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Hi,

I am building my new video editing pc and created a part list from part picker but not sure if it's an overkill or if I'm lacking something for a 4k video editing. I am not focused on gaming at all it is mostly for video and photo editing. I want to keep it under 2500$ and right now it's little over the desired budget.

 

Also I am looking for some recommendation for some 4k monitors for this particular build.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor $681.75 @ shopRBC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $79.99 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard $354.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $124.99 @ Amazon Canada
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $124.99 @ Amazon Canada
Storage Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $319.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $82.32 @ Vuugo
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card $519.99 @ Memory Express
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $124.99 @ Vuugo
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $166.08 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $2580.08
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-02 22:56 EDT-0400  

 

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25 minutes ago, bhoot001 said:

Hi,

I am building my new video editing pc and created a part list from part picker but not sure if it's an overkill or if I'm lacking something for a 4k video editing. I am not focused on gaming at all it is mostly for video and photo editing. I want to keep it under 2500$ and right now it's little over the desired budget.

 

Also I am looking for some recommendation for some 4k monitors for this particular build.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor $681.75 @ shopRBC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $79.99 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard $354.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $124.99 @ Amazon Canada
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $124.99 @ Amazon Canada
Storage Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $319.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $82.32 @ Vuugo
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card $519.99 @ Memory Express
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $124.99 @ Vuugo
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $166.08 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $2580.08
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-02 22:56 EDT-0400  

 

DId you mean to put in the RAM twice?

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Which editing software will you be using? Because Adobe Premiere Pro functions a fair bit better on Intel

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5 hours ago, The_Prycer said:

Which editing software will you be using? Because Adobe Premiere Pro functions a fair bit better on Intel

That's true with lower end R5/R7s but OP's using a 3900X which (according to the GN benchmark) is better then Intel's 9900k in rendering.

 

Also OP: If you are using Premiere Pro then you could go for a Nvidia card, Premiere has CUDA acceleration.

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5 hours ago, bhoot001 said:

Hi,

I am building my new video editing pc and created a part list from part picker but not sure if it's an overkill or if I'm lacking something for a 4k video editing. I am not focused on gaming at all it is mostly for video and photo editing. I want to keep it under 2500$ and right now it's little over the desired budget.

 

Also I am looking for some recommendation for some 4k monitors for this particular build.

 

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor $681.75 @ shopRBC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $79.99 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard $354.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $124.99 @ Amazon Canada
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $124.99 @ Amazon Canada
Storage Corsair MP600 Force Series Gen4 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $319.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $82.32 @ Vuugo
Video Card XFX Radeon RX 5700 XT 8 GB Video Card $519.99 @ Memory Express
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $124.99 @ Vuugo
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $166.08 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $2580.08
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-02 22:56 EDT-0400  

 

That NVMe SSD looks a bit overpriced, you can get 1TB NVMe SSDs for under $200, even a Samsung 970 Evo (M.2 NVMe) costs less then the Corsair one. Is there any reason you chose that specific SSD?

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18 hours ago, Aliairstinger said:

DId you mean to put in the RAM twice?

I wanted to get 32gb with cas latency of 17 and this was the cheapest

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17 hours ago, The_Prycer said:

Which editing software will you be using? Because Adobe Premiere Pro functions a fair bit better on Intel

Davinci Resolve 16

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12 hours ago, realpetertdm said:

That's true with lower end R5/R7s but OP's using a 3900X which (according to the GN benchmark) is better then Intel's 9900k in rendering.

 

Also OP: If you are using Premiere Pro then you could go for a Nvidia card, Premiere has CUDA acceleration.

I specifically wanted to opt for Davinci Resolve as I find it easier to control and don't have to go on subscription based service for my software. One time payment and it's done 

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12 hours ago, realpetertdm said:

That NVMe SSD looks a bit overpriced, you can get 1TB NVMe SSDs for under $200, even a Samsung 970 Evo (M.2 NVMe) costs less then the Corsair one. Is there any reason you chose that specific SSD?

I used Corsair as it is PCI gen4 and amazing read and write speeds as compared to anything on the market other than gigabite PCI gen4 and as I will be rendering mostly 4k videos so the time will be alot less and also it is future proof. 

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1 hour ago, bhoot001 said:

Davinci Resolve 16

So the latest DR benchmarks I can find are for build 15.1.2.8 (pre Zen 2) so my information is a bit out of date, but the findings should still hold mostly true.

 

Your CPU choice is really only beaten out by some vastly more expensive Intel and Threadripper options so that should be fine. Since the most comparable CPUs on their list are the 8 core 2700X and some 2nd gen Threadripper stuff, I've had to approximate based on the ZEN 2 architecture improvements that your 12 core should give you no problems. According to Puget, performance increases start dropping off around 14 cores anyway so you're right in the sweet spot.

 

I've nothing against this cooler. 

 

Mobo is looking good.

 

Can't complain about 32GB of high speed RAM. 3600Mhz is probably more than fast enough and I would have honestly gone with a 2600-3000 Mhz speed, but I run my rig at DDR3 1866 so take what I say with a grain of salt.

