Building a Video editing rig - 10th Gen

[frubsen]

Hi all,

Planning on building a video editing rig. Probably going to be using a combination of Premiere, Final Cut and Davinci Resolve. I'd also like to dual boot Windows 10.

Editing both 1080 and 4K video content.

Here's what I've picked out so far. Am I good to go with this? or any suggestions for changes? Thanks

Intel Core i7-10700K 3.8 GHz 8-Core Processor
Noctua NH-U9S 46.44 CFM CPU Cooler
Gigabyte Z490 VISION G ATX LGA1200 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive x 2
Seagate BarraCuda 4 TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive x 2
Sapphire Radeon RX 5600 XT 6 GB PULSE Video Card
Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case
EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply

 

[trs96]

Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case
EVGA BQ 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply

You'll probably regret going this cheap on the case and PSU. Remember those two parts can be the most difficult to swap out if you want to upgrade. Replacing the case means a complete rebuild. Once the PSU is in with all the cables managed and tied down, who wants to undo all that work ? Upgrading a graphics card, ram or SSD drives is super easy.

Get at least a Corsair 200R as it's much better than the 100R. I've seen them on sale at Newegg for $65 lately.
https://www.newegg.com/black-corsair-carbide-series-200r-atx-mid-tower/p/N82E16811139018

If you want an EVGA PSU go with at least a 600W or more Supernova. It's a good long term investment. Warranty service is great from EVGA if you ever need that.

 

[frubsen]

Great, thanks for the advice, swapped out for the case for the 200R.

I'm not married to the EVGA brand for the PSU. Was just looking to keep it around 100 CAD. But I can go higher if it's advisable.

 

[trs96]

I'm not married to the EVGA brand for the PSU. Was just looking to keep it around 100 CAD. But I can go higher if it's advisable.

PSUs have gone up a lot since last April. If you can get a good deal this week on BF go with Seasonic or Corsair. 650 W is about the sweet spot for any build with a good graphics card.. You're using an 8 core i7 and a a 5600 XT which will both draw a good amount of power when editing and rendering 4K video. You may even want to overclock the i7 years from now and you'll be all set for that too.

If you read this build guide https://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/...10400-amd-rx-580.298642/page-374#post-2198875

You'll see many people that had problems because they went with an under powered PSU for this build. Most people try to save money on their PSU but that's the last place you want to cut corners and go for the low price.

 

[Milhooz]

You'll probably regret going this cheap on the case and PSU

I don't agree for the PSU, I think 500W is good. Most of people install overpowered PSUs. As far as I know, best efficiency for a PSU is achieved only when the load is closer to maximum load (50-80%). Using a PSU calculator with components selected by the OP, we can see that recommended wattage is 442W so going over 600W is not needed even considering further upgrades.
I myself have a 500W BeQuiet PSU since 2013 in my config and never had any issues. I have upgraded 2 times the GPU, went from Core i5K to Core i7 and I have now 3 hard drives, 4 RAM sticks and 2 SSD in it. PSU is running very cool and fan is only turning slowly.
On my girlfriend's computer, which is about the same setup (Intel Core i5-K CPU, High end graphic card and 4 drives) we have a 450W PSU and it is running fine as well since 2014.

 

[trs96]

don't agree for the PSU, I think 500W is good.

Post in the CaseySJ Z490 Golden Build thread and ask his opinion on what wattage is needed for a PSU with that hardware. He owns the exact same hardware except it's an i5 instead of your i7 and a Vision D instead of G but that makes no difference.

Here's what Casey uses. It's 200W higher than what I suggest.

The cost to go from 500W to 600 or 650 is usually not that much so it does make sense. I don't question the fact that you can use a 500W rated bronze PSU and use that PC for general use. It's when you start giving it heavier workloads that the better PSU becomes necessary. When you'll be working with 4K video I can guarantee you'll go well over 250W of power draw most of the time. So if you use 300W on average for editing that's 50% of 600W and the best efficiency you can get.

 

[Milhooz]

Well I've just checked the price difference between a 500W and 600W PSU and it is less than $10 so if you have any doubt, go with the 600W.

 

[pastrychef]

At stock, 500W should be sufficient.

If/when you overclock, the 500W may not be enough.

If/when you change to a more power hungry video card, the 500W may not be enough.

My Z370 system with stock i9-9900K and heavily modded Vega 56 pulls almost 500W from the wall just running Unigine Heaven.

My Z390 system with overclocked i9-9900K and minor overclocked Radeon VII pulls under 300W from the wall running Unigine Heaven.

Some power supplies have fans that do not turn on until load hits 50% of max rating.

 

[trs96]

Well I've just checked the price difference between a 500W and 600W PSU and it is less than $10 so if you have any doubt, go with the 600W.

I see that you jumped in here on this thread started by @frubsen are you going to build a Z490 system as well ? If not you may want to start a Buying Advice thread for your build.

 

[trs96]

If/when you change to a more power hungry video card, the 500W may not be enough.

I also go with a better quality and higher wattage PSU because I plan on it lasting at least 7-8 years. Graphics cards get much more frequent upgrades and the higher end ones usually end up demanding more power. Look at the latest AMD and Nvidia cards just out and you can see that this is true.

Here's the wattage recommendation for a new RTX 3080

For the RX 5700 XT it is 600W for a 6800 XT a 650W minimum rated PSU is best.