PC Build for Editing

[Boxez408]

Hello Everyone! 

 

Ok so im looking to start a new build. The main focus of this build is going to be for After Effects, Adobe Premier, video editing and processing 4k  videos. I dont know much when it comes to picking the right hardware and need some tips. Best Buy has a computer for sale pre built. it includes,

 

amd fx black series,

rx 480,

8gb of ram, 

1tb of hard drive space.

 

A friend suggested a different build but i have no clue which would be better for what im going to be doing. 

His build was,

 

i5 4690k,

h50 water cooler 

evga 750 ti, 

hyper x fury 8gb of ram

 

I have no clue what to go with, i feel like the specs he recommended are better for gaming not really for what i need. Im working with a budget of 800-1000 usd. does anyone have any suggestions or tips? ill link best buys website down below. 

 

Many thanks!

 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/cyberpowerpc-gamer-ultra-desktop-amd-fx-black-edition-series-8gb-memory-amd-radeon-rx-480-1tb-hard-drive-black/5615010.p?skuId=5615010

 

 

 

[Guest]

First thing's first. A 750 ti imo is kinda old. You may want something better for video editing. A gpu can make a lot of difference.

 

EDIT "Sorry I see your budget now. 800-1000USD. I'll try some things out. "

The best buy deal is only better because of the GPU that's better. 

Get a second opinion and make sure I'm right about what I share. 
Here's a video about gpus and videos. 

 

[Castdeath97]

Well the build he suggested was trash, so Ignore it. 

 

Why not build a PC, prebuilt are kinda effy.

[Boxez408]

Just now, fpo said:

First thing's first. A 750 ti imo is kinda old. You may want something better for video editing. A gpu can make a lot of difference. Do you have a budget perhaps we can throw you a build together. 

The best buy deal is only better because of the GPU that's better. 

Get a second opinion and make sure I'm right about what I share. 
Here's a video about gpus and videos. 

 

Thanks for the quick reply! i have a budget it cant be over 1000. id like to spend 800 and use 200 for a good monitor 

[Oswin]

main purpose only for productivity? no gaming ?

[Boxez408]

Just now, Oswin said:

main purpose only for productivity? no gaming ?

correct

[Guest]

what do you think of this? 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LzkFKZ

Do you have old hard drives? What old parts do you have? 

I didn't include a case because I was hoping you had a spare. If not I can see what I can do with the budget. 

[Boxez408]

2 minutes ago, fpo said:

what do you think of this? 

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LzkFKZ

Do you have old hard drives? What old parts do you have? 

I didn't include a case because I was hoping you had a spare. If not I can see what I can do with the budget. 

It looks to be within budget i dont have a case but i can always add one to it this looks perfect. Do you think i would be able to run premiere and after effects fine with this setup or is there anything ill be missing out on? Thanks again i really appreciate the help 

[Wolther]

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/D7ptKZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/D7ptKZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($41.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.90 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  ($95.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($58.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $815.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-27 04:54 EST-0500

 

I tried to make sure there were no compromises anywhere. It's obviously flexible on what you plan to do most on. 

 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Boxez408 said:

It looks to be within budget i dont have a case but i can always add one to it this looks perfect. Do you think i would be able to run premiere and after effects fine with this setup or is there anything ill be missing out on? Thanks again i really appreciate the help 

Personally I don't have adobe software. However I left you an upgrade path. From what Linus and his team shares in videos about their PCs, a beefy cpu helps, but the video card is the a huuuuge boost. An eh cpu with a monster gpu will perform much better than a mega cpu. It was in one of their benchmarks. I believe the video I shared earlier but I'm not sure. sooo many ltt videos. I'm going to try another build modifying what I shared to see what I can do. 

[Boxez408]

3 minutes ago, Wolther said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/D7ptKZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/D7ptKZ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170-A PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($41.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.90 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 4GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card  ($95.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 w/Window (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($69.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($58.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $815.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-27 04:54 EST-0500

Thanks a ton for your build suggestion whats your opinion between the 460 vs the 1060? i dont mind increasing it if ill get better performance and just wait for a better monitor later.

[Oswin]

5 minutes ago, Boxez408 said:

It looks to be within budget i dont have a case but i can always add one to it this looks perfect. Do you think i would be able to run premiere and after effects fine with this setup or is there anything ill be missing out on? Thanks again i really appreciate the help 

do you have any spare GPUs?

