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    • coliverC
      coliver
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      This seems like the use case Ryzen was developed for. Haven't worked with them in a while but at the last place I worked the AMD pro cards were better then the Nvidia pro cards.

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      • hobbit666H
        hobbit666
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        Next problem is looking at the software they use doesn't really say what GPU they support lol 🙂

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
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          Why are you wasting the SSD on your OS?

          Though I'm not sure where the real bottle neck is on video processing? Probably the GPU, so disk throughput might not matter quite as much.

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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            @Dashrender said in PC Spec for Video Editing:

            Why are you wasting the SSD on your OS?

            Though I'm not sure where the real bottle neck is on video processing? Probably the GPU, so disk throughput might not matter quite as much.

            Disk tends to matter because they have to move so much in and out of memory all of the time.

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            • coliverC
              coliver @Dashrender
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              @Dashrender said in PC Spec for Video Editing:

              Why are you wasting the SSD on your OS?

              Though I'm not sure where the real bottle neck is on video processing? Probably the GPU, so disk throughput might not matter quite as much.

              Why not? SSDs are cheap enough now where buying a HDD doesn't really make a lot of sense.

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender @coliver
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                @coliver said in PC Spec for Video Editing:

                @Dashrender said in PC Spec for Video Editing:

                Why are you wasting the SSD on your OS?

                Though I'm not sure where the real bottle neck is on video processing? Probably the GPU, so disk throughput might not matter quite as much.

                Why not? SSDs are cheap enough now where buying a HDD doesn't really make a lot of sense.

                I asked mainly because he was splitting. And sure you want SSD for booting and applications, but I would think the application workspace would be where you really want/need the performance.

                Basically my question was tantamount to why are you installing your OS to a RAID 1 and putting your data on a RAID 5 (old days 😉 )

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                • JaredBuschJ
                  JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                  @Dashrender said in PC Spec for Video Editing:

                  @coliver said in PC Spec for Video Editing:

                  @Dashrender said in PC Spec for Video Editing:

                  Why are you wasting the SSD on your OS?

                  Though I'm not sure where the real bottle neck is on video processing? Probably the GPU, so disk throughput might not matter quite as much.

                  Why not? SSDs are cheap enough now where buying a HDD doesn't really make a lot of sense.

                  I asked mainly because he was splitting. And sure you want SSD for booting and applications, but I would think the application workspace would be where you really want/need the performance.

                  Basically my question was tantamount to why are you installing your OS to a RAID 1 and putting your data on a RAID 5 (old days 😉 )

                  Because he's not. There's only two SSDs mirrored. Period end of the discussion, nothing else, done.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @hobbit666
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                    @hobbit666 said in PC Spec for Video Editing:

                    Was thinking i7 16GB RAM, couple of 2TB (mirrored) + SSD for OS + Nvidia NVS 310 (maybe Xeon?)

                    See this plus sign? To me that means there are 2 things here 🙂

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                    • JaredBuschJ
                      JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender
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                        Siri fail.

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                        • JaredBuschJ
                          JaredBusch @Dashrender
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                          @Dashrender yeah I seen some cops and had to shut down

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                            last edited by

                            @JaredBusch said in PC Spec for Video Editing:

                            @Dashrender yeah I seen some cops and had to shut down

                            Like Data with the emergency power down switch in the back.

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                            • JaredBuschJ
                              JaredBusch
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                              OK so reading it again yeah drives plus SSD

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                              • coliverC
                                coliver @JaredBusch
                                last edited by

                                @JaredBusch said in PC Spec for Video Editing:

                                OK so reading it again yeah drives plus SSD

                                Two SSDs mirrored would be pretty quick. I wonder how much actual storage they need locally? If you're going all out on a Pro Graphics card then my guess is that the SSDs are just a drop in the bucket.

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                                • travisdh1T
                                  travisdh1
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                                  Like everyone else seems to be recommending, I'd also only put a mirrored set of HDD in if the resulting files need to be kept on the local workstation.... in which case, you need a file server upgrade... ok, ok, whole other topic I know.

                                  My preference would be SSD for OS/programs and PCIe storage card for the PowerDirector work space. If budget is tigher, then OBSSDR5.

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                                  • Deleted74295D
                                    Deleted74295 Banned
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                                    What this?

                                    https://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdirector-ultra/features_en_US.html?item=2&w50=1&utm_expid=5598521-217.PjW7HXOtRr6Q9MVZDD5uBA.1&r=1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.co.uk%2F

                                    I5
                                    8GB
                                    256GB SSD

                                    Done.

                                    No point looking at dedicated GPUs for PowerDirector. You'll get almost nothing from it. Local storage, just edit live projects and shunt projects onto the file-server when editing is complete. Video editors do not eat lots of Ram and the I7 is wasted on software like that.

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                                    • Deleted74295D
                                      Deleted74295 Banned
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                                      So, what footage will you be editing?
                                      What compression will be applied? AVCHD? MP4? What data rate
                                      How many video files layered to be played at once on the timeline?

                                      This drives the storage question. For 90% of 1080P editing. A single 7200RPM mechanical is absolutely fine. SSD makes it 4x quicker.

                                      There really is not much point looking at heavy specs with CyberLink, most of the bottle-neck will be the software.

                                      Soon as you get near
                                      Premier Pro
                                      Final Cut Pro
                                      Avid Media Composer

                                      Then you start to really think about editing power in detail.

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                                      • gjacobseG
                                        gjacobse
                                        last edited by

                                        Watching... not for Video Editing,.. but just to replace the NTG box... crashed (power cycle like) again today...

                                        but I'd up the Vid Card to allow for 4 HDMI

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                                        • MattSpellerM
                                          MattSpeller @Deleted74295
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                                          @Breffni-Potter said in PC Spec for Video Editing:

                                          So, what footage will you be editing?
                                          What compression will be applied? AVCHD? MP4? What data rate
                                          How many video files layered to be played at once on the timeline?

                                          This drives the storage question. For 90% of 1080P editing. A single 7200RPM mechanical is absolutely fine. SSD makes it 4x quicker.

                                          There really is not much point looking at heavy specs with CyberLink, most of the bottle-neck will be the software.

                                          Soon as you get near
                                          Premier Pro
                                          Final Cut Pro
                                          Avid Media Composer

                                          Then you start to really think about editing power in detail.

                                          ^ all of this

                                          Except skip the spinning rust hdd, good grief! Your time is worth more than a 512gb ssd

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                                          • Deleted74295D
                                            Deleted74295 Banned
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                                            Yeah but I saw the words PCIe SSD so we need to reality check this before we end up spending thousands on something over-kill.

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