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Adam_196

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Hey guys,
New to this so bear with me. I put this together as part of a video editing machine. Lots of work in Adobe. Premiere Pro and After Effects mostly, as well as photoshop and Lightroom.
I want something thats not going to lag while editing, at all. I have long editing sessions and I need something that can keep up with multiple effects applied to video layers, 4k editing, decent export and rendering times.
Im budget conscious so if you think there are things that are not needed or would work better with this Adobe workstation, I would love to here your feedback.
Here is the part list I have right now:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hyyP9W

Note, I already have a monitor I am happy with.

Thanks guys,
Adam
 
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kanewolf

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That motherboard supports an M.2 SSD. I would change the 2.5 inch EVO to an M.2 You definitely don't have to have a 1000W power supply 750W would be more than enough.
You may want to keep a 2.5in SSD for scratch space for your projects. What is your backup philosophy? You have a single large storage disk that provides no security.
 
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Adam_196

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Thanks for the reply!
How much of a difference is there between a standard SSD and an M.2? Where would I benefit in that area opposed to getting another SSD solely for scratch space?
I have a 5TB external on top of the internal HDD that I will be using for back ups.
 
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fluked

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Yes, what is your backup plan? 5TB external isn't one.

To be honest, you're missing the most vital piece of all hardware, the GPU. Unless things have changed with Nvidia's gaming cards, I do not believe the 1080 is going to work in 10-bit color for 4k. It should decode video, but they used to be restricted from windowed applications. But regardless, you'll almost undoubtedly want to pick up a used Quadro for about $500 (unless the 1080 can do it, I honestly don't know).

4k video comes in many formats, which one will you be using?

This is a "workstation" matter and can be very expensive. If you didn't want 4k, you could swing things, but I'd suggest first and foremost to put your money in a GPU and then build your system around that until your needs are met. It would be much cheaper. Maybe put $500 in a backup strategy as well.
 
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Adam_196

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Thanks for the reply.
Could you suggest a back up strategy. I have been duplicating projects from internal hard drives to my external hard drives and so far its saved me a couple of time. Im not sure what you're getting at but Im probably missing something.
 
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fluked

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You want at least RAID1 somewhere. Maybe grab a domain with hosting for 7usd a month and upload to that too, or a "cloud" service.

Just buy a couple drives to run RAID and buy the GPU. See if you can get away with that for now. I haven't seen an honest dedicated 4k video editing system on here yet, most are for 3D or gaming machines pretending to be NLE workstations. The requirements for NLE is lower than for 3D, but higher than for gaming, so it would be nice to see a real cheap workstation build for NLE.

You need to investigate that 1080 GPU. You need to know what it can and can't do first and foremost. I'm hoping it will work being it's cheap, but I'm not holding my breathe (as Quadro/FirePro are sold for a reason). I'm also interested to see how one because I used to have a state of the art DVD master workstation :) (Yeh, I'm that old).
 
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I don't agree with @fluked that a RAID1 is required. Your external drive in conjunction with a cloud backup strategy is sufficient. The important part is automating backups so that you "don't forget" ... I use Acronis for my backup software. It can do disk image and file level backups. You can also have it schedule backups. Mine run in the middle of the night. It will wake up my PC from sleep, do the backup and let the PC go back to sleep. I generally don't turn off my PC unless I am going to be gone from the house for several days.

I am not qualified to comment on the limitations (if any) of the 1080 for 4K video.
 
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