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boyang93671726
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August 9, 2022
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PC Build for video editing (Premiere Pro)

  • August 9, 2022
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Dear Folks,

Please give me your expertise on: The optimal PC for video editing in Premiere - budget ~3k euro max

Will be shooting with Sony A7SIII [ up to 4k 120fps, 10 bit 4:2:2]

(initially PC RAM 64 GB DDR 5, will install extra 64 GB DDR5 late on, which will be outside of this 3k budget)

My Build:

  Price
CaseCooler Master MasterCase H500 ARGB€ 122.22
MotherboardASUS Prime Z690-A Gaming Motherboard Socket Intel LGA 1700 (Intel Z690, ATX, PCIe 5.0, 4x M.2, DDR5 Memory, Thunderbolt 4, Aura Sync)€ 273.24
CPUIntel Core i9-12900KF 12th Generation Desktop Processor (Base Clock: 3.2GHz Turboboost: 5.2GHz, 6 cores, LGA1700, RAM DDR4 and DDR5 up to 128GB) € 606.73
CPU CoolingNoctua NH-U12A chromax.black, 120 mm single tower CPU cooler (black)€ 119.95
RAMKingston FURY Beast DDR5 64GB (2x32GB) 4800MT/s DDR5 CL38 DIMM Desktop Gaming Memory Kit with 2 - KF548C38BBK2-64€ 391.19
GPUASUS TUF GeForce RTX 3080TI 12 GB OC Version Gaming Graphics Card (Nvidia Ampere, PCIe 4.0, DLSS, Raytracing, GDDR6X Memory, 2x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, TUF-RTX3080TI-O12G-GAMING)€ 1 219.00
OS & ApplicationsSamsung 980 PRO 500GB Internal M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD 2280 Retail MZ-V8P500BW€ 93.80
Project FilesSamsung 980 PRO 1 TB PCIe 4.0 (up to 7,000 MB/s) NVMe M.2 (2280)€ 129.90
Power SupplySeasonic Prime PX-850 Fully Modular PC Power Supply 80PLUS Platinum 850 Watt€ 197.54
SoftwareWindows 11 Pro 64 BiT 
Total: € 3 153.57

 

Looking for your comments/criticism please!

Regards!
LH

P.S. I did >3k, but within the acceptable boundaries 😉

 

 

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RjL190365
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August 11, 2022

Not the best choice for the A7SIII, I'm afraid. You see, Nvidia GPUs do not support hardware decoding for any H.264 10-bit 4:2:2 footage at all (only 8-bit 4:2:0 is supported for H.264 at all), while Adobe's implementation of NVDEC for HEVC only supports 4:2:0 footage (whether 8-bit or 10-bit). Plus, none of the F-series CPUs support QuickSync hardware decoding or encoding at all. Therefore, your CPU will get slammed while decoding that footage (because all decoding of that 4:2:2 video will be handled entirely by the CPU with absolutely no help whatsoever from the GPU), being pegged to 100% while even a weakling GPU will get relatively low usage.

 

In this case, I'd strongly recommend the i9-12900K, not the i9-12900KF, for this media as it has the integrated Intel UHD Graphics 770 that's absolutely required to enable hardware decoding for any 4:2:2 footage at all (and you will need to enable the IGP in order to do that; otherwise, if the IGP is disabled by default you would end up no better than your original choice of an i9-12900KF).

 

Some motherboards disable the IGP by default. To enable the IGP on the Asus motherboard, you will need to get into the BIOS setup, click "Advanced mode", then click the "Advanced" tab and then the "Graphics Configuration" line item, and then enable the "iGPU Multi-Monitor" (this item may have been set to "Disabled" by default).

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    boyang93671726Author
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    August 20, 2022

    Sir RjL,

    thank you for that detailed and helpful answer!

     

    If you had that budget (~3k) - what PC would you have build from the ground up that suitable for A7S III or FX3 cameras?

     

    Thank you!

    Kind Regards!

     

     

     

     

     

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    Richard M KnightCommunity Expert
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    August 10, 2022

    I found my 1TB M2 drive wasn't big enough and that was for just HD Sony EX files. I have upgraded to a 2TB.

    I now have a 2TB M2 for Media files, 1TB M2 for Cache and 1 TB SSD for Windows and Program files, plus 48TB of HDD archive.

    John T Smith
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    John T SmithCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 9, 2022

    Looks good to me... be sure to use the STUDIO nvidia driver

     

    nVidia Driver Downloads https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
    -for all Adobe programs use the STUDIO driver, not the GAMING driver
    --To achieve the highest level of reliability, Studio Drivers undergo extensive
    --testing against multi-app creator workflows and multiple revisions of the top
    --creative applications from Adobe to Autodesk and beyond

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