Build for video editing on 4k and gaming on the side

[TellAJoke]

Budget (including currency): 2500 euros, excluding peripherals

Country: Portugal

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci Resolve, Adobe premiere, Photoshop; Baldur's Gate

 

Is this build decent? What would you change?

Taking recommendations on 4k monitors too. The rest of the peripherals is sorted out.

Thanks!

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pt.pcpartpicker.com/list/GkYL28

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor  (€459.90 @ Globaldata) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX XT 65.57 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€199.90 @ Globaldata) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€237.90 @ Switch Technology) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory  (€179.91 @ PC Componentes) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€146.50 @ Switch Technology) 
Video Card: MSI VENTUS 3X OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  (€884.90 @ PCDIGA) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.80 @ PCDIGA) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x (2021) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€178.81 @ PC Componentes) 
Total: €2373.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-11 18:19 WEST+0100

 

[PDifolco]

9 minutes ago, TellAJoke said:

Budget (including currency): 2500 euros, excluding peripherals

Country: Portugal

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: DaVinci Resolve, Adobe premiere, Photoshop; Baldur's Gate

 

Is this build decent? What would you change?

Taking recommendations on 4k monitors too. The rest of the peripherals is sorted out.

Thanks!

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pt.pcpartpicker.com/list/GkYL28

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor  (€459.90 @ Globaldata) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX XT 65.57 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (€199.90 @ Globaldata) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€237.90 @ Switch Technology) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40 Memory  (€179.91 @ PC Componentes) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€146.50 @ Switch Technology) 
Video Card: MSI VENTUS 3X OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  (€884.90 @ PCDIGA) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.80 @ PCDIGA) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x (2021) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€178.81 @ PC Componentes) 
Total: €2373.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-11 18:19 WEST+0100

 

I would chnage most things indeed

Slightly over budget but I think you need a better card, and the 7900XTX is very good in DV R and in Adobe (it sucks in Blender tho)

And I'd go AMD for the CPU as well, as powerful and more efficient

And a nice case with included fans

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  (€452.90 @ Switch Technology) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  (€74.89 @ Switch Technology) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€268.35 @ PC Componentes) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory  (€227.90 @ PCDIGA) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€146.50 @ Switch Technology) 
Video Card: MSI GAMING TRIO CLASSIC Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  (€1066.34 @ PC Componentes) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse G360A ATX Mid Tower Case  (€89.90 @ Switch Technology) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x (2021) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€178.81 @ PC Componentes) 
Total: €2505.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-11 18:45 WEST+0100

 

 

 

[TellAJoke]

5 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

I would chnage most things indeed

Slightly over budget but I think you need a better card, and the 7900XTX is very good in DV R and in Adobe (it sucks in Blender tho)

And I'd go AMD for the CPU as well, as powerful and more efficient

And a nice case with included fans

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 4.7 GHz 12-Core Processor  (€452.90 @ Switch Technology) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  (€74.89 @ Switch Technology) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ATX AM5 Motherboard  (€268.35 @ PC Componentes) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6000 CL32 Memory  (€227.90 @ PCDIGA) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€146.50 @ Switch Technology) 
Video Card: MSI GAMING TRIO CLASSIC Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24 GB Video Card  (€1066.34 @ PC Componentes) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse G360A ATX Mid Tower Case  (€89.90 @ Switch Technology) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM1000x (2021) 1000 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€178.81 @ PC Componentes) 
Total: €2505.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-11 18:45 WEST+0100

 

 

 

Thanks for the quick feedback!

But I was under the impression that Intel CPU was better for video editing because of the QuickSync & some benchmarks I've come across. 

[jaslion]

12 minutes ago, TellAJoke said:

Thanks for the quick feedback!

But I was under the impression that Intel CPU was better for video editing because of the QuickSync & some benchmarks I've come across. 

You do NOT want quicksync for finished projects AT ALL. It look straight up bad as it's made to be quick but not good. It's blocky, low bitrate and at best ok to see a quick export. But then again you could just export a low bitrate video at least just as quick as quicksync on higher end hardware.

