Hardcore 4K Editing PC

[Unknown_94]

What's up guys?

So, my friend and I just opened a company and need a PC system that can easily run Premiere Pro CC to edit 4K footage on at least two 4K monitors. Let's assume a budget of around $2000, without any kind of peripherals.

 

Thinking of sticking with Intel and nVidia for this one, even with the release of Ryzen. What would your specs sugestions be?

Thanks in advance!

[AnalogCanavity]

Are you sure about Ryzen?

[The Sloth]

3 minutes ago, Unknown_94 said:

Intel and nVidia for this one, even with the release of Ryzen.

AMD and Nvidia would be a better option, ryzen 1700 is the best productivity cpu for the price. 

[honor]

What about this build?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($468.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4 140.2 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($152.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($219.99 @ Corsair)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Constellation ES.3 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($768.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2290.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:20 EDT-0400

 

Opps sorry just realized that you wanted an intel build.

[Unknown_94]

13 minutes ago, Zic05 said:

Are you sure about Ryzen?

Open minded about it

[Unknown_94]

13 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

AMD and Nvidia would be a better option, ryzen 1700 is the best productivity cpu for the price. 

Good enough for 4K loads?

[Drake10114]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($468.98 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($119.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($173.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($319.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($327.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($768.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case  ($104.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2481.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:26 EDT-0400

 

Room on PSU to run a 2nd 1080ti in SLI.

[Drake10114]

9 minutes ago, Unknown_94 said:

Good enough for 4K loads?

Yes, since your editting, having more cores and threads will help reduce time when rendering. Ryzen is better than Intel when it comes to editing basically.

[Zando_]

$54 over budget, but you're getting the top i7, 32GB RAM, a 250GB boot SSD, and 2TB of SSD storage to hold all that 4K goodness. And a 1080 Ti (You could drop the $54 by getting a cheaper 1080)

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4YQbf8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4YQbf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($338.34 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($121.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($133.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($231.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($127.98 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V310 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($309.96 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V310 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($309.96 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card  ($779.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2554.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:30 EDT-0400

[Unknown_94]

9 minutes ago, honor said:

What about this build?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($468.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4 140.2 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($152.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($219.99 @ Corsair)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Constellation ES.3 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($768.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2290.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:20 EDT-0400

 

Opps sorry just realized that you wanted an intel build.

No problem, open minded about Ryzen! Just more used to Intel, that's all. Seems like a solid build! I'll probably go with 2x16GB RAM to more easily double up if needed, right?

[honor]

Just now, Unknown_94 said:

No problem, open minded about Ryzen! Just more used to Intel, that's all. Seems like a solid build! I'll probably go with 2x16GB RAM to more easily double up if needed, right?

good idea! I didn't think of that

[Unknown_94]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

$54 over budget, but you're getting the top i7, 32GB RAM, a 250GB boot SSD, and 2TB of SSD storage to hold all that 4K goodness. And a 1080 Ti (You could drop the $54 by getting a cheaper 1080)

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4YQbf8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/4YQbf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($338.34 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($121.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($133.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($231.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($127.98 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V310 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($309.96 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston SSDNow V310 960GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($309.96 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card  ($779.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2554.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:30 EDT-0400

I had to edit the budget since I got it wrong. Anyways, you can pretty much make up for the difference on the storage department, right?

[Zando_]

2 minutes ago, Unknown_94 said:

I had to edit the budget since I got it wrong. Anyways, you can pretty much make up for the difference on the storage department, right?

I present you: 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qPQbf8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qPQbf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($338.34 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($121.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($133.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($231.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($127.98 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($117.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card  ($779.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2051.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:37 EDT-0400

 

Same build, just 2TB of WD Black dependability instead of zippy SSDs.

[Unknown_94]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

I present you: 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qPQbf8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qPQbf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($338.34 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($121.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($133.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($231.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($127.98 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($117.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card  ($779.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2051.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:37 EDT-0400

Thanks man! Seems awesome!

