Future Proof Premiere Pro Workstation Build Feedback

Report · Dec 11, 2019

Hello fellow time wizards,

I am part of a multi-person editing team and we are upgrading our workstations to something that will actually run without agging and loading for hours... and hopefully something we could edit 4k+ on.

Please if you have experience with this stuff leave me some feedback! I need to order the parts by Friday.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8GHz 12-Core Processor ($579.99)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock 4 AM4 ($74.90)
Motherboard: ASUS Pro WS X570-ACE ATX AM4 ($364.95)
GPU: NVIDIA RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB - MSI Gaming X Trio ($749.99)
Memory: 64GB (4 x 16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3200 CL16 ($302.54)
Storage SSD: Samsung 860 QVO 4TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($449.99)
Storage PCIe-SSD: Samsung 970 EVO PLUS 1TB M.2 Solid State Drive ($199.99)
Storage HDD: Seagate IronWolf 8TB, 3.5" ($209.99)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx Series RM650x 650W ATX 2.4 Power Supply ($117.99)
Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 Titanium Big Tower Case ($138.37)
Total: $3188.70

Thanks you guys.

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Report · Dec 11, 2019

I'd double the RAM and quad-druple the HHD storage.

Report · Dec 13, 2019

The 8GB variant of the 2080 is useless. Get a 2060 Super or an 11GB 2080. The price difference is ridiculous.

I see only one drive. You need to learn about RAID: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-OCdTeZLac

Report · Dec 30, 2019

I'd suggest that you drop the demand for "future-proofing" altogether because there is actually no such thing:

By the time that your software and workflow needs take full advantage of such a powerful build, the software itself may require capabilities that are completely lacking in current hardware in order to run properly or at all. In fact, I have seen many people get burned on a future-proof build only to find that the newer versions of the software now requires newer hardware than what they had purchased in the first place (as evident in systems that still used Fermi or Kepler GPUs and/or fifth- and earlier generation Intel Core series CPUs).

Therefore, focus on your current needs now and worry about the future later.

Randall