Custom PC Build - Video Editing - Advice Needed

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Hayley D

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Hi,

I had a PC custom built several years ago for the purpose of video editing. I am now looking to upgrade the PC with new components so that it can effectively cope with increased requirements of video editing (potentially even 4K footage). I am hoping someone can make recommendations as to the parts that I need to upgrade (I think I will just need to get a new motherboard, processor and ram) and recommendations from a catalogue of parts.

My current PC is made up of the following components:
> Intel CORE 2 QUAD Q9400/2.66GHz/6MB CACHE
> Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L M/B, P43+ICH10, FSB 1600
> G.Skill DDR2 4G(2x2G)PC8500 1066Mhz Heatspreader(F2-8500CL5D-4GBPK)
> Galaxy GeForce 9600GT PCI-E 1GB DDR2
> Asus VW220T 21.6 inch wide 5ms Spkr DVI/VGA Black
> Samsung 22X DVDRW Black IDE Vista Support OEM
> Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Card PCI Express Retail Package
> Asus Vento TA-K11 ATX case 400W PSU
> Microsoft Basic Black Value Pack with Optical Mouse

If anyone can offer advice or recommend the parts that will make this a good PC for video editing that would be much appreciated. I'm looking to purchase from: https://www.umart.com.au/umart1/pro/index.phtml?bid=9

My budget is around $1,000.

Thanks!
 
AMD FX-8320 Black Edition 8-Core Socket AM3+ CPU Processor
ASRock 970_EXTREME3-R2.AM3+ AMD970 4*DDR3 5xSATA3 4xUSB3.0 2*PCIEx16
Arctic Cooling, Freezer 7 PRO Rev.2 (Optional)
Kingston HX318C10FK2/16 16GB Kit HyperX Fury Blue 1866Mhz DDR3 1.5v
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti WindForce 2GB Video Card
Samsung SATA Black Internal DVD RW Drive (Optional)

AMD FX 8 core are good value for video editing.
However, intel i7 faster and you should be able to squeeze within your budget
Intel Core i7 4790K Quad Core LGA 1150 4.0GHz Unlocked CPU Processor
ASRock Z97-ANNIVERSARY/Z97/4 x DDR3/1 x PCI-E3.0 x 16/3 x PCI-E2.0 x 1/2 x PCI/6 x SATA3/6 x US

Any idea what PSU you've got? I suggest you change it if it is a generic one.
FSP FSP-RA550S 550W Raider Series 80 Plus Silver PSU, 5 Years Wty. Black Colour, 120mm Fan, 1x 2

BTW, if you need 4k editing, I think you may need to spend a bit more...
 
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Man, the prices for parts in Australia are high. Would be hard to keep it under a thousand for a decent video editing workstation.
 
WhoX said:
Man, the prices for parts in Australia are high. Would be hard to keep it under a thousand for a decent video editing workstation.
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Happy to increase budget to $1500 if it's worth it to get an editing computer I can rely on.
 
Cisco001 said:
AMD FX-8320 Black Edition 8-Core Socket AM3+ CPU Processor
ASRock 970_EXTREME3-R2.AM3+ AMD970 4*DDR3 5xSATA3 4xUSB3.0 2*PCIEx16
Arctic Cooling, Freezer 7 PRO Rev.2 (Optional)
Kingston HX318C10FK2/16 16GB Kit HyperX Fury Blue 1866Mhz DDR3 1.5v
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti WindForce 2GB Video Card
Samsung SATA Black Internal DVD RW Drive (Optional)

AMD FX 8 core are good value for video editing.
However, intel i7 faster and you should be able to squeeze within your budget
Intel Core i7 4790K Quad Core LGA 1150 4.0GHz Unlocked CPU Processor
ASRock Z97-ANNIVERSARY/Z97/4 x DDR3/1 x PCI-E3.0 x 16/3 x PCI-E2.0 x 1/2 x PCI/6 x SATA3/6 x US

Any idea what PSU you've got? I suggest you change it if it is a generic one.
FSP FSP-RA550S 550W Raider Series 80 Plus Silver PSU, 5 Years Wty. Black Colour, 120mm Fan, 1x 2

BTW, if you need 4k editing, I think you may need to spend a bit more...
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Thanks for your help...I'll have a look at those parts...would be happy to increase budge to $1500 if that would make a difference in quality/speed/reliability for editing especially if considering 4k footage.
 
I don't know much when it comes to video editing, but im guessing video editing takes up a load of spaces, even more so if you are working in 4K. Wouldn't it be a good idea to have some fast drives to transfer that stuff about or is it best to go for high capacity HDD's to store all those big files?
 
For what you want, $1500 Australian isn't going to work either. To cut video in 4K you will need a decent 4K display. Looking at that website you chose, you won't find an IPS 4k display for under $400. Ideally you should also have a video card with at least 256 Bit bandwidth. Buying an AMD CPU now is a waste of money, all of their current sockets are dead. That means they aren't investing any more effort in the current stock, and upgrading the current socket with some AMD CPU in the future is out of the question. For the system you need/want you will have to spend between $2200 and $2500 Australian.
 
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WhoX said:
For what you want, $1500 Australian isn't going to work either. To cut video in 4K you will need a decent 4K display. Looking at that website you chose, you won't find an IPS 4k display for under $400. Ideally you should also have a video card with at least 256 Bit bandwidth. Buying an AMD CPU now is a waste of money, all of their current sockets are dead. That means they aren't investing any more effort in the current stock, and upgrading the current socket with some AMD CPU in the future is out of the question. For the system you need/want you will have to spend between $2200 and $2500 Australian.
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Not agree with socket dead comment.
Intel change their socket every so often...
Basically given up changing CPU with same socket anyway...
 
The AMD Socket AM3+ was introduced in 2011, FM2+ in 2013. Since then AMD has done nothing innovative to refresh those sockets. The sockets are dead. Supposedly AMD will introduce a new set of CPUs and a new socket(s) either this year or in 2016.
 
You do not need a 4K display to edit 4K material. You just need at lease 8 logical cores and 16GB RAM minimum. SSD scratch disk and nice RAID storage.
 
WhoX said:
The AMD Socket AM3+ was introduced in 2011, FM2+ in 2013. Since then AMD has done nothing innovative to refresh those sockets. The sockets are dead. Supposedly AMD will introduce a new set of CPUs and a new socket(s) either this year or in 2016.
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The brought out new chips in Q2 I think.. Great A10 chips, and though they may be "dead", they offer great performance for the price.

They are indeed bringing new sets soon to supplement their 300 series cards.
 
Okedokey said:
You do not need a 4K display to edit 4K material. You just need at lease 8 logical cores and 16GB RAM minimum. SSD scratch disk and nice RAID storage.
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And ideally a graphics card with a nice amount of RAM, around 4GB.

An i7 4790K or 6700K, 16GB of RAM, GTX 760 or 960 4GB should cut it.
 
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