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FrederickVideo
FrederickVideo
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August 29, 2017
Question

High end system builds for production department.

  • August 29, 2017
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Hello,

I am working on getting quotes to upgrade my department's multiple video editing workstations.  We have a decent budget so going a bit high end.  We will only ever output to 1080i, but want to be able to use 4K assets in the near future.  I want to encourage our editors to use After Effects more, right now our systems are slow and thus they seldom use AE.

Here's the build I had in mind...

CPU:    Intel Core i9 7900X

Mobo:   ASUS TUF X299 MARK 2

RAM:   64GB DDR4 3000MHz

PSU:   1000W EVGA

GPU:  GeForce 1080 Ti 11GB

SSD1 (boot):  512GB  Samsung 850 Pro

SSD2 (cache):  512GB Samsung 960 Pro M.2

Cooling:  Liquid CPU cooler

Video I/O:  Black Magic Studio 4K

No media storage needed, we are connected to a file server via fiber.

I would love some feedback about the suitability of this build for fast renders in both Premiere and After Effects as well as smooth editing in After Effects.

Thanks!

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    Bill Gehrke
    Bill Gehrke
    Inspiring
    September 11, 2017

    I just recently received my first AMD Threadripper PPBM Scores and WOW my CPU intensive benchmark scored 153 seconds!  That is the third best score, better than many dual Xeons.  Unfortunately I have not yet received any Intel i9 scores but I am guessing they will not come close because intead of 16-cores, 32 thread, 4GHz and $999 as the best currently available today (9/10/2017) is only 12-cores, 24-threads at 2.9/4.3 GHz for $1200.  For that same $999 price you only get 10-cores, 20-threads.

    Also extremely interesting was the fact that Max was able to test that Threadripper system with both a GTX 1080 Ti and a very new AMD Vega Frontier 16GB.  The CUDA GTX 1080 Ti absolutely beat the pants off the much more expensive Vega, as a matter of fact my pet GTX 1060 SC beats the Vega.

      Bill Gehrke
      Bill Gehrke
      Inspiring
      August 29, 2017

      I would strongly suggest that you go to one of three know professional Adobe video editing computer builders for your systems.

      1. https://www.adkvideoediting.com/adobe-video-editing-workstations
      2. https://www.pugetsystems.com/
      3. Products for video and post professionals - Safe Harbor 800-544-6599 - Buy Online

      They can really tailor a system to meet your needs and provide you with great support

      chrisw44157881
      chrisw44157881
      Inspiring
      August 30, 2017

      at least he didn't get a MSI motherboard

      here's the speed of the system

      https://www.pugetsystems.com/all_articles.php

      FrederickVideo
      FrederickVideoAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      August 30, 2017

      Thanks for that link.  What I'm seeing is that the i9 is best in Premiere Pro (which we use 95% of the time currently), but out-performed by cheaper CPUs in After Effects due to the shift to GPU usage.  While I want our team to use AE more, practically speaking it's more important to have Premiere working best.

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