Upgrade - photo and video editing

Al_20_diver · Jun 13, 2017

My homebuilt system is about 4 years old now, and I feel like it's time for an upgrade - looking for recommendations. Primary use is amateur photo/video editing as well as normal Office apps, etc. Also serves as PLEX host.

Current:
I-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz
MB: ASUS P7P55D ATX
Pwr: Cooler Master Silent Pro 700w (SLI cert, Crossfire ready)
RAM: 2x4GB G. Skill F3-12800CL9D (DDR3-1600/ PC-12800)
Video: HIS Radeon HD4670 1GB PCI Express 2.0 x16
OS: MS Windows 10
OS Disk: Transcend 256GB SATA SSD
Other drives - 2 Hitachi Deskstar HD32000 2TB 7200RPM SATA 3
External: WD MyBook 3TB USB3
BLG BluRay burner, LiteOn DVD burner
Added USB3 6 port card
Case: Cooler Master HAF922 Full size tower

System works well, but output rendering is slower than I'd like. Thanks for your suggestions!

cisco001 · Jun 13, 2017

new cpu, motherboard, RAM and GPU?
What budget?

Al_20_diver · Jun 13, 2017

cisco001 :

Budget somewhere around $700-1K

jpe1701 · Jun 13, 2017

This should work well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($299.44 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($101.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($135.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB SC GAMING Video Card ($226.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $764.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-13 16:39 EDT-0400

ohenryy · Jun 13, 2017

Get a X370 for a 8 core as Ryzen 7, specially if you overclock.
Also 580 is faster than 1060.

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XMNpkT
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XMNpkT/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($299.44 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 KILLER SLI/ac ATX AM4 Motherboard ($138.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($135.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI - Radeon RX 580 8GB ARMOR OC Video Card ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $813.40
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-13 17:17 EDT-0400

jpe1701 · Jun 13, 2017

Before you choose a gpu though take a look at the software you use for editing because some use AMD better and some use Nvidia better.

Al_20_diver · Jun 13, 2017

jpe1701 :

I'm using Power Director 15:
"Enable hardware decoding: if your computer supports NVIDIA CUDA/AMD
Accelerated Parallel Processing/Intel Core Processor Family technology, select
this option to use hardware acceleration to decode the video during the
editing process and when producing video."

jpe1701 · Jun 13, 2017

Yeah it looks like yours can use either but I'm in no way an expert or even close. I had included the 1060 because my editing software uses nvidia cuda, but the rx 580 8gb would be a fantastic card.

jpe1701 · Jun 13, 2017

I would like to add that I disagree about going with an x370 board unless you don't mind laying out the cash because a b350 can overclock just as well you just can't do sli. I chose the Msi
Tomahawk because it has been around the forums that it's memory compatibility is great where some Ryzen boards are still struggling.

Al_20_diver · Jun 14, 2017

jpe1701 :

In the past, I've generally avoided overclocking in favor of stability, so I tend to agree with you...

Al_20_diver · Jun 14, 2017

ohenryy :

Thanks for your suggestions - the RX580 is currently showing out of stock on the SuperBIiz and NewEgg sites.

Al_20_diver · Jun 28, 2017

jpe1701 :

Thanks - I built this pretty much as spec'd and everything is working well at stock speeds. I do wish I'd looked at the MB specs a little more closely - I could have used a couple more SATA ports (currently all 4 are in use). The other casualty was my IDE-based DVD writer - no IDE port!

The other thing that was a bit confusing is that this MB comes with a rectangular bracket to hold the Ryzen cooler. The particular CPU unit you had suggested comes with a round cooler (there is also a rectangular unit available) and nowhere did it show exactly how to use the Spire cooler with this MB. I removed the clamps from the bracket and screwed the spire cooler into the holes of the mounting bracket. It seemed to work OK, but...

jpe1701 · Jun 28, 2017

Yeah I should have pointed out only 4 sata ports. This is the first I have heard of trouble mounting the cooler on that board. I am sorry. I have heard of people having trouble with the Asrock pro 4, and it sounds like a similar problem, maybe check out what people did with that board and you might find your answer.I'm glad everything else is working.

Al_20_diver · Jun 28, 2017

jpe1701 :

Hmmmm... may have spoken too soon! Had 2 freezes tonight after running for about 48 hours; no response to keyboard or mouse; nothing in event logs or reliability; reboots fine... latest BIOS... Will keep an eye on it

jpe1701 · Jun 28, 2017

Keep an eye on the temps too if the cooler isn't mounted well. That's unfortunate. I like solutions not more problems.

jpe1701 · Jun 28, 2017

I reached out for some help with your cooler mounting trouble and was pointed to a very helpful video.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NMn-9V3WbCw

Al_20_diver · Jun 29, 2017

jpe1701 :

CPU temp running about 87-89F (31-33C)

jpe1701 · Jun 29, 2017

Al_20_diver :

That's really good. How is it on load?

Al_20_diver · Jun 29, 2017

jpe1701 :

I used ProshowGold to render a series of slides and music at 1080p - this used all 16 cores and not the GPU for about 6 minutes. According to resmon, all 16 cores were running at about 50%. Max observed temp was about 41C (105.8F). Temps per AMD Ryzen Master and MSI Command Center

=== update 7/2 ===
Regarding the hangs where there was no mouse or program response - I found in Event Viewer that prior to each of the crashes, DbxSvc had been failing with an error: Failed to connect to the driver: -2147024894, retrying in 1000 milliseconds". After looking around the web, I found a number of people who were having the same problem with this Dropbox service. The consensus was that stopping the service seemed to have no effect on Dropbox, and I have seen no effect on updating, etc. since I stopped it. Of more importance, I've had no system hangs since I stopped it and set it to Manual.

This problem was not occurring prior to the upgrade and Dropbox was not recently installed so I have no idea what triggered this behavior - or why it seemed to fail once a second for 10-12 hours before finally jamming the system.

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