Advice on Video Editing Build

[obrienimages]

Hello All:

I'm looking for advice from members with Video Editing /PC Building knowledge.

My goal is to build a PC for Video Editing and my current budget is about $2000. I'm looking for the most bang-for-the-buck. I'd like a system that I could expand as needed.

I work with Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, (Creative Suite CS6)
Windows 7
I currently edit DSLR and AVCHD video primarily
I currently have 1 monitor (1920x1200) but would like to eventually have 2.
I intend on using Intel/NVidia products so as to make use of CUDA and the Mercury Playback Engine.

Eventually I'd like the ability to work with Davinci Resolve, 4K video ( when I can add more to the system)

I've put together the following list of components. I particularly need advice on the GPU... I'm not sure how much Vram I should get initially, etc.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1gzx4

Any and all input is appreciated... but please comment only if you are familiar with Video Editing. Gaming advice and builds don't do me any good. Thanks!

 

[snoylekim]

if you really want to exploit Mercury, etc ..you'll probably need to go with a Quadro series card. The consumer/game cards might work with it, subject to a simple text file hack . In that case, you'll add 2-300 dollars on top of the budgeted amount for a 670 or 680 .
You can run After Effects, etc on a 4 core multithread ( 4770, E3-124* Xeon) machine w/ 16 G of memory just fine ( a colleague does this) if you want to re-balance and pop for a Quadro . Ideal would be the 6 core and a Quadro w/ 3G + of Video memory . You've already specified 32 G of memory , which will be perfect for After Effects, etc . Adobe can be piggish with this .
What I don't know is Adobe's direction from Cuda to OpenCL , in which case a higher end AMD or NVidia 'consumer' card would be equally OK.

 

[mfenn]

The Sandy Bridge-E platform is far enough behind the Haswell i7's in single-threaded performance that the Haswell's compete even with two fewer cores. The multithreaded performance really is neck-and-neck, and the Haswell of course wins the single-threaded tasks, which makes it a better choice IMHO. The only caveat being tasks that require more than 32GB of memory are better off with Sandy Bridge-E.

So I would recommend the following changes:

- CPU/mobo: i7 4770K + ASRock Z87 Extreme6 combo $430
- HSF: You're (presumably) not going to overclock a video editing rig (God help you if you do), so you don't need such an expensive cooler. Get the Arctic Cooling i30 instead.
- RAM: DDR3 1866 isn't doing much for you. Grab this G.Skill DDR3 1600 kit for $221 instead.
- SSD : Good
- HDD : Cav Blacks are too expensive for what they are, get these Seagate 1TB drives instead. Take the savings and put it towads a backup solution if you don't already have one.
- GPU: Good choice for MPE
- Case: Fine
- PSU: Way more power than you need and too expensive besides. Get this Seasonic-built XFX 750W for $55 AR AP
- ODD : Good

That should have saved you a huge chunk of change. Video editing is one of those things where you need multiple monitors with as much resolution as possible, so I would recommend picking up a 2560x1440 panel like the Dell U2713HM for $550 AP.