Video Editing Computer

[Tapwe]

CGDirector.com Parts List: https://www.cgdirector.com/pc-builder/?=6Mkmm

CPU: AMD Threadripper 3960X 3.8GHz 24-Core Processor ($1399.00)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 ($89.95)
Motherboard: ASROCK TRX40 Creator ATX sTRX4 ($529.00)
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3070 8GB - Asus Dual ($1039.99)
Memory: 32GB (2 x 16GB) G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4-3600 C16 ($229.99)
Storage SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 4TB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($471.86)
Storage PCIe-SSD: Sabrent Rocket 2TB NVMe Gen4 M.2 Solid State Drive ($299.98)
Storage HDD: Seagate IronWolf 8TB, 3.5" ($212.99)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx Series RM750x 750W Power Supply ($134.99)
Case: Phanteks Eclipse P300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($187.56)
Total: $4595.31

I work for a candy company where we are trying to have a much stronger advertising presence than we do currently with a focus on innovative video and photography content . This will include a variety of instagram videos, online content for our website, mini-documentaries about the candy-making process, etc. We want a computer build that will allow us to handle anything that comes our way in this respect, whether that means editing 4K footage, RAW slow-motion phantom flex footage, adding lots of effects, and/or doing a variety of effect-intensive photography editing as well.

I am trying to build a company computer that we can use in-house for anything graphics-design related with a particular focus on video editing software like Premiere Pro and especially Davinci resolve. It also has to be strong enough to run after-effects and any graphics design programs we may be running. The idea is that it will be a company computer to be used by any visual artists we bring on for a variety of functions. I have chosen the $4500 version because I am anticipating dropping another $1500 on a good color-accurate monitor for color grading.

What do you think? Is there something here I should be upgrading or downgrading?

 

[Alex Glawion]

Hey Tapwe,
The Build is excellent. The main question to ask yourself surely is if this PC will be used more working doing active work or for rendering out videos on.

For the latter, the above build is spot on, if you're mainly using it for active work, you might want to look into getting a 5950X CPU instead of the 3960X for increased active work performance. An X570 Motherboard such as the MSI Unify or MSI Tomahawk would fit this CPU.

 

[Tapwe]

This is probably a dumb question but I am new to building computers. Would you mind clarifying what "active work" refers to?

 

[Alex Glawion]

Active work is what you do when you sit at your PC and actively do stuff. Interact with the PC.

Passive work is when you give the PC a task (such as rendering) and it takes a while to complete it on its own. You could walk away and the PC continues with the task until it's done.

We differentiate between these two, because the former usually needs a CPU with high single core performance, and the latter needs a CPU with a lot of cores (as such tasks are often easily parallelizable)