Recommend Me a Good PC for Video Editing

[friedrich]

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Hi fellow istoryans,

I'm planning to build a new rig intended mainly for some graphic works specifically for video graphics and editing. Softwares to be used are Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator and Cinema 4D. I will also do matchmoving, so add Mocha and Syntheyes to the list.

Please help me choose the best PC components that could give me more processing power and save me from very long rendering time and crashes too. My main concern is the motherboard. I want it to leave me more room for future upgrades as I am on a tight initial budget. What I meant is it should at least have enough SATA slots, maybe a HDMI, eSATA and USB 3.0 ports.

The above-mentioned softwares are memory hogs, what memory brand and modules do you recommend? I've heard about dual and triple channel memory but I'm not that knowledgeable on this. I plan of having 4 or 8GB.

The budget is around 25-30K and this will cover the Mobo, Processor, RAM and Casing. The HDD, VC and PSU aren't in the list because I already have them.

What I have in mind are these:
Proc: Intel i7-2600k (3.4Ghz up to 3.8Ghz) - P 14,037.375 (GI)
Mobo: Asrock Fatal1ty P67 Performance - P P 6,950 (Cool Rigs)
RAM: _______ 4 or 8GB
Casing: _________ P5-6K max.


What do you recommend?


Thanks in advance, Istoryans.

[balipseyev]

RAM: Corsair Vengeance or G.Skill Ripjaws X... katong 8GB i think around 4k+ ang usa ka set...

Casing: Daghan man mapilian ani bro, ikaw lang bahala unsa na model imu nahan... You can check the fractal design casing na baligya ni boss andz...

[friedrich]

@balipseyev: thanks bro. will check that out.

[Utan_Tinunoan]

TS pwede mahibawan kung unsa nga vc ug psu imong napilian?

[friedrich]

I will just use my old PSU and VC. I'll upgrade them later. To answer your question, I have a Silverstone 500W PSU (STF50-ES) and my entry-level GTS220 or my ATI HD-467X video cards.

Actually, I'm still saving up for this major upgrade from my current Core2duo rig and still have to save more to upgrade my PSU and VC. whew... this will be months of sleepless nights ahead. hehehe.

[Utan_Tinunoan]

hehe. tnx for answering. yah upgrading is absolutely sumthn that we all be looking forward. cant wait and itching for that new hardware ey.. hehehe

[butitoy]

invest next on CUDA powered VC by nvidia for ur premier and other adobe apps

have the best HDD like samsung F3 or WD black 7200 | 64MB cache

do not partition

adobe recommends separate drive ( other than drive c: \ ) for scratch files

[friedrich]

@ Utan: mulang, bro.

@butitoy: yeah, WD Black is on my second wave of upgrade list. what do you think of my choice of mobo and procie?

[butitoy]

GREAT choice bro.

have the 4 x 4GB RAM, u'll need a lot of juice for adobe multitasking

[freelancetech]

@TS: Better to get MAC for video editing it offers you a lot for your graphics/multimedia use....

But if you can't get a GSKILL RAM 2X4GB Ripjaws and Nvidia card GTX series that has a CUDA support for rendering as well.