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Build of the Week: Dec 15, 2024

Who's into video editing? For video editing, you are going to want a machine with a fast CPU that has multiple cores, a decent graphics card, sufficient RAM, and a lot of storage for raw footage, continuing projects, and finished works (especially if the videos you're editing are ones that you are capturing from your gameplay yourself). This build of the week will be dedicated to those among us who want to produce videos! Unlike previous builds, this one will provide components for three different tiers: Basic, Advanced, and Pro! However, all three tiers will be built on the same motherboard. So, if you want to start basic and build up from there, then you'll be able to! As usual, there will be links to the best places to buy the components that I see today, but I won't be going into as detailed a breakdown of the specs for each component as I usually do.


BASIC: About $1200

With this build, we just want to get in the basic needs of introductory video editing, and it won't be too much more expensive than a typical desktop. We are starting with a 6 Core CPU, 16 Gb of fast DDR5 RAM, and a GeForce RTX 4060 Graphics Card.



ADVANCED: About $1650

Here, we are going to upgrade the CPU to one with a similar speed but with more cores to allow better division of tasks. A better cooler than the ones that usually come stock with the CPU will also be desired to maintain thermals. So, we will be adding a small water cooler. We also want to upgrade the RAM and Graphics Card for performance, and the storage for more places to keep files. For the RAM, we will simply add a second 2-pack of the 8 Gb sticks. This will double the 16 Gb of the BASIC build to 32 Gb for the ADVANCED, but also fill up all four RAM slots to make sure that we aren't bottlenecking on RAM speed - let's really push that CPU, especially since we're upgrading to one with more cores for this build!



PRO: About $2990

Again, we're going to go bigger with the Processor, RAM, Graphics Card, and Storage. For the CPU, we stop getting worthwhile benefit just by throwing more money at it. Where that line is depends on a lot of factors including what specific applications you are using to edit and/or capture the raw media, how much and in how many layers raw media has to be handled, and the required quality of the final product. What determines how much RAM we need before it becomes the bottleneck will also be a matter of similar factors and, since we have already used all four RAM slots in the ADVANCED build, the PRO build will simply require bigger RAM sticks. How much storage you will actually need will depend solely on how much work you need to have stored at one time and what other uses you might have for a desktop like this. A step up in Graphics Card is necessary is necessary for a couple of reasons in the PRO build. First, more work to do means wanting a Graphics Card that can help do that work faster. Second, in the PRO build we will want to make darn certain that our Graphics Card can put out top-quality 4k or better resolution.

  • AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 4.5 GHz 16-Core Processor: $668.98

    • This CPU is chosen in place of the other iterations

    • This is just about the best CPU we can put on our chosen motherboard

    • Anything bigger could be a waste of money due to both needing a more expensive motherboard with it and diminishing returns

    • The motherboard will most likely require a BIOS update before supporting this CPU

  • Corsair iCUE LINK H100i RGB 63.1 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler: $149.99

    • Selected in place of the previous water cooler options

    • The bigger water cooler is required to control thermals with the bigger CPU

    • This is the biggest radiator that fits into the top of the case we have selected

    • A bigger radiator could be selected if we mount it on the front instead, but this can sometimes be a difficult reach with an AIO water cooler

  • 2X Kingston FURY Beast RGB 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory: $319.98

    • Don't forget to buy two sets for 64 Gb of RAM total

  • 2X TEAMGROUP AX2 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive: $229.98

    • This is in addition to the Storage selected in the lesser builds

    • We are now capping out the total number of M.2 and SATA 6.0 storage slots

    • Use one of these to house your games, perhaps!

  • Asus ProArt OC GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 16 GB Video Card: $1549.99

    • Max Resolution of 7680 x 4320, 'nuff said.

  • Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 - TT Premium Edition 1200 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply: $167.49

    • This is in place of the previously selected power supplies

    • With a system that now draws about 670 W, we really want to optimize efficiency of the power supply to mitigate the hurt to our wallets on the energy bill, which we do by:

      • Over shoot the power demand so that the drawn power is between 50% and 75% of the power supply rating (so we are aiming for 1000 W to 1200 W)

      • Want 80% +gold or better efficiency rating

      • Want a reputable and consistent brand

      • This chosen power supply is the most budget friendly option that meets these requirements at the time of writing


 
 
 

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