Hi there,
I've looked over some of the designs as Puget Systems to get some ideas on a build, but have a few questions. I was surprised to see them suggesting the GTX 1070 over the 1080, which makes me question some of my other specs I was planning. I have the hard drives (2 SSDs and an m.2 drive), the case (Phanteks full tower), PSU, and motherboard (Asus Prime X299 Deluxe), so I would like to build a system with those components rather than a pre-built system.
We shoot 4K and edit HD as well as 4K (h.264 from GH5), but often use low-res proxies. I have no plans for RED footage. I use Neat Video noise removal often and color either in Davinci or with Lumetri in Premiere Pro. We use After Effects as much as Premiere Pro. We'll be using a simple monitor via hdmi.
- CPU. I was looking at the i9 7940X, but I saw in a post here that neither Premiere Pro nor AE will utilize it for the money, and suggested the 9900K, which is much cheaper. I like the idea of it being cheaper but want to be sure I'm not cutting corners if there's a better option for a bit more.
- GPU. I have a GTX 1080 ti 11GB in one of my systems now and just assumed I would get the same thing for this system. However, Puget suggested that there is little advantage for the higher cost and suggests the 1070 8GB instead. I have had a few crashes in the past with my 1080 ti 11GB which caused some concern- I don't recall the exact message but it was a GPU issue complaining that I had run out of GPU Ram (I know that's vague and without the exact code it doesn't tell you much). I don't recall the exact project, but I want to say it was when I was exporting a project that had some heavy noise removal going on. In any case, there's a big difference in cost, but if a 1080 11GB GPU is going to be better in specific situations, it could be worth it. I know Premiere Pro doesn't use GPU except with GPU accelerated effects, which I think Lumetri is one of them.
- RAM. What advantage would there be to opt for 128GB of RAM over 64GB? I know AE loves RAM and I often have AE, PrPro, Photoshop, some explorer windows open and Chrome all open at once, jumping back and forth. If I'm saving on the CPU or GPU, I don't mind spending extra here. 128GB 2666 either Corsair or G.Skill is what I was looking at.
Any advice on this would be helpful. Thank you in advance.
Stephen
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