Good Budget Video Editing Rig

[Dark_Llama]

I am looking to build a budget editing rig that will be running 1080p footage in Hitfilm 4 Express but would like to have no or little upgrades if I got a 4k camera. I am looking at RYZEN 7's as they have 8 core, 16 threads and I think this will be awesome for my needs as I will be rendering as well as writing or editing maybe? I will also be playing games on it like Space engineers, Goat simulator, Ark survival Evolved and Banished. I am manily concerend about my current graphics card choice, would go with a 1060 3gb but don't no if it will be enough for 4k. BTW the colours i'm going for are Blue and White.

 

I have been building this (https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/xvCVQV) and want your opinion. BTW this will be my first desktop PC. It's on New Zealand PC part picker because I am a New Zealander if you were wondering. 

 

EDIT - I forgot to mention that I only really need 2 terabytes for hard disk as I will have a massive NAS setup like Linus Tech Tips has, Only smaller

 

EDIT - Update- https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/sczgcc

[Technomancer__]

3 minutes ago, The_Audtior said:

I am looking to build a budget editing rig that will be running 1080p footage in Hitfilm 4 Express but would like to have no or little upgrades if I got a 4k camera. I am looking at RYZEN 7's as they have 8 core, 16 threads and I think this will be awesome for my needs as I will be rendering as well as writing or editing maybe? I will also be playing games on it like Space engineers, Goat simulator, Ark survival Evolved and Banished. I am manily concerend about my current graphics card choice, would go with a 1060 3gb but don't no if it will be enough for 4k. BTW the colours i'm going for are Blue and White.

 

I have been building this (https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/xvCVQV) and want your opinion. BTW this will be my first desktop PC. It's on New Zealand PC part picker because I am a New Zealander if you were wondering. 

change the hdd to a toshiba p300 3tb (its faster for about the same price or cheaper)

change the ssd to a samsung 850 evo 256gb

and get a psu that is atleast tier 1, 2 or maybe 3. tier lists here

also for 4k 60htz you will need at least a 1080

[Zaki_Owais]

Nice,man.Good to hear somebody playing ark now on this forum.You'r right about r7 1700.Might wanna get a tougher card like rx 580 or a 1060 but that's upto you if you can tell the difference between 10 fps.

[Technomancer__]

3 minutes ago, Ethocreeper said:

change the hdd to a toshiba p300 3tb (its faster for about the same price or cheaper)

change the ssd to a samsung 850 evo 256gb

and get a psu that is atleast tier 1, 2 or maybe 3. tier lists here

also for 4k 60htz you will need at least a 1080

or if you want to save money i suggest getting at least a rx 580 8gb

[Dark_Llama]

I'm not to concerned about power efficiency, do I need a tier 1,2 or 3 PSU.

 

The RX 580 8gb is really pushing the budget, should I keep it the same and just throw another card in crossfire when I need it?

 

Here is updated rig, https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/QQnJWX

[Dark_Llama]

17 minutes ago, Zaki_Owais said:

Nice,man.Good to hear somebody playing ark now on this forum.You'r right about r7 1700.Might wanna get a tougher card like rx 580 or a 1060 but that's upto you if you can tell the difference between 10 fps.

Don't really care about 10 frames, As long as it's above 20. I have a Surface pro 3 and have played games for short periods of time and 10 -15 fps. :0

[Dark_Llama]

Updated the PSU for maybe another graphics card in crossfire and overclocking room

 

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/sczgcc

[That_PC_Kid]

The updated build is pretty good. I've heard that the case that you picked is cheaply made but other than that it's a good build.

[Dark_Llama]

11 hours ago, That_PC_Kid said:

The updated build is pretty good. I've heard that the case that you picked is cheaply made but other than that it's a good build.

I just need something that fits the blue and white and black theme and is super cheap, as I want to spend most of my budget on better components.

[Dark_Llama]

Update Graphics card as 1060 is cheaper.

 

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/zMZ3QV

[That_PC_Kid]

3 hours ago, The_Audtior said:

Update Graphics card as 1060 is cheaper.

 

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/zMZ3QV

The RX 580 is a better card so why would he downgrade?

[Dark_Llama]

1 hour ago, That_PC_Kid said:

The RX 580 is a better card so why would he downgrade?

I put it back as you can't do sli with the 1060 even tho it's cheeper.

So in the future for 4k I could just throw in another card, but I downgraded the power supply as it was to expensive just now.

 

BTW I have some ddr3 and a small ssd and hdd so I will buy everything in sections, everything that I need first and then more ram, bigger hdd and finaly a bigger ssd.

[Dark_Llama]

https://nz.pcpartpicker.com/list/72LXtJ

[Sanctorum]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($482.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($158.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($249.00 @ DTC Systems) 
Storage: Kingston - SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($111.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Dual Video Card  ($329.95 @ Computer Lounge) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($165.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Total: $1699.95
 

 

2400MHz RAM for Ryzen is pitiful,so get faster RAM. Go for the more expensive X370 board if you want. Better case. I'd go with NVidia since you specifically stated this would be used for editing.

[Dark_Llama]

8 minutes ago, Sanctorum said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($482.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($158.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($249.00 @ DTC Systems) 
Storage: Kingston - SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($111.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Dual Video Card  ($329.95 @ Computer Lounge) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($165.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Total: $1699.95
 

 

2400MHz RAM for Ryzen is pitiful,so get faster RAM. Go for the more expensive X370 board if you want. Better case. I'd go with NVidia since you specifically stated this would be used for editing.

