Video Editing CPU & Motherboard Suggestions

[jackrdenick]

I’ve been editing in premiere pro on a early 2015 13-inch retina MacBook Pro.  My editing experience recently hasn’t been so great along with slow exports when using templates and other things.  I want to either build my own pc or buy this MSI P65-1084.  The MSI has a i7-9750H.  Here is an amazon link. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TN4C5VZ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_F3niFbVQ1EK06
 

If you could recommend a solid budget CPU and motherboard with great performance that’d be great!

[zeusthemoose]

What’s your budget for the entire system and what country are you located in?

[jackrdenick]

38 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

What’s your budget for the entire system and what country are you located in?

My budget for entire system is $1,800 or less preferably and I’m located in the US.

[zeusthemoose]

4 minutes ago, jackrdenick said:

My budget for entire system is $1,800 or less preferably and I’m located in the US.

With that budget, I would recommend waiting a few months for new GPUs and CPUs to come out. Can you wait or do you want to build now?

[jackrdenick]

6 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

With that budget, I would recommend waiting a few months for new GPUs and CPUs to come out. Can you wait or do you want to build now?

I’d rather have it now especially with summer and my free time along with school right around the corner.  Do you think I should just build what LTT did for their budget 4k editing pc or is there better options?

[zeusthemoose]

15 minutes ago, jackrdenick said:

I’d rather have it now especially with summer and my free time along with school right around the corner.  Do you think I should just build what LTT did for their budget 4k editing pc or is there better options?

Because its from LTT, it most likely is pretty good but prices have changed alot since then so it might not be the best.

Take a look at this build, it will be very good for editing. I did not put in a windows license because you can get one for $5 off of ebay (or other reselling sites). You might also want to consider getting a lower tier graphics card like a 2060 super or 1660 super and then sell it and upgrade when the new gpus come out.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$279.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$34.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$124.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ B&H
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card	$719.99 @ Walmart
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$95.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1620.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-28 23:40 EDT-0400

 

[jackrdenick]

On 7/28/2020 at 11:42 PM, zeusthemoose said:

Because its from LTT, it most likely is pretty good but prices have changed alot since then so it might not be the best.

Take a look at this build, it will be very good for editing. I did not put in a windows license because you can get one for $5 off of ebay (or other reselling sites). You might also want to consider getting a lower tier graphics card like a 2060 super or 1660 super and then sell it and upgrade when the new gpus come out.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$279.99 @ Amazon
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$34.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$124.99 @ Best Buy
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$104.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Crucial P1 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$104.99 @ B&H
Storage	Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card	EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB BLACK GAMING Video Card	$719.99 @ Walmart
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case	$95.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1620.90
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-07-28 23:40 EDT-0400

 

Thanks for the list.  I agree with you on the Ryzen 7 3700X after some research of my own that came at the top of the list. I’ll probably just get a 1660 or 2060 as the 2080 may be over kill at this stage in the game.  I’ll also probably do 32gb of ripjaws ram instead of 16.  Can you recommend a motherboard that has built in Wi-Fi for the Ryzen chip?

[zeusthemoose]

5 minutes ago, jackrdenick said:

Can you recommend a motherboard that has built in Wi-Fi for the Ryzen chip?

Unfortunately I don’t know any with WiFi near that price, but you can always add a pcie or usb WiFi card.

[jackrdenick]

7 hours ago, zeusthemoose said:

Unfortunately I don’t know any with WiFi near that price, but you can always add a pcie or usb WiFi card.

Thanks for your advice!! Will probably go with the pc over the laptop