[The Sloth]

2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I present you: 

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qPQbf8
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qPQbf8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($338.34 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($121.99 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: MSI Z270 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($133.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($231.99 @ Best Buy) 
Storage: Samsung 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($127.98 @ NCIX US) 
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($117.33 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card  ($779.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Phanteks ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2051.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:37 EDT-0400

 

Same build, just 2TB of WD Black dependability instead of zippy SSDs.

 

a 7700k will be horrible at editing and rendering 4k footage.

[Zando_]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

a 7700k will be horrible at editing and rendering 4k footage.

How so? 8 threads, 4+ GHz speeds... iMac 5Ks can edit 4K footage just fine, and they max out at a quad core HT i7.

[The Sloth]

20 minutes ago, honor said:

What about this build?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($468.98 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4 140.2 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($152.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($219.99 @ Corsair)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($179.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Constellation ES.3 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($768.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Corsair 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $2290.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:20 EDT-0400

 

Opps sorry just realized that you wanted an intel build.

 

get a NAS for more storage. 

[Unknown_94]

13 minutes ago, Drake10114 said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 1800X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($468.98 @ NCIX US) 
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($119.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($173.89 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($319.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Samsung 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($327.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($66.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING Video Card  ($768.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT Phantom 530 (Black) ATX Full Tower Case  ($104.99 @ NCIX US) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2481.60
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:26 EDT-0400

 

Room on PSU to run a 2nd 1080ti in SLI.

Thanks! Do you think running two 1080ti in SLI will improve editing performance significantly?

[The Sloth]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

How so? 8 threads, 4+ GHz speeds...

only 8 threads? 

[The Sloth]

Just now, Unknown_94 said:

Thanks! Do you think running two 1080ti in SLI will improve editing performance significantly?

it will depend on how much footage you have and what quality, you will notice the difference in high bitrate 4k raw or 6k to 8k footage. 

[brob]

17 minutes ago, Zic05 said:

Are you sure about Ryzen?

 

16 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

AMD and Nvidia would be a better option, ryzen 1700 is the best productivity cpu for the price. 

 

2 minutes ago, Drake10114 said:

Yes, since your editting, having more cores and threads will help reduce time when rendering. Ryzen is better than Intel when it comes to editing basically.

Ryzen is currently pretty much limited to 32GB of DDR4-2400 memory. Not sure that will be optimal for working with 4K content.

 

@Unknown_94,

 

A touch over budget. But has more memory and a nice size ssd which will make a real difference in content creation work.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($388.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-A II ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($231.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($399.99 @ Corsair) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($91.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($499.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout Edition ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $2061.21
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:40 EDT-0400

[The Sloth]

Just now, brob said:

ryzen is currently pretty much limited to 32GB o

ryzen can support up to 64gb of ddr4 3200mhz ram, you don't need more than 32gb for what OP will be doing. 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, brob said:

 

 

Ryzen is currently pretty much limited to 32GB of DDR4-2400 memory. Not sure that will be optimal for working with 4K content.

 

@Unknown_94,

 

A touch over budget. But has more memory and a nice size ssd which will make a real difference in content creation work.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6800K 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($388.00 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus X99-A II ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($231.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($399.99 @ Corsair) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($179.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($91.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card  ($499.99 @ B&H) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout Edition ATX Mid Tower Case  ($99.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Total: $2061.21
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-28 12:40 EDT-0400

 

here a ryzen 1700 matching a 5960x(which is much better than a 6800k). 

 

[Zando_]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

only 8 threads? 

I don't get all the "Ryzen is better stuff" To get a Ryzen with a comparable clock speed, it's much more expensive than the i7. It has more cores and threads, but that just means it has an edge in multi-thread applications. The i7 is by no means slow. It's like me having a Lamborghini Aventador, and then you tell me the Mclaren P1 is way better. Sure, it might go faster, but the Aventador is no slouch. Same with i7 vs Ryzen. Though the i7 has an edge in this argument since the OP requested an Intel build. 

[Unknown_94]

4 minutes ago, nerdslayer1 said:

ryzen can support up to 64gb of ddr4 3200mhz ram, you don't need more than 32gb for what OP will be doing. 

Sorry, getting a bit confused. So, it does support 64gb ddr4 ram?