Suggestions for Editing PC

[Schraufabagel]

I'm considering shifting away from my current 15.6" gaming laptop and replacing it with a much lighter and smaller 13.3" laptop. Currently I produce 1080p video content from footage on my gopros and my DSLR. Please give me some suggested builds for handling 1080p on an editing PC that I could use for this purpose

 

My budget would be $700. I already have an ultrawide and a standard monitor. 

[emosun]

If you are just splicing clips together almost anything should be able to handle that. 

Just keep in mind the smaller the laptop the hotter it runs / the more it throttles / the slower it will render. You can very quickly run into an apple macbook pro i9 "situation" where the cpu is actually slower than a thicker laptop with a cooler cpu that doesn't throttle. something to consider

[Cyracus]

Just want to clarify, you're looking for a desktop build for $700 to suit your needs, correct?

[Schraufabagel]

3 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

Just want to clarify, you're looking for a desktop build for $700 to suit your needs, correct?

Correct. I filter through editing about 2 hours worth of footage into 10 minute videos. Usually for stuff like sports reels for team sports, or travel videos.

[Cyracus]

1 hour ago, Schraufabagel said:

Correct. I filter through editing about 2 hours worth of footage into 10 minute videos. Usually for stuff like sports reels for team sports, or travel videos.

Ok, you're best off not spending much on the gpu, Jay did a video a while back and it had some interesting results. You can skip to 4:11 and pause it and read out the graphics cards he tested. You could almost slot a potato and get the same render times.

Spoiler

 

Work stations aren't my forte, I gotta sleep, I'll help you tomorrow if @emosun or someone else don't give you a parts list well suited to you

[Cyracus]

Not gonna claim it's perfect, but should do what you want well. This gives you a dedicated os drive and an nvme drive to work off, if you don't need more than 16GB ram you could get this and spend about $20 more for a 2TB ssd.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$164.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$165.98 @ Newegg Business
Storage	ADATA - Ultimate SU650 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$21.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Intel - 660p Series 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$114.99 @ B&H
Video Card	Zotac - GeForce GT 710 1 GB Video Card	$37.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case	Cougar - MX330-G ATX Mid Tower Case	$39.99 @ Newegg Business
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$39.88 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$715.80
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$700.80
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-20 13:06 EDT-0400

 

[Schraufabagel]

9 hours ago, Cyracus said:

Not gonna claim it's perfect, but should do what you want well. This gives you a dedicated os drive and an nvme drive to work off, if you don't need more than 16GB ram you could get this and spend about $20 more for a 2TB ssd.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor	$164.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI - B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill - Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$165.98 @ Newegg Business
Storage	ADATA - Ultimate SU650 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$21.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Intel - 660p Series 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	$114.99 @ B&H
Video Card	Zotac - GeForce GT 710 1 GB Video Card	$37.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case	Cougar - MX330-G ATX Mid Tower Case	$39.99 @ Newegg Business
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$39.88 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$715.80
	Mail-in rebates	-$15.00
	Total	$700.80
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-20 13:06 EDT-0400

 

I'm thinking I might wait and see what the ryzen 3000 chips are like. I've heard that the ryzen 5 3600 might be 8 core and close to $200

[Cyracus]

3 minutes ago, Schraufabagel said:

I'm thinking I might wait and see what the ryzen 3000 chips are like. I've heard that the ryzen 5 3600 might be 8 core and close to $200

That's a solid plan, and b550 boards hopefully have better vrms to handle the extra cores

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($158.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($68.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($165.98 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: Samsung - 860 QVO 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($107.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: ASRock - Radeon RX 570 4 GB Phantom Gaming D Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($35.80 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $706.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-20 23:55 EDT-0400