Hi there,
I’m a video editor looking to build a PC that can run the above programmes, handle workflows up to 4K, and that is strong in multitasking with encoding/transcoding etc. I’ve not built a PC before so I have spent the last few months doing some research in order to get a better grasp of things in order to hopefully not waste too much of your time!
My budget is around £7000-£8000 pounds and I’m hoping this can include a couple of monitors and also a fairly decent colour correction monitor. (I’ve heard good things about BenQ.)
My idea for the build thus far is:
Dual Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3
64gb (8x8) Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 ram
Nvidia Quadro K4200 (UI GPU)
Nvidia GeForce GTX TITAN X or GTX 980Ti
250GB Samsung 850 EVO, 2.5" SSD (Application Drive)
4 x 4TB WD Green HDD
Net Total £6137.71
Total (Inc VAT) £7365.25
So, my main questions are:
1. The majority of my work is 2K and 1080p DNxHD projects so would I get away
with just the one Xeon for the time being until I have more demand for the 4K work?
2. I read a post (Blackmagic forum, I think) that claimed the TITAN X only had a 3%
performance increase over the GTX 980Ti and so was not worth the extra cost. Does
anyone have any knowledge of this or can offer the best GPU set-up for the specifications?
3. I’m hoping to keep the storage self contained, for the most part, so would 4 x 4TB HDD in Raid
10 for speed and redundancy be suitable? I realise I’ll also be needing a raid controller for this so
can anyone suggest a decent one?
4. Any suggestions for a dual socket board that has built in sound card and wifi?
5. Finally, any suggestions for a case, an application drive, coolers and anything else I will need?
This is a bit of a long winded post so I appreciate any help that you can offer.
Many thanks!
I’m a video editor looking to build a PC that can run the above programmes, handle workflows up to 4K, and that is strong in multitasking with encoding/transcoding etc. I’ve not built a PC before so I have spent the last few months doing some research in order to get a better grasp of things in order to hopefully not waste too much of your time!
My budget is around £7000-£8000 pounds and I’m hoping this can include a couple of monitors and also a fairly decent colour correction monitor. (I’ve heard good things about BenQ.)
My idea for the build thus far is:
Dual Intel Xeon E5 2697 v3
64gb (8x8) Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 ram
Nvidia Quadro K4200 (UI GPU)
Nvidia GeForce GTX TITAN X or GTX 980Ti
250GB Samsung 850 EVO, 2.5" SSD (Application Drive)
4 x 4TB WD Green HDD
Net Total £6137.71
Total (Inc VAT) £7365.25
So, my main questions are:
1. The majority of my work is 2K and 1080p DNxHD projects so would I get away
with just the one Xeon for the time being until I have more demand for the 4K work?
2. I read a post (Blackmagic forum, I think) that claimed the TITAN X only had a 3%
performance increase over the GTX 980Ti and so was not worth the extra cost. Does
anyone have any knowledge of this or can offer the best GPU set-up for the specifications?
3. I’m hoping to keep the storage self contained, for the most part, so would 4 x 4TB HDD in Raid
10 for speed and redundancy be suitable? I realise I’ll also be needing a raid controller for this so
can anyone suggest a decent one?
4. Any suggestions for a dual socket board that has built in sound card and wifi?
5. Finally, any suggestions for a case, an application drive, coolers and anything else I will need?
This is a bit of a long winded post so I appreciate any help that you can offer.
Many thanks!
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