Review my first video editing built machine

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jakecan13

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So I'm building my 1st rig to primarily perform all sorts of video editing tasks and Such I will be using DSLR footage, 1080, higher frame rates, plugins such as twixtor, possibly RAW files. But I will not be doing 3d or animation type work. Mostly just your simple trip and piece clips together.

IMPORTANT. The most important feature to me is to be able to take advantage of Adobe After Effects and Premiers "GPU Acceleration." So My question is can you review my components and tell me if they will perform adequately for the job and all the components are up to par with each other??

P.S. I pretty set on the processor and graphics card. But any advice helps and with that being said please keep in mind I know I can upgrade my parts in the future the more my work load demands on it such as ram, HDD, SSD, etc.

So here is the parts

CPU: Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz)

GPU: ASUS GTX680-DC2O-2GD5 GeForce GTX 680 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Mobo

RAM:G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GXM

HDD: 3 Western Digital WD Blue WD10EZEX 1TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive - OEM

Case: AZZA Solano 1000 Black Japanese SECC Steel/Metal mesh in front MicroATX/ATX/Full ATX Computer Case


Power Supply: TBD determined. Still want to add aftermarket cpu cooler and 2 or 3 more fans + optical drive, and SD card reader. My guess was somehere from 800w -1000w??

Thanks a ton everyone

 
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Antwanster

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Hey man,

I know exactly what are you going trough since I built my PC exactly for that.

Why don't you go for a i7 4770K, they are pretty similarly priced and the 4770K performs way better.

So far everything looks good, but your storage will be a bottleneck.
Instead of 3x1TB drives, why don't you get 1x3TB + 250GB SDD.

When you start working with footage, the CPU and GPU won't matter if you don't have good access speeds especially with the H.264 codec which the DSLRs use.

Trust me on this one, since I made that mistake when I built my PC, I put a 3TB Seagate Barracuda. Now I added a 500GB Samsung EVO and it runs really fast. For example without the SSD I used to render a 15 minute clip in Premiere for 4 hours. Now the same clip takes 40 minutes. (GoPro Hero3 footage)

Regarding the aftermarket cooler. Noctua DH-14 is probably the best out there. I am using Thermaltake Frio Advanced and I am able to bump my i7 3930k from 3.2GHz to 4.5GHz with ease. And the Noctua performs better, but you will need low profile ram for that.

Also put more RAM on it. After Effects and Premiere can use up to 32GB ram and I definitely recommend pushing it to the max. When I do a render, I see after effects taking up upto 28GB of my RAM.


To sum up, you are putting a great gpu and cpu and it will be a shame not to put a SSD and more RAM, because you will not be able to utilize 100% of your PC capabilities.
SSD - For working with footage
RAM - For doing motion graphics


P.S. - If you are into 3D Max, Cinema 4D and etc. take a look at the 4GB GTX680 from Palit.

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I just saw that you said that you are not interested in 3D and etc. so the GTX680 that you chose may be a overkill. I am using a Palit GTX680 4GB and when I am editing footage I never see it go past 5-10%. You may want to lower the GPU class and bump the CPU.
 
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