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Mr_Linas
Mr_Linas
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March 1, 2018
Question

PC setup for Full-HD work

  • March 1, 2018
  • 3 replies
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Hi.

I'm pretty new to video editing. My current system is i7-5820K, 16 gigs of RAM, GTX 960 2 GB. I'm thinking of getting a Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB nvme drive for my system/project files, Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB for scratch disk, and a WD Black 1 TB for media, aaand 4 TB Red for other stuff. I'm also thinking of adding 16 gigs of additional RAM. I will be working with full hd footage for TV.

Any possible bottle-necking?

Thanks!

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    Mr_Linas
    Mr_LinasAuthor
    Participant
    March 1, 2018

    I also think about upgrading CPU to a faster one 5960X.

    Bill Gehrke
    Bill Gehrke
    Inspiring
    March 1, 2018

    My suggestion would be your 840 EVO for your OS/Applications and the 960 Pro for your projects and Media  Os this basially a Premiere Pro computer?  Once you are up and running Windows and Premiere are basically running out of memory so use you fastest SSD for the Project and Media files.  Hard disk drives are best used for backup and archiving. You did not give us any idea of the source media complexity/codec, your output you said is Full HD for TV.

    Mr_Linas
    Mr_LinasAuthor
    Participant
    March 1, 2018

    The main use of our system until this day was localization of content for TV. Also, some office work and music making as a hobby.

    Media source would be whatever comes out of a Sony A7s photo camera.

    The problem with using 840 EVO 120 GB as OS/Applications folder is, it's almost full now, so after installing a couple of aditional programs, it would be totally done. Maybe buying something like 850 EVO 250 would be a good solution, I don't know, having 5 drives is a very new thing to me.

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    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    March 1, 2018

    drive for my system/project files

    I recommend separating those.  Don't put anything on C: but Windows and Programs.  Keep everything else on other drives.

    C: System

    D: Project files, audio files, still images

    E: Cache & Scratch

    F: Camera media only

    G: Exports

    C, D and E can be SSDs.  F and G can be as well, but these drives tend to be the largest, and very large SSDs can get real pricey, so normal HDDs might be the better option.

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