CPU and GPU Questions for Video Editting and Gaming

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I am a registered drone pilot. My drone has 4K video capability. Even though I do not currently have a 4K display, I want computer hardware that is capable of handling 4K video in case I upgrade to a 4K display (TV and/or Monitor). I also intend to install the maximum amount of RAM supported by the hardware. I am planning to both partially rebuild my gaming desktop PC and buy a new laptop to do video editing of aerial drone footage. I intend to do video editing on both machines, but I still want my desktop to have PC gaming capability like my previous builds and I would like the laptop to have gaming capability as well. I need to ask questions about two of the components.

First, my question has to do with the CPU. I currently use an Intel i5-7600K, but I am planning to replace it and the motherboard with a CPU better suited for both video editing and gaming. Would I be better off with an Intel i7 CPU or an AMD Ryzen CPU? My intention is for both the desktop and laptop to use identical or nearly identical CPUs such as i7s. Currently I am holding off until after Intel releases Coffee Lake and will go with the i7 8700K CPU if Intel i7 is the recommended option. But before the money is shelled out, I would appreciate suggestions on which CPU to purchase.

My second question has to do primarily with the desktop GPU. I currently use an Asus GTX 970 Strix. My previous GPU was an Asus GTX 770. I am planning to replace my GPU when Nvidia releases their new GTX 1100 or 2000 series early next year. Based on your experiences with GTX 970s and 1070s, would a GTX 1170 or 2070 be capable of handling video editing in 1080p and 4K or would it be better that I move up the chain to a GTX 1180 or 2080? If you recommend Radeon, which model would you recommend?

What GPU would you recommend for video editing on the laptop?

Please note that I am focusing on the main product lines of CPUs and GPUs. Even though price is not currently an issue, I am not looking at enthusiast level hardware like the $1000+ Intel Extreme CPUs or the $1000+ GTX Titan.

Thanks.

 
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IF you intend to edit 4k video, you do not need a 1080ti. IF you intend to play games at 4k and crank every setting to max, then the 1080ti is an option. I can game just fine in many titles at 4k (save for a few setting like AA and textures) with a 980ti. Driving the resolution of 4k to a monitor is very different than gaming at 4k. your 970 is more than capable of keeping your display filled with 4k resoltuion during editing.

If you use GPU accelerated editing programs and intend to use these capabilities, it will depend on the program to decide between the top end of AMD or Nvidia as the acceleration of certain programs is better on different hardware. If you intend to use color managed 10bit work spaces, I'm not sure if that is...

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I would skip Coffee Lake and go straight to Ryzen 7, since the extra 2C/4T will be an improvement in performance, especially for the price. 4k right now is pretty much the 1080Ti solely, and there's not enough news on Volta to determine performance on its midrange GPUs.
 

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IF you intend to edit 4k video, you do not need a 1080ti. IF you intend to play games at 4k and crank every setting to max, then the 1080ti is an option. I can game just fine in many titles at 4k (save for a few setting like AA and textures) with a 980ti. Driving the resolution of 4k to a monitor is very different than gaming at 4k. your 970 is more than capable of keeping your display filled with 4k resoltuion during editing.

If you use GPU accelerated editing programs and intend to use these capabilities, it will depend on the program to decide between the top end of AMD or Nvidia as the acceleration of certain programs is better on different hardware. If you intend to use color managed 10bit work spaces, I'm not sure if that is possible in windowed mode on a geforce card. I know in the past you could only get 10bit through quadro, and for HDR i believe nvidia let it slide as long as the program was full screen. AMD on the other hand allowed windowed use of 10bit color spaces through gaming hardware and drivers.

As for CPU's all the suggestions are valid. nothing to add really except the ever changing "price to performance" as well as the benefits of quad channel memory for rendering times. (this would be HEDT platforms, and honestly an entry level Thread Ripper from AMD could provide increased RAM capacity as well as quad channel memory over the mainstream)

so I think depending on project sizes, which can be very large when editing raw 4k footage, and expected rendering times and the amount of effects you add, thread ripper could give you more memory bandwidth, a few more threads and increased memory capacity of the mainstream. Although there is no 'laptop version'

i think the mainstream platforms only go to 64GB. you can get much more on the HEDT
 
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