ssal
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About 5 years ago, I built a desktop for the purpose of editing my video. I'd just started videoing after years with still photography.
My initial built was moderate with a budget under $1,000 before the monitor. This was the component list:
The system worked well when I was shooting 1080. But shortly after, I advanced to 4K H.264 codec and the system became a bit sluggish when I scrub the video. I wanted to upgrade the system, but the price of GPU went nut during the pandemic. I tracked the price in the past two years and the prices had finally came down.
Recently, I was able to get a brand new Ryzen 9 5950x for $320, and a RTX 4060 8gb for $310. I had to add a Noctua Cooler for $90 as well.
I sold the old GPU and CPU for around $200 and netted $160. So the net cost of my upgrade is around $550.
I finally have a system that is a joy to play with.
I'd like to hear your comments on my move.
My initial built was moderate with a budget under $1,000 before the monitor. This was the component list:
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X Processor |
ASRock B450M PRO4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard |
Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory |
Seagate Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (x2) |
HP EX920 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive |
Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Video Card |
COUGAR MX330 Mid-Tower Case |
EVGA - 600W ATX 12V/EPS 12V 80 Plus Power Supply - Black |
Extra cooling fans (x3) |
LG Internal SATA 24x DVD CD +/-R & RW DL Disc Burner Re-Writer Drive OEM Bulk |
TP-Link TL-WN881ND PCIe x1 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter |
Samsung 840 EVO 2.5" 1TB SATA SSD Hard Drive MZ-7TE1T0 |
The system worked well when I was shooting 1080. But shortly after, I advanced to 4K H.264 codec and the system became a bit sluggish when I scrub the video. I wanted to upgrade the system, but the price of GPU went nut during the pandemic. I tracked the price in the past two years and the prices had finally came down.
Recently, I was able to get a brand new Ryzen 9 5950x for $320, and a RTX 4060 8gb for $310. I had to add a Noctua Cooler for $90 as well.
I sold the old GPU and CPU for around $200 and netted $160. So the net cost of my upgrade is around $550.
I finally have a system that is a joy to play with.
I'd like to hear your comments on my move.