[Electronics Wizardy]

14 minutes ago, jaslion said:

You do NOT want quicksync for finished projects AT ALL. It look straight up bad as it's made to be quick but not good. It's blocky, low bitrate and at best ok to see a quick export. But then again you could just export a low bitrate video at least just as quick as quicksync on higher end hardware.

Depends on the formats, but there are some formats that only the intel iGPUs can decode, and that really improves the editing performance.

 

For exports, I don't see a issue using hardware encoding. Normally your exporting at a high bitrate where there is no visible different between the hardware encoders and software decoders.

[TellAJoke]

22 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Depends on the formats, but there are some formats that only the intel iGPUs can decode, and that really improves the editing performance.

 

For exports, I don't see a issue using hardware encoding. Normally your exporting at a high bitrate where there is no visible different between the hardware encoders and software decoders.

Yes what I had found online was faster editing, hadn't given any thought to the export process.

Would you say the i7-13700K is a good fit for the build then?

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 minutes ago, TellAJoke said:

Yes what I had found online was faster editing, hadn't given any thought to the export process.

Would you say the i7-13700K is a good fit for the build then?

Id go with a 13700k if it was me. I have a 12900k as it works well in resolve.

[brob]

1 hour ago, TellAJoke said:

Thanks for the quick feedback!

But I was under the impression that Intel CPU was better for video editing because of the QuickSync & some benchmarks I've come across. 

 

You are correct, Intel CPU tend to offer better performance than AMD CPU in content creation. There are some nuances and pricing changes constantly which may make one or the other a better choice at any moment in time.  See https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/13th-gen-intel-core-processors-content-creation-review-2369/ for hard data.

 

Some suggestions on the build: faster memory, motherboard to support it, air tower cooler, suitable PSU.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor  (€459.90 @ Globaldata) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 DIGITAL 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  (€79.90 @ Switch Technology) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€264.29 @ PC Componentes) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (€225.90 @ PCDIGA) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€138.80 @ PCDIGA) 
Video Card: MSI VENTUS 3X OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  (€884.90 @ PCDIGA) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.80 @ PCDIGA) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€124.93 @ PC Componentes) 
Total: €2264.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-11 19:55 WEST+0100

 

 

[TellAJoke]

9 minutes ago, brob said:

 

You are correct, Intel CPU tend to offer better performance than AMD CPU in content creation. There are some nuances and pricing changes constantly which may make one or the other a better choice at any moment in time.  See https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/13th-gen-intel-core-processors-content-creation-review-2369/ for hard data.

 

Some suggestions on the build: faster memory, motherboard to support it, air tower cooler, suitable PSU.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K 3.4 GHz 16-Core Processor  (€459.90 @ Globaldata) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AK620 DIGITAL 68.99 CFM CPU Cooler  (€79.90 @ Switch Technology) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€264.29 @ PC Componentes) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (€225.90 @ PCDIGA) 
Storage: Western Digital Black SN850X 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€138.80 @ PCDIGA) 
Video Card: MSI VENTUS 3X OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  (€884.90 @ PCDIGA) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  (€85.80 @ PCDIGA) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€124.93 @ PC Componentes) 
Total: €2264.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-09-11 19:55 WEST+0100

 

 

Awesome! Tysm, might go with this build

[SorryBella]

deeper cut from @brob's build.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i7-13700 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor  (€417.50 @ Switch Technology) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool AG620 BK ARGB 67.88 CFM CPU Cooler  (€59.90 @ Switch Technology) 
Motherboard: MSI B760 GAMING PLUS WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  (€172.80 @ PC Componentes) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws S5 64 GB (2 x 32 GB) DDR5-6400 CL32 Memory  (€225.90 @ PCDIGA) 
Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 2 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (€126.50 @ PC Componentes) 
Video Card: MSI VENTUS 3X OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB Video Card  (€884.90 @ PCDIGA) 
Case: Phanteks Eclipse G300A (3 Fan) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€59.90 @ Globaldata) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM850e (2023) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (€124.93 @ PC Componentes) 
Case Fan: ARCTIC P12 56.3 CFM 120 mm Fan  (€4.90 @ Globaldata) 
Total: €2077.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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