Best Value Video Editing Rig

[N1C2010]

Hi, I'm looking to build a value oriented video editing rig for 500 - 700AUD. Which parts would offer a considerable performance increase and what should I look for in a CPU, more cores/higher base clock?

[Spotty]

To be honest your budget is quite low. AUD$500-$700 (USD $350-$500) doesn't get you much. You'd want $500 AUD just for the motherboard, CPU, and RAM.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$255.00 @ Shopping Express
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$129.00 @ Shopping Express
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$161.51 @ Amazon Australia
Storage	Samsung - 860 Evo 250 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$91.00 @ Shopping Express
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$89.00 @ Austin Computers
Video Card	Asus - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4 GB Phoenix Video Card	$215.00 @ PCCaseGear
Case	Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case	$54.65 @ Amazon Australia
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$85.00 @ Shopping Express
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1080.16
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-01 23:47 AEDT+1100

You might be better off looking for a used system, like an old office Dell/HP system with an Intel i7 4c/8t CPU. You'll still be able to edit videos, it'll just take longer to export. 

[SidM]

How about waoting for ryzen 3rd gwn, they'll definetely be worth waiting for, will have more cores and will be pretty cheap at the same time. For editing both are important

[JLewisWilliams]

Why not try a Ryzen 2400G and hold off on a dedicated GPU if your main focus is video editing and not gaming?
This build I am working on for my Daughter for YouTube video editing with Davinci Resolve.

NanoS gives you a compact case with plenty of room for watercooling or extra drives if you need it later on and includes sound dampened panels preinstalled to keep your studio noise down.
You could also go with slower ram than and/or ditch the NVMe Boot/working drive and save more money as well, but I wanted the best system I could get her NOW, and replace as few things as possible when she upgrades to a top tier CPU and dedicated video card, and I wouldn't have had a personal use for <3200 DDR4, and would have had to take a loss reselling it in a year or so.

[JLewisWilliams]

Oops, Just realized that didn't include a PSU because I have a spare.

[BB TECH]

On 2/1/2019 at 8:39 AM, N1C2010 said:

Hi, I'm looking to build a value oriented video editing rig for 500 - 700AUD. Which parts would offer a considerable performance increase and what should I look for in a CPU, more cores/higher base clock?

Depends on if your software benefits more from Single Core Performance or Multicore performance, but in general you want to jam the CPU up to the Top of what you can get, which will also help with transcoding, unless your software has gpu assisted transcoding.