Video Editing

[Aurinko]

I was wondering how many cpu cores I need and how much RAM I need to edit at 1440p and occasionally 2160p.

[The Sloth]

Pro or hobby? 

 

What kind of footage? Pro res, raw, are you going to do color grading? 

 

 

[Aurinko]

$700

[gloop]

1 minute ago, SpyGuyB said:

$700

What program?

[gloop]

1 minute ago, SpyGuyB said:

$700

FOr full build or just the cpu and ram?

[Aurinko]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

What kind of footage? Pro res, raw, are you going to do color grading?

Idk about prores or raw, but I know the vids will be about 3-5 Minutes long, 10 at most.

[Aurinko]

Just now, gloop said:

FOr full build or just the cpu and ram?

just the 2

[The Sloth]

Just now, SpyGuyB said:

Idk about prores or raw, but I know the vids will be about 3-5 Minutes long, 10 at most.

for a casual hobby use, get a ryzen 3600( 2600 if you can find a deal), 16 GB ram, 1060 super. 

 

 

 

[gloop]

1 minute ago, SpyGuyB said:

just the 2

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 3.5 GHz 16-Core Processor	$499.00 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$219.99 @ Newegg
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$718.99
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-20 16:57 EDT-0400

THis is for professional editing, if you are a hobbyist get a 3700x and 32gb 3200mhz.

[Aurinko]

I want to use premier pro and I edit as a hobby but I am planning to make a vid about once every few days.

[ArrowThief]

If 1440 or 2160 is all you are doing you can probably get away with as little as a quad-core and 16GB of RAM. A reasonably fast octo-core is gonna do everything you need. Add to that 32GB of RAM to be comfortable. 64 to be super comfy.

 

Something I find people often forget when building an editing station is disk read speed. Make sure you are working off a nice fast file server or your processing power is just gonna be sitting idle waiting for frames.

[Aurinko]

Thank you!

[Aurinko]

I was planning on a 3900x or a 3950x for editing because they are pretty fast and I want a pc that will last a little while. 32 - 64gb is probably what I'll be going for. I'll start with 32 then upgrade later.

[Aurinko]

2 minutes ago, ArrowThief said:

If 1440 or 2160 is all you are doing you can probably get away with as little as a quad-core and 16GB of RAM. A reasonably fast octo-core is gonna do everything you need. Add to that 32GB of RAM to be comfortable. 64 to be super comfy.

 

Something I find people often forget when building an editing station is disk read speed. Make sure you are working off a nice fast file server or your processing power is just gonna be sitting idle waiting for frames.

Im probably going to have 2TB of SATA SSD dedicated to videos.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, SpyGuyB said:

Im probably going to have 2TB of SATA SSD dedicated to videos.

might as well go nvme m.2, there about the same in cost, and a bit faster in some uses.

[Aurinko]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

might as well go nvme m.2, there about the same in cost, and a bit faster in some uses.

Okay, thanks!

[ArrowThief]

Also keep in mind that drives fail. Have a backup HDD or sooner or later you will lose data. Speaking from experience.... 

[Aurinko]

Just now, ArrowThief said:

Also keep in mind that drives fail. Have a backup HDD or sooner or later you will lose data. Speaking from experience.... 

I am starting with a 1TB HDD because I have one lying around my house. I will probably have a few NVMEs and 2 SATA SSDs and another 4TB HDD