Ideas for a Video Editing PC - NO GAMING :)

[Jay Kay]

Budget (including currency):  1800 euro

Country: Ireland (any shops in EU will do)

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci Resolve 18, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Handbreak, FFMPEG, Reaper, Cubase.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): No gaming will be done on this unit, it's strictly a dedicated work PC where 80% of use will be Video Editing the other 20% are social media, business apps (O365, CRMs etc...) and watching YouTube videos. 

 

I am looking for input on what to go for in terms of CPU+MBO+COOLING, GPU, SSD, PSU and CASE. No need for input on peripherals/monitor or software. The main app that is used is DaVinci Resolve. 

 

All help is welcome!

 

[_Omega_]

Here is what I figured out... 

1. I used the German PCPartsPicker because when I chose Ireland to many things were unavailable.

2. It might be worth to go with a used GPU because the best I could fit into the build is a 3070Ti and more VRAM could be good for video editing.

PCPartPicker Part List

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-13600KF 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor (€307.99 @ Galaxus) 

CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 280 72.8 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (€104.41 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Motherboard: Gigabyte B760 GAMING X DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard (€149.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory (€77.99 @ Corsair DE) 

Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive (€156.89 @ Alternate) 

Video Card: MSI VENTUS 3X OC GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB Video Card (€618.66 @ Amazon Deutschland) 

Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case (€113.89 @ Galaxus) 

Power Supply: Gigabyte UD750GM 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply (€87.90 @ Alza) 

Total: €1617.63

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 15:44 CEST+0200

 

[Agall]

41 minutes ago, Jay Kay said:

Budget (including currency):  1800 euro

Country: Ireland (any shops in EU will do)

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci Resolve 18, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Handbreak, FFMPEG, Reaper, Cubase.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): No gaming will be done on this unit, it's strictly a dedicated work PC where 80% of use will be Video Editing the other 20% are social media, business apps (O365, CRMs etc...) and watching YouTube videos. 

 

I am looking for input on what to go for in terms of CPU+MBO+COOLING, GPU, SSD, PSU and CASE. No need for input on peripherals/monitor or software. The main app that is used is DaVinci Resolve. 

 

All help is welcome!

 

My only input is to check the price on an R9 5950x build/system, since its still one of the best performance/watt CPUs that exists on the consumer side.

 

You might be able to save a good amount of money picking up someone's recently upgraded cpu+motherboard+ram combo as example.

[SorryBella]

5 hours ago, Jay Kay said:

No gaming will be done on this unit, it's strictly a dedicated work PC where 80% of use will be Video Editing the other 20% are social media, business apps (O365, CRMs etc...) and watching YouTube videos. 

Then you dont really need that high of a budget. Unless if youre working with ultra high resolution video like 8-12K, the VRAM demand isnt that high.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  (€445.99 @ Alternate) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (€42.90 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€204.89 @ Galaxus) 
Memory: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory  (€135.89 @ Alternate) 
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo Plus 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€137.79 @ Galaxus) 
Video Card: Inno3D Twin X2 GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 8 GB Video Card  (€276.99 @ Galaxus) 
Case: Fractal Design Focus G Mini MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (€56.98 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €1301.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-31 20:49 CEST+0200

 

You can spend the 500 euro surplus on extra HDD, or if you havent already, a decent NAS box.

[brob]

According to https://www.pugetsystems.com/solutions/video-editing-workstations/davinci-resolve/hardware-recommendations/ Da Vinci makes good use of the GPU.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  (€402.87 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  (€68.90 @ Alza) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B760M AORUS ELITE AX Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€186.04 @ Galaxus) 
Memory: Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5600 CL36 Memory  (€127.89 @ Galaxus) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN770 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€69.00 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: MSI VENTUS 3X PLUS OC GeForce RTX 3080 10GB LHR 10 GB Video Card  (€769.00 @ Mindfactory) 
Case: Asus Prime AP201 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (€94.90 @ Alza) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply  (€111.36 @ notebooksbilliger.de) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  (€4.58 @ Aquatuning) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  (€4.58 @ Aquatuning) 
Total: €1839.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-04-01 04:13 CEST+0200