I am on a really tight budget so the ram is good, for now, If I go with Nvidia then what gpu would you recomend, I would like it to be able to do sli so I can throw another in if I need, but not necassery, It has to have at least 6gb of VRAM

[Sanctorum]

1 hour ago, The_Audtior said:

I am on a really tight budget

$1700 is not a really tight budget.

1 hour ago, The_Audtior said:

so the ram is good, for now

It's really not, and faster RAM isn't too much more expensive. As I've shown you, you can easily get a 3200MHz 16GB kit within budget.

1 hour ago, The_Audtior said:

If I go with Nvidia then what gpu would you recomend

The one that I recommended, GTX 1060. 3GB for comparable performance to an RX 570 in games, 6GB for comparable performance to an RX 580. The 3GB would be fine but the 6GB variant would be better, obviously.

1 hour ago, The_Audtior said:

I would like it to be able to do sli so I can throw another in if I need

Not happening. No SLI support on anything lower end than a GTX 1070.

1 hour ago, The_Audtior said:

It has to have at least 6gb of VRAM

No it doesn't. There's literally no reason to have "at least 6gb of VRAM". Especially considering you were initially looking at a 4GB RX 570. Regardless, you can spend the extra for the 6GB GTX 1060 if you want, but you said yourself, you're "on a really tight budget".

[LienusLateTips]

1 hour ago, Sanctorum said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($482.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($158.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($249.00 @ DTC Systems) 
Storage: Kingston - SSDNow UV400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($86.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($111.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Dual Video Card  ($329.95 @ Computer Lounge) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($165.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Total: $1699.95
 

 

2400MHz RAM for Ryzen is pitiful,so get faster RAM. Go for the more expensive X370 board if you want. Better case. I'd go with NVidia since you specifically stated this would be used for editing.

Please don't go for the GTX 1060 3GB. Get the 6GB or the 1050 Ti.

 

[Sanctorum]

1 minute ago, JDE said:

Please don't go for the GTX 1060 3GB. Get the 6GB or the 1050 Ti.

That makes zero sense. The 6GB GTX 1060 is a good bit more expensive than the 3GB variant, and the 1050Ti is a completely different league of GPU. It's not even remoyely comparable.

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, Sanctorum said:

That makes zero sense. The 6GB GTX 1060 is a good bit more expensive than the 3GB variant, and the 1050Ti is a completely different league of GPU. It's not even remoyely comparable.

3GB is below what I would call "my acceptable amount of VRAM" for $200 cards. With many games, 3GB of VRAM is not enough. Please do more research before recommending the 3GB.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($482.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($158.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($202.00 @ Paradigm PCs) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($153.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($111.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Turbo Video Card  ($413.00 @ Paradigm PCs) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($127.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Total: $1765.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-07 13:38 NZST+1200

[Dark_Llama]

4 minutes ago, Sanctorum said:

$1700 is not a really tight budget.

It's really not, and faster RAM isn't too much more expensive. As I've shown you, you can easily get a 3200MHz 16GB kit within budget.

The one that I recommended, GTX 1060. 3GB for comparable performance to an RX 570 in games, 6GB for comparable performance to an RX 580. The 3GB would be fine but the 6GB variant would be better, obviously.

Not happening. No SLI support on anything lower end than a GTX 1070.

No it doesn't. There's literally no reason to have "at least 6gb of VRAM". Especially considering you were initially looking at a 4GB RX 570. Regardless, you can spend the extra for the 6GB GTX 1060 if you want, but you said yourself, you're "on a really tight budget".

I have no set budget but as cheap as possible as I have no cash. I will get faster ram on your recommendation thanks :)

With no sli support it would mean that I would have to get a much better graphics card to warrant the upgrade.

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, herman mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($482.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($158.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($202.00 @ Paradigm PCs) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($153.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($111.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Turbo Video Card  ($413.00 @ Paradigm PCs) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($127.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($119.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Total: $1765.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-07 13:38 NZST+1200

^ Go for this. 

[Dark_Llama]

2 minutes ago, JDE said:

^ Go for this. 

What about this?

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($482.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($248.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($202.00 @ Paradigm PCs) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($153.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Turbo Video Card  ($413.00 @ Paradigm PCs) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($78.56 @ Ascent Technology) 
Power Supply: Zalman - 400W ATX Power Supply  ($49.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Total: $1625.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-07 13:41 NZST+1200

 

+ faster ram

[Sanctorum]

 

23 hours ago, The_Audtior said:

I have no set budget but as cheap as possible as I have no cash. I will get faster ram on your recommendation thanks

With no sli support it would mean that I would have to get a much better graphics card to warrant the upgrade.

The no SLI support thing isn't really an issue. Sure it would be nice to have, but it's not a problem. Next generation x70 GPU or 2 generations from now x60 GPU would be a decent upgrade from a GTX 1060. The GTX 1060 would easily last you until then anyway, at least for video editing, and gaming at 1080p. 

[Dark_Llama]

23 hours ago, Sanctorum said:

The no SLI support thing isn't really an issue. Sure it would be nice to have, but it's not a problem. Next generation x70 GPU or 2 generations from now x60 GPU would be a decent upgrade from a GTX 1060. The GTX 1060 would easily last you until then anyway, at least for video editing, and gaming at 1080p. 

Thanks for clearing up Sli thing.

 

Here is new parts list with faster ram and gtx 1060 6gb

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($482.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($248.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($209.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($153.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB Turbo Video Card  ($413.00 @ Paradigm PCs) 
Case: Deepcool - TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case  ($78.56 @ Ascent Technology) 
Power Supply: Zalman - 400W ATX Power Supply  ($49.00 @ 1stWave Technologies) 
Total: $1632.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-07 13:43 NZST+1200

 

I'm going with 6GB of VRAM for video editing purposes.