Solved PC Spec for Video Editing
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Any recommendations on a spec for a new PC that will be doing Video Editing?
They will be using PowerDirectorWas thinking i7 16GB RAM, couple of 2TB (mirrored) + SSD for OS + Nvidia NVS 310 (maybe Xeon?)
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@hobbit666 said in PC Spec for Video Editing:
Any recommendations on a spec for a new PC that will be doing Video Editing?
They will be using PowerDirectorWas thinking i7 16GB RAM, couple of 2TB (mirrored) + SSD for OS + Nvidia NVS 310 (maybe Xeon?)
Looks good to me. I usually will build a video editing system with an AMD card. Back when they were ATI, their video cards kicked butt at video rendering and such. I haven't built a video editing system in years, so take that for what it's worth.
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Check out the new Ryzen, looking really good for this kind of application.
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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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Next problem is looking at the software they use doesn't really say what GPU they support lol
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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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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Siri fail.
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@Dashrender yeah I seen some cops and had to shut down
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@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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OK so reading it again yeah drives plus SSD
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@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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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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What this?
I5
8GB
256GB SSDDone.
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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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 ComposerThen you start to really think about editing power in detail.