[Mr.Meerkat]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($294.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($60.98 @ Newegg)  Cheapest ATX LGA1151 Motherboard right now so don't say anything about how it's a z170 motherboard with a non-K CPU.
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($37.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: BitFenix Neos ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $755.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-27 05:01 EST-0500

 

This does include quite a lot of discounts...especially the RX480 so you know  

 

Revised:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock 2 51.4 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($42.77 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($60.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($37.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: BitFenix Neos ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $852.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-27 05:10 EST-0500

[Boxez408]

1 minute ago, Oswin said:

do you have any spare GPUs?

i dont have any of the parts for it really it would have to be all purchased sorry if im making it hard to do within budget 

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Boxez408 said:

Thanks a ton for your build suggestion whats your opinion between the 460 vs the 1060? i dont mind increasing it if ill get better performance and just wait for a better monitor later.

gtx 1060 is wayyy better. The rx 460 is an amd card aimed at budget gaming. The 1060 is an nvidia gpu targetted more towards performance. Still working on a new build to see what I can beef up. 

[AkiraDaarkst]

26 minutes ago, Boxez408 said:

editing and processing 4k  videos

The sort of specs or configurations here are good enough for 1080p editing, and may be able to handle 4K to a certain degree.  Working with 4K video requires, as a general rule of thumb, four times the resources of 1080p.  I personally would not (on a desktop build) work with less than a quad core, 16GB of memory and several TB of HDD/SSD storage space for 4K editing.  In fact, I'd have separate HDD/SSD setups (one dedicated for OS and Applications, another for project files).  After this, anything else depends on the kind of 4K and editing you are planning to work with.  Are you going to work with low bit rate 4K videos from cameras like a GoPro or high bit rate 4K videos from cinema cameras with huge file sizes, do you want to be able to color grade in wide gamut, high color depth, work with dozens of layers of video and audio tracks?

[Wolther]

7 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($294.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($60.98 @ Newegg)  Cheapest ATX LGA1151 Motherboard right now so don't say anything about how it's a z170 motherboard with a non-K CPU.
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($37.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: BitFenix Neos ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $755.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-27 05:01 EST-0500

 

This does include quite a lot of discounts...especially the RX480 so you know  

The k version for that cpu is literally 5 extra dollars. 

 

This makes sense, except you went cheapo on the PSU, and you leave very little storage for 4k video, 2tb minimum I say 

Edit: nvm. the k version is out of stock 

[Oswin]

5 minutes ago, Boxez408 said:

i dont have any of the parts for it really it would have to be all purchased sorry if im making it hard to do within budget 

how much storage do you need ?

[Boxez408]

Just now, Oswin said:

how much storage do you need ?

i feel like i would need to start of with at-least 2tb and i think i would be able to upgrade to ssd later for right now i dont mind using a regular hard drive. 

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, Wolther said:

The k version for that cpu is literally 5 extra dollars.

Didn't realise  

 

1 minute ago, Wolther said:

his makes sense, except you went cheapo on the PSU

Errmmmm...you know that the grey labeled CXM PSUs are higher than your NEX in quality right?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($299.99 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Shadow Rock 2 51.4 CFM Rifle Bearing CPU Cooler  ($42.77 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock Z170A-X1/3.1 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($60.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team Elite Plus 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($37.99 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 480 4GB GAMING X Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: BitFenix Neos ATX Mid Tower Case  ($32.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 550W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $852.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-27 05:10 EST-0500

[Oswin]

Just now, Boxez408 said:

i feel like i would need to start of with at-least 2tb and i think i would be able to upgrade to ssd later for right now i dont mind using a regular hard drive. 

thanks for that  the ssd is eating up the budget ($119) 

[Guest]

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dkWxbj

Perhaps this?

Bit expensive but I'll try editing this list

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, fpo said:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/dkWxbj

Perhaps this?

Bit expensive but I'll try editing this list

He's not planning to game on it so the 1070 may be a lil useless  

[Oswin]

5 minutes ago, Boxez408 said:

i feel like i would need to start of with at-least 2tb and i think i would be able to upgrade to ssd later for right now i dont mind using a regular hard drive. 

1 last thing. how much would you go over 800?

[Guest]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

He's not planning to game on it so the 1070 may be a lil useless  

Are you sure? I thought the better performance would be in all video aspects