Skip to main content
B
barker85
Known Participant
April 18, 2017
Question

4K Monitoring or 1/1 Playback in Full HD

  • April 18, 2017
  • 3 replies
  • 672 views

Hi there,

I work with 4K R3D files and am considering upgrading my system to enable either:

4K monitoring at 1/1 or 1/2 debayer

HD monitoring at 1/1 debayer

Currently, my system's output is 1920x1080 - mostly smooth at 1/2, perfect at 1/4.

Specs...

MB: ASUS X99-A

CPU: I7-5930K (Asus Turbo setting)

RAM: 32GB DDR4

GPU: GTX 970

Media: 7200RPM drives (considering setting up RAID)

I'm not exactly sure where any bottlenecks might be...

Any thoughts on what component upgrades are required for either option, or adequate system specs in general would be hugely appreciated.

    This topic has been closed for replies.

    3 replies

    RoninEdits
    RoninEdits
    Inspiring
    April 18, 2017

    raid-0 would give some additional performance boost to the hdd speeds and could be done for free with the motherboard or windows. before spending $1200-2600 to upgrade the hdd's to ssd's i would investigate the cpu and gpu for possible upgrades first. the cpu and gpu both are being used for red media decoding and debayering. you can check how your current cpu and gpu are performing with windows task manager to see the cpu % and gpu-z for the gpu load %.

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Peru BobCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 18, 2017

    But will RAID 0 at 90% full make a difference?

    RoninEdits
    RoninEdits
    Inspiring
    April 18, 2017

    there is a performance penalty with having the hdd's nearly full, raid should have higher speeds even with that penalty. freeing up disk space and implementing raid would both contribute to performance.

    Bill Gehrke
    Bill Gehrke
    Inspiring
    April 18, 2017

    The best thing for you to do is to buy a Samung M.2 960 Pro (or if money is a real problem the EVO version) and use it for you current Project(s).  As Peru Bob said you have a real storage problem.  Get off any hard disk drives when you are editing.  They are only for archiving and backup in this day and age.

    What is your OS/Applications drive.  If is not a SSD get a good SATA III one for that also.

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Peru BobCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 18, 2017

    How many drives, how full, and what is on each?

    B
    barker85Author
    Known Participant
    April 18, 2017

    5x 5TB, 90% full. Footage files/folders only. Thanks!

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Peru BobCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    April 18, 2017

    barker85  wrote

    90% full.

    That is very likely a bottleneck.

    Where is the OS and cache?

    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices