Video Rendering Rig - Bang for Buck

zenont · Jan 22, 2014

I just purchased the following system to speed up rendering using Sony Vegas 12.

Intel i5-4430 3.00GHz
8GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT630 2GB

I'm not seeing significant rendering speed (30-sec clip of fairly HD edit takes about 12-min).

Given my system what is the best way to boost render speeds?

PepitoTV · Jan 22, 2014

Things that could improve your rendering times are, upgrading your CPU, add more RAM, adding an SSD.

It would help to know the full specs of your system and how much are you looking to spend.

Tradesman1 · Jan 22, 2014

Considering all is new, then DRAM is the best bet cost wise, CPU would in part depend on the current mobo

zenont · Jan 22, 2014

Thanks for the quick reply! I just bought the system from Best Buy for $599 so my first question is weather to return in

My original budget for the full system was $1200
It came with 8GB of RAM and I will upgrade it to 16GB shortly (bought on 4GB stick didn't know you could only add in pairs).

Here are the full system specs:

Intel i5-4430 3.00GHz
Intel(R) 8 Series/C220 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller
8GB RAM DDR3 1600Mhz
NVIDIA GeForce GT630 2GB
1TB Hard Drive 7200RPM
Windows 8
HP Pavillion 27xi IPS LED Backlit Monitor (purchased separately)

PepitoTV :

PepitoTV · Jan 22, 2014

If you're willing to get your hands dirty, then I'd return it and then build one, as per your original budget you could get a pretty high end computer by picking the parts separately.

Tradesman1 · Jan 22, 2014

If rendering will be the priority, I'd return the rig and build one yourself, can do much better hardware wise which will provide much better performance... Look to something like a AMD 8350 or 8320 (they shine at rendering), maybe an Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0 mobo, 2x8GB 1600 GSkill Snipers, a Hyper 212 EVO cooler, a HAF 912 case, 128GB SSD, 1TB or better HD, then Monitor, GPU and PSU to fit with the rig and will have a much more powerful rig within your $1,200 budget

zenont · Jan 22, 2014

Thanks for the advice, I may consider a return... otherwise easiest solution seems like additional DRAM?

zenont · Jan 22, 2014

Perhaps editing from a external USB3.0 would help too, no?

Tradesman1 · Jan 22, 2014

Will still see slow rendering time, for sytem for rendering will want faster more powerful CPU, GPU and DRAM and being a prebuilt doesn't lend itself to upgrades as most have a rather locked BIOS

mattamomo · Jan 22, 2014

If you can return it what about this?

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2FLYT

Tradesman1 · Jan 22, 2014

mattamomo :

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+1

Makes a good build, basically what I was pointing to, would be far better performance wise, especially for rendering

zenont · Jan 22, 2014

Thanks for the info and the pcpartpicker website, what a great resource! I have 15 days to return machine to BestBuy I think I will do that then attempt a build (never done that before on my own).

PepitoTV · Jan 22, 2014

If your main software is Sony Vegas, then you may want to look at an AMD GPU as Sony Vegas features GPU acceleration via OpenCL. That said, I'd look for an HD 7870 or R9 270 as your GPU.

zenont · Jan 22, 2014

Thanks guys!

Are there any outfits that would build the machine for me? I'd be willing to pay extra to have the machine built for me (I do freelance web and video and the downtime of having to build my own would offset).

Basically a site like pcpartpicker.com with a "build it" option?

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