PC for 4k Editing

Iam12 on 05/03/2019 - 11:41

I'm looking for a mid range editing PC and it seems like the bulk of PCs on ebay are gaming oriented(8 gig of ram, built around GPU etc.)

I'm more interested in a PC that's lightning fast in windows&premiere cc and looking for something like 8700/k, 32+ gigs of ram, mid range gpu with 970 evo or similar SSD. Haven't found a solid option yet so might have to build one. What sort of price range would that fall under and do I need that fast of a CPU to have no lag in premiere or can I get away with something cheaper?

Thanks!

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  • Gunther on 05/03/2019 - 12:17
    +1

    Might be a helpful read….

    https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems…

  • scrimshaw on 05/03/2019 - 12:18
    +2

    This guide should give you a guide on what kind of parts you need for a Adobe Premiere CC build.

    https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems…

    (beaten to the punch)

    Its probably recommended to get a custom build system rather than a prebuilt so that you can adjust things to suit your needs / budget

    scrimshaw on 05/03/2019 - 12:18 (Collapsed - Offtopic. Show)
  • pformag on 05/03/2019 - 12:22

    I used these guys for our work PCs. https://www.ebay.com.au/str/pcbytestore/Desktop/_i.html?_sto…

    Purchased around 4-5 desktops so far with no issues.

    Pick a starting system and then modify to your needs.

    or

    Use https://au.pcpartpicker.com/list/

    and build your own. It is very easy to do if you have time.

  • Diji1 on 05/03/2019 - 14:00
    +1

    You want a AMD Threadripper system.

    Why?

    Because costs about half what the equivalent core and PCIe lanes cost with Intel. I don't think Z390 (8700K chipset) has enough PCIe lanes for 4K video.

    You are still looking at a substantial cost: ~$400 for motherboard (probably less if you're happy not overclocking),

    ~$100 for Noctua NH-U14 TR4 SP3 CPU cooler,

    and Threadripper CPU: either 1900X, 1920X or 1950X which go up in core count and price.

    I just paid $800 for 1950X 16 core (32 logical cores) but you can pick it up cheaper second hand for $600.

    The other two are cheaper with less cores. The 1900X with 8 cores 16 logical processors would likely be adequate.

    Then 32GB RAM is good.

    As long as you don't need to encode HEVC Nvidia GTX 970 is good choice, if you do require this then you need GTX 1060 or higher.

  • [Deactivated] on 05/03/2019 - 16:33

    Most peopl3 don't actually edit 4k you use proxy files then output it in 4k. (You can Google how to do this)

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