Video Editing Computer - 6700/H170 vs 7700/Z270 and other bits and pieces

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ydlehman

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Hi
I want to upgrade my computer for video editing

My needs:
HD editing - I won't pay more than $150 to future proof for 4K, not interested in VR or 3D.
I use 2 RAIDS (6 HDDs at the moment ) and will probably add 2 SSDs instead of two of the HDDs.

I currently work with Avid Media Composer, and Adobe Premiere Pro, and may start with Resolve soon. Input .MTS files and output HD .mp4, I'm not a big fan of effects - mostly, basic color correction and scaling, PiP and insertion of still images (which can be bigger than HD).

graphic card : I decided to go fo the gtx 1060 - the gtx 1070 is almost double the price, and I don't want to fork out for a Quadro.
CPU : i7 6700
MB : Asus H170-PRO LGA1151
Memoyy : HyperX Fury 2x8GB DDR4 2400MHz CL 15 Kit

Questions:
1) What do you think about going for the i7 7700K 4.2 with the Asus Prime Z270M-PLUS Mobo ?

2) My seller says that I won't gain in performance, only in power and is not worth the extra $160 (in Israel) - do you agree ?

3) I think that since it's so new there are bound to be bugs, but will I regret going for a CPU/MoBo generation that has already been replaced?

4) What do you think about the other parts?
Power : SeaSonic 520W Active PFC 80_ Bronze S1211-520 PSU
Case : Antec P100 Mid Tower

5) I currently have an i7 970 and quadro 2000 - how much better is this new setup ?

6) Any other comments / suggestions ?

Many Thanks for you Expertise
Yonatan




 
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Ecky
1 & 2) If you're not overclocking, you might be best suited with a 7700(non-K) and B250 or H270 board. It should be very close to the price of the 6700 and have ~5% higher clocks. Moving up to the "K" CPU, adding a cooler, going with a "Z" chipset and overclocking it heavily generally adds another 5-10% performance on top of that, at the expense of a lot of extra heat, which in my opinion is not cost effective. However it does perform better and to some, that's all that matters.

3) Intel takes forever to release CPUs these days because they do extensive testing and verification. Socket 1151 itself is already a year old and I doubt you'll run into any major issues.

4) They're fine.

5) The 7700 is something like 75% faster than...
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1 & 2) If you're not overclocking, you might be best suited with a 7700(non-K) and B250 or H270 board. It should be very close to the price of the 6700 and have ~5% higher clocks. Moving up to the "K" CPU, adding a cooler, going with a "Z" chipset and overclocking it heavily generally adds another 5-10% performance on top of that, at the expense of a lot of extra heat, which in my opinion is not cost effective. However it does perform better and to some, that's all that matters.

3) Intel takes forever to release CPUs these days because they do extensive testing and verification. Socket 1151 itself is already a year old and I doubt you'll run into any major issues.

4) They're fine.

5) The 7700 is something like 75% faster than what you already have, and more if you run something that supports its newer instruction sets. The 7700 non-K also draws a lot less power so you could build it into a much smaller case and have slower fans. It's very possible to put a modern Kaby i7 into a PC that could nearly fit in your pocket.

6) The P100 is a nice case but you might consider going smaller. I find that with many modern builds, ATX towers are almost completely empty because nearly everything is integrated into the motherboard now.
 
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