Suggestion Desktop Setup for graphics and Video Editing 4

[Carlvic]

Hello,

Anyone can suggest what Desktop Setup Can I use for video editing and PC setup? Other than IMAC?

I have this specs? Is this ok?
SETUP 1
Motherboard: ROG ASUS PRIME B250-PLUS Intel LGA-1151 ATX motherboard with LED lighting, DDR4 2400MHz, dual M.2, Intel Optane memory ready, HDMI, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0 | 90MB0SJ0-
Graphics Card: ASUS Geforce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB ROG STRIX OC HDMI 2.0 DP 1.4 Gaming Graphics Card | 90YV0A30-M0NA00
Processor: Intel Core i5-7600 Kaby Lake 7th Gen 4-Core 3.5 GHz LGA1151 Intel HD Graphics 630 Desktop Processors | BX80677I57600
Memory: Crucial 8 GB DDR4 2400 MHz UDIMM Desktop Memory | CT8G4DFD824A
HDD: Seagate 1TB BarraCuda SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive | ST1000DM010
PSU :XFX 500W XT Series Full Wired 80+ Bronze ATX 500 Power Supply | P1-500B-XTFR


SETUP 2

Motherboard: MOTHERBOARD H110-GAMING MOTHERBOARD ASUS
Graphics Card:GTX 1060 6GB DDR5 NVIDIA DEDICATED GRAPHICS CARD
Processor: INTEL CORE-I5-7400 PROCESSOR
MemoryRAM DDR4 8GB 2400 MHZ CORSAIR
HDD:SEAGATE HDD 1TB SATA 7200RPM
PSU: POWER SUPPLY 500WATS 80 PLUS BRONZ

or do you have any suggestion?

Thankyou

 

[gbaughma]

Why not look at the recommended specifications of the software you are going to use for video editing?

Adobe Premiere, for example, recommends at least 16 GB of RAM.
A video card that supports CUDA
A sound card that will support ASIO


Just my $.02

"What the captain doesn't realize is that we've secretly replaced his Dilithium Crystals with new Folger's Crystals."

--Greg

 

[Scott24x7]

If you want to do video editing, you should consider a 1080 GTX or a AMD RADEON high-end card. Also, your CPU is weak, I would consider at least an i7 or even i9.
Drive is your biggest bottleneck there too. Skip the SEAGATE HDD and get an SSD at least as your primary drive, or an M.2, as Samsung have 1TB - 2TB options that are reasonable. You can use a 6-10TB HDD (Ironwolf) for storage, as that 1TB if you are doing video editing isn't going to be anywhere near enough storage, unless you're doing one video of 1 - 2 hours. You're going to want a place to store your work files.
16GB on your main memory side would be minimum I would suggest, and 32GB - 64GB wouldn't go astray, particularly if you're considering 4k video editing, but even 1080p will give you challenges under the specs you've suggested. There is the "it works" option, but then there is the productive option. You will be bogged down in slow editing and processing at the i5, 1050 and 4GB levels. You might as well get a Surface Pro at that rate, it's a faster machine. If you want a serious box for this kind of work, the desktop is your way to go, and then don't skimp on the monitor... to do 4k editing, you're going to want a 4k monitor (if that's in your editing expectation).


Best Regards,
Scott
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[strongm]

One of the better article I have found on the subject:

http://www.logicalincrements.com/articles/videoediting

 

[Carlvic]

Thanks for suggestion guys.

What if I have ssd and hdd should i put my OS to ssd right? Also the softwares? or only OS for SSD?

 

[Scott24x7]

Hi Carlvic,
What many people don't realize is that the biggest bottleneck to speed on their machine is the speed of the boot drive. Windows writes all kinds of stuff (including virtual memory) to your hard drive, and when that thing is slow, and your memory gets close to utilized, it will hit the disk, and everything crawls.
For most everything else a spinning disk (of at least 7,200 RPM) will generally provide you with at least 100mb/sec write speeds, and faster for reading, so storing files that you want to keep, particularly big video files, the hdd is good for this). When you want to manipulate that file though, you may want to transfer it to your SSD during editing, if you experience performance issues.

In all the machines I have (except for laptops), I have SSD as boot and application drive. (i.e. installs work best when you can just default them to the C: drive). Then ALL data gets saved to a different drive, usually a RAID array, but occasionally only a single HDD of big size. (I consider big drives to be at least 8TB, on my arrays if I get down to 2TB of space, I consider myself out of drive space).

One of the great advantages of this is, it makes data a LOT safer overall. If your OS crashes, and you need to do a reinstall (and perhaps a reformat), it's no big deal, just plow that puppy with a clean OS and then reinstall your applications (office, Visual Studio, whatever it is your using), and all your data is still sitting there just as you left it in your storage drive(s). Just access them as you always have before.

I even change the defaults on the browser so that internet content that is downloaded goes to the storage drives, and not the "USER" directory in Windows so that it doesn't get locked up with data that I have before if the whole thing gets mucked. This makes it a breeze to do a reinstall (or even take a disk image of your boot drive, so that a full "replace" can be made on a known configuration). I welcome a good OS blast now and then, particularly Windows-based ones, so this has served me well over the years.


Best Regards,
Scott
MIET, MASHRAE, CDCP, CDCS, CDCE, CTDC, CTIA, ATS

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, and no simpler."

 

[Carlvic]

Thanks Scott!

This information helps me a lot Explained very well.

 

[Scott24x7]

Sure Carlvic. Happy to help, and thanks for the star.
Cheers,
-S


Best Regards,
Scott
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"Everything should be made as simple as possible, and no simpler."

 

[dik]

My rig has a 1080Ti and a 512G M.2 drive and 4T Seagate... A problem last night, my 3T WD Passport went south... that's the 4th WD disk I've lost in the last couple of years, 2 passports, 1T and 3T, and 2 4T books...

Dik

 

[ChrisHirst]

that's the 4th WD disk I've lost in the last couple of years, 2 passports, 1T and 3T, and 2 4T books...

There is a long standing problem with WD drives that has to do with Western Digital's 'Green' power saving feature that shuts the motor off every minute and seemingly WD did not know that shutting HDDs down too often accelerates the wear and tear on motors when they have to restart.

Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
Time flies like an arrow, however, fruit flies like a banana.

Never mind this jesus character, stars had to die for me to live.

 

[dik]

ChrisHirst: Thanks for the added info... with I had have known earlier...

Dik

 

[Scott24x7]

WD drives are junk.
There is a reason they are the cheapest on the market... you get what you pay for.
I was so disappointed when they bought the Hitachi drive division. I'm sure they were hoping to improve their drive business but seems they just bought them to kill off a competitor. WD drives remain junk, and Hitachi (one of the best HDDs around) is no longer available. I have several 1TB Hitachi drives in an array that have been running for over 10 years.


Best Regards,
Scott
MIET, MASHRAE, CDCP, CDCS, CDCE, CTDC, CTIA, ATS

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, and no simpler."