/estrasser/saved/dYbgsY (NOTE: the only things I'm keeping from my current PC are my Monitors, my SSD, and my 1TB HDD) If anyone has ANY suggestions for me it would be greatly appreciated. Whether it be hardware suggestions, saving money, or even just some tips I should consider for my build. Any questions let me know! Thanks

Part list It's an editing/streaming pc.Any feedback will be welcomed!

Last time I've been warned that that mobo might not be so durable,so I made the change,opinions?

Dear LTT forum. I just recieved a call from a friend, whos boss is looking into an editing PC, since his speced out mac doesn't do the job. He wants to be able to edit 6K raw footage as smoothly and as fast as possible. I don't know much about high end tear of PC components, that's why I'm writing this post. 1. Budget & Location He's location is in Austria/Germany. So please use German PCPP. As far as for the budget, he isn't really concerned about the money. When my friend asked me, what do I think PC will cost, I said probably around 10 000€. Is this too low or too much? But really. He doesn't care for the money (as strange as it is). 2. Aim As I previously stated, he wants to be able to edit 6K raw footage in real life if possible, if not, as fast as it gets. 3. Monitors For now he is asking only for PC, without monitors. He'll just probably buy bunch of high end 4,6 or even 8K monitors. 4. Peripherals Not needed (same reason as for monitor) 5. Why are you upgrading? His speced out mac couldn't handle editing 6K footage. I know it's seems weird and fake, but it's not. I could just go to PCPP and chosen the most expensive configuration, but that doesn't guarantee the best performance. That's why I need your help. Thanks in advance. EDIT: I totally forgot. Since he bought tons of lacie drives with thunderbolt, is there any way that you could use that drives on this pc? Is there any PCI extension thunderbolt cards?

I just want to preface this thread with the fact I've looked through multiple YouTube videos, online threads etc about the matter - but they've mostly served to confuse me more. Let's cut to the chase. I'm a fulltime videographer & photographer, I shoot multiple projects weekly as well as personal projects. I work off a single laptop with an internal SSD, and have 5 slow external HDDs and a single 10TB backup drive that sits on my desk at home. Right now, it's an absolute mess, I'm editing projects off my slow external drives because my SSD is full, I have footage all over the place with no clear backups.... It is just a mess and I have been trying to figure out the best way to clean everything up. I was planning on buying a new 2tb inernal SSD and installing it, editing my projects off there before transfering to a backup drive (potentially an external SSD incase my laptop fills up again) and then another big backup drive. But I've seen so much online about storage methods, having RAID drives - networks... there is so much info i don't know where to start. The caveat here is that I spend quite a lot of time on the road, and am about to embark on a 5 week project - so being able to backup and store footage during that time will need to be on something portable... Any help would be much apprecaited!

Silverstone SG13 - white case $75.00 Ryzen R7 2700 $445.00 Silverstone Tundra TD03-Lite $45.00 Msi B450i gaming plus ac motherboard $185.00 Kingston Hyper X Fury 3000 mhz cl15 16gb (8gb x 2) $179.00 Zotac RTX 2080 Twin fan $1139.00 Adata XPG SX8200 Pro nvme 512gb $159.00 T-force gaming delta 1tb ssd $250.00 Toshiba 7200rpm 10 tb hdd $410. 00 Silverstone sfx-l 700w 80+ platinum $240.00 Corsair ML 120 Pro non-rgb (2 fans) $70.00 ($35.00 each) for cooler OS windows 10 pro $75.00 All prices is in Singapore Dollars. Please let me know what I should change

You've probably heard this a million times. After a bunch of research, I'm still stuck on what GPU to get for editing. I'll make this thread organized as possible for the ease of clarification. Intention I barely play games so this is mainly for photography and I'm planning to move forward with videography soon. I'm not sure what GPU to get for editing 4K videos and photo editing. I'm happy to buy a used GPU and I have a budget of 200 although I want to save much money as possible and invest it into storage. I'll get a 4K monitor that is 27 to 32 inches as soon I get in video production (maybe gonna get another monitor or a TV for editing and other purposes ). Some say a 1650 or 1660 will do the job others say they'll never. Here are some GPUs that I thought would work: AMD Radeon RX 570. AMD Radeon RX 580 Nvidia GTX 1650. Nvidia GTX 1660. Nvidia GTX 1070. I saw these cards to be around $200 or below. Softwares I use Photoshop Lightroom Capture One Illustrator Softwares I'm planning to use for video Premier Pro After Effects My rig (as of now) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700x. Motherboard: Asus Rog Strix B450-F. Ram: Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 16gb 3200mhz. Storage: WD 1 TB HDD. GPU: GTX 960 4gb SSC ACX 2.0+. Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650 W 80+ Gold. Thanks in advance for your help!

I need a PC for animation / editing (casual gaming) .. I will be making 2D animation .Budget is INR: 65k (around 900 USD) Software will be Krita and adobe animate .I am from India so pricing is a little odd here. Do you think a Ryzen 5 3500(6c/6t)(Rs:11000)(USD: 155) will be enough or I should absolutely go for Ryzen 5 3600(6c/12t)(Rs :18000)(USD 250)??? So the components are (total INR 50k or 700USD)........ Parts I will be using (INR50k or 700USD) https://in.pcpartpicker.com/user/PhlanxPcBuilds/saved/68wdmG AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboar G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory Western Digital Green 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case I have a MSI 750 Ti and a 4 x 1TB external HDD which I will be using for time being ..!!! and will buy something like a gtx 1650 super as I think going Nvidia nvenc encoder will come handy So I will be saving INR15k or 200USD.. Should I save some money on cpu for a better monitor and staff ? I will be using it for 3 years before upgrading

Hey guys! Was wondering what would be the most beneficial for an editing PC. I know the Threadripper is better but it is also a lot more expensive than the 2700x. What CPU is the best bang for the buck? I would go with Intel but I wont be doing gaming so I won't benefit from an Intel chip where as I will benefit from AMD where programs like Premiere can use those extra cores and threads. Any other CPU recommendations are welcome!