 

Going to be honest here, but I am going to criticize you on the single 1TB M.2. Your mobo has 2 M.2 slots and making use of that ballin NVME transfer speed is a thing I'd like to see happen here. Swapped the traditional HDD for a Hybrid Drive as I just happen to like Hybrid Drives.

 

So on the GPU end of things, unfortunately DR just performs better with NVIDIA cards at the moment (The one exception being the Radeon VII as it only outdone by the RTX Titan). Even the base 2060 scored 69 points higher on the 4K render test than your more expensive choice here. For roughly the same price, a 2060 Super will give you 191 more points in the 4K render test. So you can either go with a slightly cheaper 2060 and use the savings to buy another external storage drive or go with the 2060 Super for a similar price point

 

Got nothing against the case or the PSU so I'll leave those as is.

 

For a relatively similar price point, here's my very basic modification to your original build.

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor $681.75 @ shopRBC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $79.99 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard $354.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $119.99 @ Amazon Canada
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $119.99 @ Amazon Canada
Storage Corsair MP300 240 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $69.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $271.78 @ Amazon Canada
Storage Seagate FireCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive $93.92 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card $524.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $129.99 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $166.08 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $2613.46
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-03 18:31 EDT-0400  

 

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These recent articles may prove of interest.

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/DaVinci-Resolve-Studio-CPU-Roundup-AMD-Ryzen-3-AMD-Threadripper-2-Intel-9th-Gen-Intel-X-series-1538/

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/DaVinci-Resolve-GPU-Roundup-NVIDIA-SUPER-vs-AMD-RX-5700-XT-1563/

 

80+ ratings certify electrical efficiency. Not quality.

 

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1 hour ago, The_Prycer said:

So the latest DR benchmarks I can find are for build 15.1.2.8 (pre Zen 2) so my information is a bit out of date, but the findings should still hold mostly true.

 

Your CPU choice is really only beaten out by some vastly more expensive Intel and Threadripper options so that should be fine. Since the most comparable CPUs on their list are the 8 core 2700X and some 2nd gen Threadripper stuff, I've had to approximate based on the ZEN 2 architecture improvements that your 12 core should give you no problems. According to Puget, performance increases start dropping off around 14 cores anyway so you're right in the sweet spot.

 

I've nothing against this cooler. 

 

Mobo is looking good.

 

Can't complain about 32GB of high speed RAM. 3600Mhz is probably more than fast enough and I would have honestly gone with a 2600-3000 Mhz speed, but I run my rig at DDR3 1866 so take what I say with a grain of salt.

 

Going to be honest here, but I am going to criticize you on the single 1TB M.2. Your mobo has 2 M.2 slots and making use of that ballin NVME transfer speed is a thing I'd like to see happen here. Swapped the traditional HDD for a Hybrid Drive as I just happen to like Hybrid Drives.

 

So on the GPU end of things, unfortunately DR just performs better with NVIDIA cards at the moment (The one exception being the Radeon VII as it only outdone by the RTX Titan). Even the base 2060 scored 69 points higher on the 4K render test than your more expensive choice here. For roughly the same price, a 2060 Super will give you 191 more points in the 4K render test. So you can either go with a slightly cheaper 2060 and use the savings to buy another external storage drive or go with the 2060 Super for a similar price point

 

Got nothing against the case or the PSU so I'll leave those as is.

 

For a relatively similar price point, here's my very basic modification to your original build.

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8 GHz 12-Core Processor $681.75 @ shopRBC
CPU Cooler Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240L RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $79.99 @ Canada Computers
Motherboard Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO WIFI ATX AM4 Motherboard $354.99 @ Newegg Canada
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $119.99 @ Amazon Canada
Memory Patriot Viper Steel 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory $119.99 @ Amazon Canada
Storage Corsair MP300 240 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $69.99 @ Newegg Canada
Storage Sabrent Rocket 4.0 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $271.78 @ Amazon Canada
Storage Seagate FireCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Hybrid Internal Hard Drive $93.92 @ Mike's Computer Shop
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card $524.99 @ Newegg Canada
Case Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case $129.99 @ Amazon Canada
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply $166.08 @ Amazon Canada
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $2613.46
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-09-03 18:31 EDT-0400  

 

Thank you so much!!! for detailed explanation and reviewing my build. I went with 5700xt as DR is supposedly working with AMD and making 5700 cards much more compatible with their rendering and color grading procedures in near future. But I will definitely keep an eye out for 2060 super as in terms of test and other geekbench it is just tad below 5700xt.

 

The reason I went with one NVME as I am trying to keep my initial build under 2500$ and in future when things are getting more stable financial I can always opt in for another SSD or NVME for that matter.

 

I went with 32gb 3600ghz as it works best with 3900x and recommended by AMD. 

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1 hour ago, brob said:

These recent articles may prove of interest.

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/DaVinci-Resolve-Studio-CPU-Roundup-AMD-Ryzen-3-AMD-Threadripper-2-Intel-9th-Gen-Intel-X-series-1538/

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/DaVinci-Resolve-GPU-Roundup-NVIDIA-SUPER-vs-AMD-RX-5700-XT-1563/

 

Thank you so much I will go through these and will pick the card accordingly. 

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Any recommendations for 4k monitors as those are necessary to edit 4k videos

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