PC Build(s) for my company

[mbryant]

Hey all, I'm starting a video production company soon and I will not be using my personal rig for the company. 

These systems will be for editing and work only.

 

They will need to run Adobe Premiere and After Effects

Needs to be able to handle 4K RAW footage, and that's about it. 

 

Part suggestions would be wonderful! 

[seon123]

Do you have a budget and country we can work with?

[mbryant]

3 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Do you have a budget and country we can work with?

U.S and Ideally under 3K since we need 2 systems which will be identical 

[LtStaffel]

2 minutes ago, mbryant said:

U.S and Ideally under 3K since we need 2 systems which will be identical 

I think you could do sub $3k for each. $2k each is plenty and saves you $2k

[mbryant]

Just now, LtStaffel said:

I think you could do sub $3k for each. $2k each is plenty and saves you $2k

True, I told my partners that we should build because it's easier to service the systems. 

[seon123]

Spoiler

Puget has in depth testing for CPUs in Adobe CC. Not sure how it should be weighed for your usecase

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Premiere-Pro-CC-2017-1-2-CPU-Performance-Core-i7-8700K-i5-8600K-i3-8350K-1047/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/After-Effects-CC-2017-2-CPU-Performance-Core-i7-8700K-i5-8600K-i3-8350K-1055/

[seon123]

The 7820X is actually very reasonably priced, at $500. You could save $30 here and there in the build. I assumed you'll use rebates, and that you didn't want a too flashy case.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7820X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X299 Extreme4 ATX LGA2066 Motherboard  ($191.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($127.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($289.99 @ B&H) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card  ($448.79 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Fractal Design - Define R5 Blackout Edition ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA P2 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($85.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2149.47
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-22 19:38 EST-0500

 

Edit: there are actually some 1070 Ti cards for $460-470. Those will perform better in GPU limited scenarios. Puget has testing for that too. https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CC-2015-3-Pascal-GPU-Performance-840/

Edited December 23, 2017 by seon123
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[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1920X 3.5GHz 12-Core Processor  ($698.74 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: ARCTIC - Liquid Freezer 240 74.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($84.88 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X399-A EATX TR4 Motherboard  ($304.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Team - Dark 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($127.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Toshiba - P300 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.99 @ Best Buy) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Mini Video Card  ($418.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $2175.43
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-22 20:10 EST-0500

[brob]

3 hours ago, mbryant said:

True, I told my partners that we should build because it's easier to service the systems. 

For a host of reasons, I don't agree. It is much less disruptive and faster to call your service company and have them diagnose and fix a problem. (Assuming of course one has purchased an appropriate maintenance contract.) 

 

[bowrilla]

3 hours ago, seon123 said:

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Puget has in depth testing for CPUs in Adobe CC. Not sure how it should be weighed for your usecase

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Premiere-Pro-CC-2017-1-2-CPU-Performance-Core-i7-8700K-i5-8600K-i3-8350K-1047/

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/After-Effects-CC-2017-2-CPU-Performance-Core-i7-8700K-i5-8600K-i3-8350K-1055/

Imho it's pretty obvious. For allround workstations you either go with a 8700K or the 7820X. Those i9 do perform slightly better but for twice to thrice the costs – which renders them unreasonable. Ryzen 7 is at best barely on par with the the 8700k but mostly a bit slower (to a lot slower). The 1800X is uneconomical since it's significantly more expensive than a 8700K with worse performance – and some memory issues regarding high memory capacities and memory OC (unless they've finally fixed those issues, but I do doubt that; more than 16GB and you'll have issues with memory speeds beyond 2800). And then there's the point that you can basically take any 1700X and OC it in order to get a 1800X – for $100 less.

Unless you know you have tasks that significantly benefit from more cores (i.e. video rendering station) you go 8700k or 7820X depending on your budget. Everything else doesn't make any sense.

I suggest something like this:
 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7820X 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor  ($499.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: NZXT - Kraken X62 Rev 2 98.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($147.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX X299-E GAMING ATX LGA2066 Motherboard  ($318.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($422.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($245.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($78.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($78.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($78.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card  ($469.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: NZXT - S340 (White) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($59.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($143.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $2546.39
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-22 23:20 EST-0500

You could save some money by sacrificing some performance and going for the 8700k instead. That's probably about $300 less. That 1070 Ti is only about $50 more than most 1070 so why not upping the game? I went with 3 HDDs in order to run RAID 5 cluster. That's 6TB of available storage and higher performance compared to a single drive. You could invest in a SSD RAID for more performance.