Recommend Me A Processor For Editing HD Gaming videos around £1000

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mrbigruss

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Hi guys,

New to the forum hear I'm looking to upgrade my PC as i want to be able to record, edit and render 1080p 60fps gaming footage for YouTube. I have been making YouTube videos for the last 5 years mainly in 1080p wmv files which lose a lot of quality and now wanting to improve my channel I'm in the market for a new processor, motherboard and ram i have around a £1000 to spend give or take depending on what you guys think i need.

I bought my PC about 5 years ago now, having only upgraded the power supply and graphics card in that time. My current set up struggles to record 60fps gameplay when using fraps but seems to be fine when using bandicam but takes around 15 hours to render out a 40 minute video through Adobe Premiere Pro when exporting a H.264 video file which i believe is the only way to export 1080p 60fps video to youtube.

My Current specs are
Graphics Card - EVGA GTX 780
Ram - Corsair 12GB (6x2GB) XMS3 1600MHz
Processor -Intel Core i7 950 (4 x 3.06GHz) 8 MB 4.8GT/s
Power Supply - Corsair Platinum 860W PSU
Motherboard - Asus Rampage II Gene

So what I'm looking for is your recommendations for a much quicker set up I don't have the greatest knowledge when it comes to computer hardware so any help would be great !

I was recommenced this but would be happier to spend more money on getting something faster if you guys think it would be worth it ?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...rboard-bundle-20-pounds-saving-bu-015-gi.html

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/king...nnel-kit-black-hx424c15fbk4-16-my-213-ks.html

Thanks Russ
 
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Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163

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Hello,

What I would do is try a different renderer. Download and Install HitFilm 3 Express: https://hitfilm.com/express

This program is using OpenGL and renders everything on the timeline on the GPU, apart from a few things. You should see faster render times, and chances are you don't have to upgrade just yet, as it's multicore aware. Drop in that 40m clip into HitFilm's timeline, and export it as H264, just like you did in Premiere Pro.

The reason you can't properly record with Fraps, is because you're likely trying to record lossless. This is a very, very demanding task on your hard drive.

Lastly, before you start working in either Premiere Pro, or HitFilm, you want to transcode your files that you're going to be using, to a editing friendly codec, DNxHD. Even for 1080p 60 FPS files, I recommend using DNxHD 90.

MPEG Streamclip: http://www.squared5.com/

DNxHD: http://www.videohelp.com/software/Avid-DNxHD


You want to use MPEG Streamclip to transcode your files to DNxHD. This will leave you with lower file size, no quality loss, faster editing (specifically designed for editing).


Try that first, then get back to me.

I will be more than happy to help you with purchasing new hardware for video editing, if you still feel like you need to upgrade.




All the best! :)
 
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king3pj

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Have you tried recording with Nvidia Shadowplay instead of Fraps? I'm not 100% sure about the 700 series but I know that my 970s have a built in, hardware video encoder. This lets me record H.264 video of my gaming sessions at my monitor's native 2560x1440 resolution with the bitrate I choose with practically no impact on in-game FPS.

I think Fraps uses software video encoding which eats up CPU cycles and hurts gaming performance.
 
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