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tytytylerr
tytytylerr
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May 16, 2017
Question

PC equipment for multicam editing

  • May 16, 2017
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I'm looking at a new PC, and have a limited budget.  Current one (a 2012 intel i5) is plaguing me with choppy, stuttering editing issues especially with 3 camera multicam edits.  I'm typically using 1080p H.264 format.  I've tried using proxies but that's not much help so I've decided to step up to a newer pc and likely a RAID drive system eventually (likely a RAID 10).

I've seen a PC for $1000 equipped as follows: I-7 7700k (seventh gen) quad core 3.6ghz with 24 GB ram, a 256gb ssd + 1tb 7200 hd, 8gb AMD Radeon RX480 graphics card.  Has 2-USB 3.1 (that's one c-type and one a-type) plus two hdmi ports.

Among the many things I'm hoping the community will offer guidance on is confirmation that the Radeon RX480 will take advantage of openCL.  If I have to, I may be able to switch out to (for $200 extra) to an 8GB NVidia GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card to take advantage of CUDA, but, given my limited budget, maybe at another time.  It will also depend on what I hear from the community (for example, if the original PC configuration would be significantly improved by switching to the NVidia card).

Thanks in advance to all that offer feedback.

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Bill Gehrke
Bill Gehrke
Inspiring
May 17, 2017

Rather than the RX 480 for the same price you can buy a GTX 1060 6GB SC which works great for me.

RoninEdits
RoninEdits
Inspiring
May 17, 2017

the RX 480/580 is typically $30-60 cheaper, and others can also claim they work great for them. recommending nvidia>amd without any reason comes across as bias.

Bill Gehrke
Bill Gehrke
Inspiring
May 17, 2017

Ronin, thanks for the comments but my favorite EVGA GTX 1060 SC is the 06G-P4-6163-KR is $249.99 at Newegg.  When I search Newegg for the RX 480 8GB the lowest price I could find was $281.99.
So I do not understand your $30 to $60 dollar cheaper.  I seriously doubt if the RX 480 will be as fast as the GTX 1060.  I have not received any PPBM results yet on the RX series.

RoninEdits
RoninEdits
Inspiring
May 16, 2017

if that's your budget, you may want to look for a computer with an AMD ryzen 6 or 8 core cpu. they will be around the same cost, possibly cheaper for the 6 core, but offer more performance with the extra cpu cores.

from the limited benchmarks i've seen, the rx 480 should perform ok, similar to a gtx 1060. you would just have to be aware of any software/plugins you might use that is cuda/nvidia only.

tytytylerr
tytytylerrAuthor
Participant
May 17, 2017

Thanks Ronin for your response.  Since reading your suggestion, I've searched for setups using the AMD Ryzen cpu.  I have not found any that cost less or even the same as the intel i7 configuration I described.  Do you have a source that can offer good pricing?

RoninEdits
RoninEdits
Inspiring
May 19, 2017

Ronin- I found a Ryzen 7 build.  Listed below are the cost and specs of the Ryzen system and the original Intel system.

You're straightforward advice and insight has been great and I am so grateful for your help.

One question I have... Does the benefit of the Ryzen 7 with the 8 cores (vs the Intel quad cord) outweigh the graphics card differences of 2GB?  That is, the Ryzen system offers a NVidia 1060 with 6Gb whereas the Intel system offers a AMD Rx480 with 8Gb.  And of course there's the CUDA vs OpenCL, I'm not sure if that would augment the video editing performance enough to offset the 2GB difference in the graphics cards.

Ryzen 7 build. $1,099.  Here are the specs:

Brand: CyberPowerPC

  • Computer Type: Gaming Desktop
  • Graphic Card: NVIDIA GTX 1060 (6GB)
  • Hard Drive Size: 2 TB SATA III (7200 rpm)
  • Hard Drive Type: Disk Drive
  • Monitor Included: No
  • Operating System: Windows 10 Professional
  • Optical Drive: DVD-RW
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 7-1700 (3.1Ghz)
  • RAM Included: 16 GB 2400 mhz
  • SSD Size: 128 GB

Intel build I first wrote about.  $999.  Here are the specs

Brand: Dell

  • Computer Type: Desktop Tower
  • Graphic Card: AMD Radeon RX 480 (8GB)
  • Hard Drive Size: 1 TB SATA (7200 rpm)
  • Monitor Included: No
  • Operating System: Windows 10
  • Optical Drive: DVD-RW
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-7700 (3.6ghz)
  • RAM Included: 24 GB 2400 mhz
  • SSD Size: 256 GB

Other components included:                         Dell          CyberpowerPC

Multicard reader (nice to have)                        Y                    N

Wireless AC 3165 + Bluetooth 4.0                   Y                    N

2- USB 3.1 ports                             1-A type+ 1-C type      both A type


premiere is largely cpu based software, so the extra cpu cores should be more helpful. for basic 4k editing, 4gb of gpu ram is recommended, so 6gb should be fine. 8gb shouldn't come into play unless you had some other software that could use the extra memory, or attempting very high resolution projects/media...

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