I Need Help With Building A New Video Editing PC

[NOAMbre DELISH]

Hey,

I've never built a PC before and I recently decided that a PC would have considerably better performance than my Acer Spin 5 for video editing. I have a budget of $1000 and I am struggling to choose parts for my build.

 

This is the time to point out that I don't have a lot of tech knowledge but I do know the basics about the specs of a CPU and GPU (I can easily understand the language spoken in a pc building video made by Linus).

 

I was thinking of going for an Intel CPU - specifically the i7-8700K however I recently saw that the Ryzen 3700x had better performance in some areas as well as for obs streaming (although I don't stream, I am thinking of recording gameplay at some point). Regarding GPU, I would like a RTX 2060/70 however those cards a really expensive and especially with an Intel CPU, I think my build will go over my budget.

 

Display - wise, I have a Samsung QLED 144mz 1ms 27" 1080p curved ultrawide monitor if that means anything. I've heard a monitor can bottleneck a PC... I am planning on getting a new monitor at some point - filming at over 1080p will be a massive upgrade.

 

Can anyone help?

Thanks so much,

Noam

 

 

 

[emosun]

do you cpu or gpu render? becuase you dont need a gpu in a video editing machine if you cpu render

[NOAMbre DELISH]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

do you cpu or gpu render? becuase you dont need a gpu in a video editing machine if you cpu render

This is when my noob-ness comes along - I have no idea. Is there a difference in performance?

[Meganter]

Hello,

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$194.79 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI B450-A PRO MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$103.98 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory	$74.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Sabrent Rocket 512 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.98 @ Amazon
Storage	Toshiba P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$89.99 @ Amazon
Video Card	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB AORUS Video Card	$309.99 @ Newegg
Case	Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case	$54.97 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply	$94.88 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1003.56
	Mail-in rebates	-$20.00
	Total	$983.56
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-10-16 01:46 EDT-0400

 

The 3600 is has good has a 8700k for half the price. No RTX but still a good card. The 3700x would be a little better for streaming/gaming/rendering but it's 350$ too.

[emosun]

1 minute ago, NOAMbre DELISH said:

This is when my noob-ness comes along - I have no idea. Is there a difference in performance?

what program do you edit in?

[NOAMbre DELISH]

Just now, emosun said:

what program do you edit in?

Hitfilm Express 2017 however I am planning on using Premiere Pro in the near future.

[emosun]

well premiere has the option of cpu and gpu rendering. you should be reading through this first

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CC-143/Hardware-Recommendations

[NOAMbre DELISH]

8 minutes ago, emosun said:

well premiere has the option of cpu and gpu rendering. you should be reading through this first

https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CC-143/Hardware-Recommendations

I've read the article before but just now I've read about the differences between the two. I think I prefer GPU rendering as it is a lot faster.

[NOAMbre DELISH]

Hey,

I'm planning on building a PC for the first time and recently discovered that my monitor can bottleneck my rig. I currently have a 27" 1080p 144mHz 1ms response rate Samsung QLED monitor with FreeSync and I'm planning on building a PC for mainly video editing and some gaming. I film and edit in 1080p (and obviously game in 1080p) but say I shot a film in 1440p, can I edit and export it in 1440p, although I won't be able to see the quality? 

 

Also, will having a really powerful graphics card (say RTX 2060 or higher) differ in performance substantially from a GTX 1080/1660 Ti on my monitor as it is only 1080p? Or will my monitor bottleneck my PC?

 

Any help is greatly appreciated,

Thanks so much,

Noam

[Electronics Wizardy]

10 hours ago, NOAMbre DELISH said:

I've read the article before but just now I've read about the differences between the two. I think I prefer GPU rendering as it is a lot faster.

No reason not to use gpu acerlation in premiere. GPU encoding has worse quality for h264, but id use the extenion so you can use nevnc as its better than quicksync.

 

9 hours ago, NOAMbre DELISH said:

I'm planning on building a PC for the first time and recently discovered that my monitor can bottleneck my rig. I currently have a 27" 1080p 144mHz 1ms response rate Samsung QLED monitor with FreeSync and I'm planning on building a PC for mainly video editing and some gaming. I film and edit in 1080p (and obviously game in 1080p) but say I shot a film in 1440p, can I edit and export it in 1440p, although I won't be able to see the quality? 

It doesn't really work that way. You can zoom in if you want, and it will still export at full quality.

 

But getting a 2160p monitor is nice for this as you can have full res video + tools on the side.

 

9 hours ago, NOAMbre DELISH said:

Also, will having a really powerful graphics card (say RTX 2060 or higher) differ in performance substantially from a GTX 1080/1660 Ti on my monitor as it is only 1080p? Or will my monitor bottleneck my PC?

 

In most video editing porgrams having a very highend gpu won't help much so a 2060 or 1660ti is the best bet. With editing the monitor resolution won't affect performance.

[NOAMbre DELISH]

17 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

No reason not to use gpu acerlation in premiere. GPU encoding has worse quality for h264, but id use the extenion so you can use nevnc as its better than quicksync.

 

How do I select GPU acceleration in Premiere. Is it automatic?

How substantial is the quality difference in h264?

18 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

It doesn't really work that way. You can zoom in if you want, and it will still export at full quality.

But getting a 2160p monitor is nice for this as you can have full res video + tools on the side.

 

So I will be able to export in higher quality even if my display is 1080p?

 

18 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

In most video editing porgrams having a very highend gpu won't help much so a 2060 or 1660ti is the best bet. With editing the monitor resolution won't affect performance.

With my budget of $1000, is buying a 1660 ti a better deal than buying an rtx 2060?

 

 

Thanks for your help!

[Electronics Wizardy]

8 hours ago, NOAMbre DELISH said:

How do I select GPU acceleration in Premiere. Is it automatic?

In project settings

 

8 hours ago, NOAMbre DELISH said:

How substantial is the quality difference in h264?

Moderate, much bigger at low bitrates, won't notice it at high bitrates. Experment for your self.

 

8 hours ago, NOAMbre DELISH said:

So I will be able to export in higher quality even if my display is 1080p?

Yep, monitor won't affect export quality or resolution at all.

 

8 hours ago, NOAMbre DELISH said:

With my budget of $1000, is buying a 1660 ti a better deal than buying an rtx 2060?

Yea id focus more on cpu, a 1660 or 1650 should be plenty for most premiere stuff in that budget.

[NOAMbre DELISH]

On 10/18/2019 at 5:17 AM, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea id focus more on cpu, a 1660 or 1650 should be plenty for most premiere stuff in that budget.

Would you recommend a Ryzen 7 3700x?

Is there anything that a 1660 will struggle in?

[Electronics Wizardy]

5 hours ago, NOAMbre DELISH said:

Would you recommend a Ryzen 7 3700x?

Is there anything that a 1660 will struggle in?

Yea a 3700x is a pretty good pick here.

 

Not much that gpu would strugge in unless you doing lots of very gpu effects heavy work. Normal editing is normally more cpu limited.

[NOAMbre DELISH]

On 10/20/2019 at 3:08 AM, Electronics Wizardy said:

Yea a 3700x is a pretty good pick here.

 

Not much that gpu would strugge in unless you doing lots of very gpu effects heavy work. Normal editing is normally more cpu limited.

thanks!