My First Video Editing Build, Is this compatible?

slyder01 · May 1, 2013

Hello, I'm new to the forum and also to building pc's...
I use Pinnacle Studio 16 for my editing program and want my system quiet as well.
I'd like to know if my selection is compatible and if you have any other suggestions to my build... Thanks in advance

Here's what I have so far:
Intel i7 3770K processor
Asus z77 sabertooth MB
Nvidia 660ti GPU
Corsair Vengeance 16gb @ 2x8
Cooler Master silent pro 720 watt PSU
Cooler Master hyper 212 evo cpu cooler
Fractal design 4 case
Corsair force series 240gb SSD
Media 3.0 reader

I have another 500gb SSD drive I'll be taking out of another pc for backup.
I also have a blue ray burner and a dvd.

Let me know what you think!
Any advice is welcomed!
I'm excited on this first build and ready to pull the trigger!

Transmaniacon · May 1, 2013

I would go with a different PSU, look at Corsair, SeaSonic, XFX, or PC Power & Cooling. Other than that it looks good.

slyder01 · May 1, 2013

okay thanks,,
how about the seasonic 760 watt
5 egg review on that one plus it has more connections

bryonhowley · May 1, 2013

I would agree on the PSU. While Cooler Master makes some good components there PSU's are not really one of them. All in all it looks good but I would get a i5 3570K instead of the i7 3770K. That alone would save about $100 and then put that money towards getting a GTX 670 GPU instead of the GTX 660TI. It would give you much better GPU performance without taking much if anything away from the CPU. Just a thought.

Transmaniacon · May 1, 2013

I would still stick with the i7 for video editing, you get double the threads, and that is useful for his purposes. The HD7950 is a good choice that can be overclocked and would be a good inbetween choice if you wanted something better.

Transmaniacon · May 1, 2013

slyder01 :

That is a great one, but if you don't plan on SLI/Crossfire, the 660 version would be more than enough.

slyder01 · May 1, 2013

need to stick with NVidia. It has CUDA which pinnacle is compatible with

Transmaniacon · May 1, 2013

Then you should be good to go.

bambiboom · May 1, 2013

slyder01,

Your specification for a video computer is generally quite good. It far exceeds the surprisingly modest system requirements for Pinnacle 16- a dual core with 2 GB RAM. Video editing is CPU dependent and as it appears Pinnacle 16 is single-threaded, a higher clock speed will be more important than more cores. If you are also using -or will use in the future- any rendering programs that can use all available cores, then a 6 core would speed things up.

Video editing is more CPU dependent so that the video card does not have to be a screaming fast, but if you're working or may in the future- with CAD / 3D animations (Maya) or a lot of processing effects, when buying you might want to prepare for extending your applications capabilities.

An increasing number of video and 2D graphics applications are using GPU acceleration, though the acceleration uses standards all over the map and you might want to research applications you might use and which acceleration is used. For example, I use Solidworks, 3D CAD, and Adobe CS all of which have optimized drivers for the Quadro FX 4800 card I use.

For possible future capabilities in GPUA, animation, and because of the size of video files, my suggestion though would be to use a graphics card with more bandwidth and especially more memory. In place of the GTX 660ti, consider a GTX 670 >

EVGA 04G-P4-2673-KR Superclocked+ w/Backplate 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card (Newegg)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130785

> which is 256-bit instead of 192-bit, with 1344 cores (same as GTX 660) and has 4GB memory in place of 2GB. For about $500 total you could also consider buying 2- used GTX 580's which are 384-bit and have 3GB and 512 cores each- which I believe would have a very good cost/performance ratio.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

[Dell Precision T5400 > 2X Xeon X5460 @ 3.16GHz, 16GB, Quadro FX 4800 (1.5GB), WD RE4 / Segt Brcda > Windows 7 Ultimate 64]

slyder01 · May 1, 2013

bambiboom :

slyder01,

Your specification for a video computer is generally quite good. It far exceeds the surprisingly modest system requirements for Pinnacle 16- a dual core with 2 GB RAM. Video editing is CPU dependent and as it appears Pinnacle 16 is single-threaded, a higher clock speed will be more important than more cores. If you are also using -or will use in the future- any rendering programs that can use all available cores, then a 6 core would speed things up.

Video editing is more CPU dependent so that the video card does not have to be a screaming fast, but if you're working or may in the future- with CAD / 3D animations (Maya) or a lot of processing effects, when buying you might want to prepare for extending your applications capabilities.

An increasing number of video and 2D graphics applications are using GPU acceleration, though the acceleration uses standards all over the map and you might want to research applications you might use and which acceleration is used. For example, I use Solidworks, 3D CAD, and Adobe CS all of which have optimized drivers for the Quadro FX 4800 card I use.

For possible future capabilities in GPUA, animation, and because of the size of video files, my suggestion though would be to use a graphics card with more bandwidth and especially more memory. In place of the GTX 660ti, consider a GTX 670 >

EVGA 04G-P4-2673-KR Superclocked+ w/Backplate 4GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card (Newegg)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130785

> which is 256-bit instead of 192-bit, with 1344 cores (same as GTX 660) and has 4GB memory in place of 2GB. For about $500 total you could also consider buying 2- used GTX 580's which are 384-bit and have 3GB and 512 cores each- which I believe would have a very good cost/performance ratio.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

[Dell Precision T5400 > 2X Xeon X5460 @ 3.16GHz, 16GB, Quadro FX 4800 (1.5GB), WD RE4 / Segt Brcda > Windows 7 Ultimate 64]

Thanks Bamb, I'll take your advice and go with the 670. It's only a couple bucks more since that one has free shipping and the 660ti is 7.79.
I did consider the 680, but that will be overkill

slyder01 · May 1, 2013

What about cables? It didn't look like I needed any extra

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