Pc for video editing

Hey guys ,

just wondering what pc is needed for video editing..using my 7D?

I just got the following and wanted your input on it....


Intel I5 2600k
16GB DDR 1600
4x seagate 1,000TB HD
1x Kingston 128gb SSD go now 100
ATI 6970
Intel Z68
LG Bluray reader

also what program should I use to edit? thanks in advance!

porky101 wrote in post #13911602
Hey guys ,

just wondering what pc is needed for video editing..using my 7D?

I just got the following and wanted your input on it....

Intel I5 2600k
16GB DDR 1600
4x seagate 1,000TB HD
1x Kingston 128gb SSD go now 100
ATI 6970
Intel Z68
LG Bluray reader

also what program should I use to edit? thanks in advance!

- Intel I7 2600 is better/faster.
- 16 GB DDR 1600 is OK.
- HDD Make sure they are 7200 RPM
- SSD is OK
- ATI: I personaly would prefere NVIDIA and CUDA

The software to use depends on the level of your expertise/knowledge.
And if you are a pro or amateur shooter and want to spend more.
I use Sony Vegas Studio 11 and am very happy with it.

Good luck.

Salleke ,

Can you go into a bit more detail please?

the i5 2600K how much faster would the i7 2600k be? also would ivy bridge be better aswell? I have ocd my 2600k to 4.5ghz P95 stable for 12hours so its sweet.

16GB ram is OK.....how much would you reccomend?

the hard drives are 7200rpm but I was told the SSD is better? this not true? perhaps raid 2 of them together?


ATI ----- Doesent it have its equivilent of cuda?

thanks for your reply

porky101 wrote in post #13913767
Salleke ,

Can you go into a bit more detail please?

the i5 2600K how much faster would the i7 2600k be? also would ivy bridge be better aswell?

16GB ram is OK.....how much would you reccomend?

the hard drives are 7200rpm but I was told the SSD is better? this not true?

ATI ----- Doesent it have its equivilent of cuda?

thanks for your reply

Give a look at this link for the CPU's benchmarks. You will see that there
are major diffrences between the I5 and the I7.

http://www.cpubenchmar​k.net …Core+i5-2410M+%40+2.30GHz

RAM? More is allways better. Whit 16 GB you are very good for all tasks.
If your Motherboard supports 32 GB and you have the cash to spare
then go to 32 GB. It can only go better and not slower.

SSD drives are much faster then regular HDD. But they are more expensive
then mechanical types. If you want the best of both worlds look at a
hybrid SSD + HDD. The SSD for loading programs very gast, and the latter
for data storage. For more information you can Google SSD + hybrid and
see what the differences are.

If ATI has the equivalent of CUDA, that I don't know because I have
always worked whit NVIDIA. Go to th ATI websites and there should be
more info for you to compare both video cards.

Good Luck.

porky101 wrote in post #13913968

atis equivilent of cuda ^^^

I would have liked 32gigs of ram but my MB only has 4 slots so i got 4x4gigs!

thanks for the reply

But is that supported by most video editing programs? For example Premiere pro has the mercury playback engine, that will only run on CUDA. Nvidia is still generally the preffered choice for video cards in a workstation.

porky101 wrote in post #13913767
Salleke ,

Can you go into a bit more detail please?

the i5 2600K how much faster would the i7 2600k be? also would ivy bridge be better aswell? I have ocd my 2600k to 4.5ghz P95 stable for 12hours so its sweet.

16GB ram is OK.....how much would you reccomend?

the hard drives are 7200rpm but I was told the SSD is better? this not true? perhaps raid 2 of them together?


ATI ----- Doesent it have its equivilent of cuda?

thanks for your reply

First off, there is no i5 2600k, that highest end i5 is the 2500k, so do you have an i5 2500k, or an i7 2600k? The biggest difference between the two is that the i7 offers hypethreading and a slight bump in clocks. The hyperthreading really comes in handy when you are doing intense workstation type tasks like you generally do with video editing.

16GB of fine, but 4x8GB kits are starting to drop in price and you can get a decent kit for about $300. It sounds like you already have this rig built, so if it's working for you then don't change anything. If you keep using it and find out you need more ram later, upgrade then.

The SSD is better, but Kingston SSD's are just OK. There are much faster SSD's out there. Keep the SSD for OS Programs and then use the 7200rpm drives for data. If you're going to raid your 7200 rpm drives together, then go with a Raid 5 setup. A two drive raid means Raid 1 (redundency, no speed boost), or Raid 0 (a higher chance of data loss, but a speed boost).

Is this a good result?

its an i5 2500k sorry my mistake.

porky101 wrote in post #13914088
Is this a good result?

its an i5 2500k sorry my mistake.

No problem, just wanted to make sure.

Couldn't tell you, I've never dealt with that benchmark before. But quite frankly it's not going to tell you anything about whether or not your machine is capable of editing video. You just have to try. The 2500k is still a great CPU and if you aren't doing anything super fancy when it comes to video editing (Which it sounds like you are new to video editing), then it will be just fine for you.

ok im gonna get sony vegas...ill let ya know how it works

thanks!

you should be fine. you honestly dont need a super fancy computer until you start editing feature movies that have tons of HD footage and even then the majority of the need for a better computer would come from the encoding and final stages of rendering your project into a video file.

porky101 wrote in post #13914175
ok im gonna get sony vegas...ill let ya know how it works

thanks!

Brian_R wrote in post #13914189
you should be fine. you honestly dont need a super fancy computer until you start editing feature movies that have tons of HD footage and even then the majority of the need for a better computer would come from the encoding and final stages of rendering your project into a video file.

Yep, and then it all just comes down to saving time. So if you aren't cranking out one video after another, it's really not a big deal.

ok i got sony vegas and have no idea how to use this program...lol....any usefull links you guys know of?

porky101 wrote in post #13914569
ok i got sony vegas and have no idea how to use this program...lol....any usefull links you guys know of?

Go to Youtube and watch every tutorial you can find. It doesn't matter if its a tut for Platinum, Pro, 8, 9, 10, 11..... They are similar enough.

First find a tut on bringing clips into Vegas, how to get them on the timeline, splitting them and such. That will get you started. Then you can find tutorials on more complex stuff.

If you've never used a non-linear editor (NLE) before, Vegas may kick your a$$ at first, but get the basics down and it will get easier exponentially!

porky101 wrote in post #13914569
ok i got sony vegas and have no idea how to use this program...lol....any usefull links you guys know of?

Look at this link, you will find several beginners tutorials for download.
They teach you the first steps on the way to master Sony Vegas.

http://www.sonycreativ​esoftware.com …vids.asp?prod=m​oviestudio

Good luck.