new PC for video and audio editing

Diego_C. wrote on 1/23/2024, 5:57 AM

I'm building a new pc for audio and video editing: my 6 years old i7 is now very slow, mainly with 4k videos.

So, here is my plan:

motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z790-P
ram: 32 gb (6000 mhz)
processor: i7 14700K
video card: RADEON RX 7700 XT - 12 GB GDDR6, HDMI 3xDP, AMD RDNA™ 3 
SSD M2: fanxiang S880 SSD (3 x 2 tb).

Any important ugrade or something to avoid?
The i9-13900F has more or less the same price of teh i7 14700k: which should I choose?

I use Vegas 21.

Thanks!

 

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Former user wrote on 1/23/2024, 6:10 AM

@Diego_C. Hi, @RogerS has a benchmark test in his profile where other peoples PC's are in a list showing how well they did in the test. (click his blue name to open his profile)

Dexcon wrote on 1/23/2024, 6:13 AM

The i9-13900F has more or less the same price of teh i7 14700k: which should I choose?

Though you should research this yourself, I believe that the i9-1300F does not have an in built GPU (the 'F' is the give away). My i9-10900KF does not have an iGPU and I really regret not having gone for the K version (with an iGPU) when purchased some years ago. There are some rendering functions in Vegas Pro which rely on an iGPU - others on the forum will be better placed than me to advise on this.

Further, with no iGPU and thus only a GPU via a PCIe slot, if that GPU fails (it's happened to me a few times with previous computers), you have no iGPU to connect your mointor to until the GPU is replaced.

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Cameras: Sony FDR-AX100E; GoPro Hero 11 Black Creator Edition

Installed: Vegas Pro 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 & 22, HitFilm Pro 2021.3, DaVinci Resolve Studio 19.0.3, BCC 2025, Mocha Pro 2025.0, NBFX TotalFX 7, Neat NR, DVD Architect 6.0, MAGIX Travel Maps, Sound Forge Pro 16, SpectraLayers Pro 11, iZotope RX11 Advanced and many other iZ plugins, Vegasaur 4.0

Windows 11

Dell Alienware Aurora 11:

10th Gen Intel i9 10900KF - 10 cores (20 threads) - 3.7 to 5.3 GHz

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 - liquid cooled

64GB RAM - Dual Channel HyperX FURY DDR4 XMP at 3200MHz

C drive: 2TB Samsung 990 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD

D: drive: 4TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD (used for media for editing current projects)

E: drive: 2TB Samsung 870 SATA SSD

F: drive: 6TB WD 7200 rpm Black HDD 3.5"

Dell Ultrasharp 32" 4K Color Calibrated Monitor

 

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Dell Inspiron 5310 EVO 13.3"

i5-11320H CPU

C Drive: 1TB Corsair Gen4 NVMe M.2 2230 SSD (upgraded from the original 500 GB SSD)

Monitor is 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz

RogerS wrote on 1/23/2024, 6:16 AM

It looks great to me. The Intel K processor gives you an Intel iGPU which decodes many media types well in VEGAS.

Make sure your cooling system including case & fans can handle the CPU and GPU's combined heat and make sure the power supply is big enough for both under load as video editing stresses it in ways most games don't.