While phones and other devices have gotten better at taking and editing photos, sometimes you still need a PC to get some proper photo editing done. The computer’s main purpose is photo editing on LR and PS. Do I go Apple or Lenovo plus a new lens? Let me know your thoughts and other considerations I should keep in mind.
Buying a PC for photo or video editing is expensive. Especially, if you purchase a pre-built machine. Instead, I suggest you build a PC how you want it. If you've got a budget of under $500 or even over $2,000, this page will help you find compatible parts. From there, putting it together is simple. How much should you spend? That depends on how much you use your computer for rendering and other intensive tasks.
The more you use your PC for these types of tasks, the higher the budget I'd recommend. Here are the parts I recommend based on how much you're willing to put towards your budget. The last place you want to short yourself on your photo editing build is the processor. That being said, you don’t have to buy the most expensive processor in order to take advantage of most of the benefits. For Intel Builders The new is a great CPU for high processing power at a moderate price. At around $350 it offers 8 core processing power. While it lacks the hyperthreading of its 6 core 12 thread predecessor, it's still the better performer overall.
With a max turbo boost of up to 4.9GHz, this should give you fantastic performance overall and comparable to some processors twice its price. Plus overclocking it will give you a decent boost overall. I've listed my preferred processors by budget above. A $200 Processor like the 6 core i5-8400 or the 6 core and 12 thread will do a fantastic job for you. Overclocking If you're a power user, you can also overclock Intel's K processors as well as all Ryzen processors.
This is something I typically take advantage of in moderation. For AMD Builders The new AMD AM4 Ryzen platform brought with it an incredible amount of performance for less money.
A processor like the AMD 2700 performs gives you 8 cores and 16 threads vs the 6 cores and 12 threads of the i7. That doesn't mean it outperforms it in general, but it does hang tight in many benchmarks. While the IPC or instructions per clock of the Ryzen 7 2700 are slightly lower than the i7-9700k, it does very well in rendering tasks.
Ultimately, you might be able to save a bit of money if you go this route. All things being equal, the Intel model is the better general performer overall. Ultimately, the Ryzen 7 2700 should be on your list in 2019 if you're building a photo editing, rendering, or streaming PC. Keep in mind you'll need to build with an if you go this route. This can be especially budget-friendly when you add in the cost of an inexpensive motherboard while still maintaining a high level of performance.
A Solid Choice I prefer gaming-style graphics cards for photo editing. Most of the photo editing and rendering software I use as a YouTube content creator runs well with this. It's a very affordable card that makes a big difference. Because of the release of NVIDIA's GTX 2070, it's also a fantastic deal right now. The new RTX series from NVIDIA should be considered when building your editing machine; however, for the performance, you'll get more out of NVIDIA's previous generation. That being said, if you need the best of the best you may decide to pay the premium to get something like the RTX 2080Ti.
The Table Above Isn't for Everyone Not everyone needs the highest-end graphics card. In fact, some of you may decide that allocating more of your budget to storage, or a better CPU is the better option. This will depend upon the software that you use regularly, so please keep that in mind.
For Budgets Under $200: If you're looking for a card under $200, I highly recommend the GTX 1060. I've been able to find it for that price after rebate. The performance at that price level is superior to the GTX 1050 Ti and similar to the RX 580.
AMD cards like the RX 570 and 580, if you can find them for a reasonable price, are also a viable option here. For Just Around $100 Here, I'd recommend the GTX 1050.
It's inexpensive, energy-efficient, and even fits into our overall $500 budget photo editing build. If you're just looking for my recommendation for your budget, I've made a list of all the parts (based on budget) below. For the motherboard, I typically look for something that's reliable and that has all the features I need. Under $500 Build For this build, we're just trying to find something inexpensive so that we can put more of our money towards other things. Since we're not overclocking and we plan on keeping everything at stock speeds, the H310 chipset will do a fine job.
Chipset does not affect stock performance and therefore going with something cheap here is a good idea. The Gigabyte H310M is a motherboard I used on a recent build and the one I'd recommend here. At its inexpensive price, it should allow us to place our budget elsewhere. $1,000 Build Here we're going with a Coffee Lake or Ryzen processor. So, you'll want an inexpensive Z370 motherboard like the or for AMD's Ryzen an inexpensive B350 motherboard like the Gigabyte B350 Gaming 3.
Either of these options should perform well with the chosen processors for the budget. $1,500 and $2,000 Budget Build In the $1,500 range, we're entering enthusiast territory and going with the Intel i7-9700k. For the motherboard, again, we're going with something with the features we need and the quality we want while avoiding paying too much. The has a ton of features and should still be a great option for the overclocker or standard PC builder. For Photo Editing Most professionals don't use more than 32GB of RAM. If you're making this computer as a photo editing PC and edit one photo at a time, then most likely you'd be fine with just 8GB.
For multiple photos at one time consider at least 16GB of ram. For Video Editing For amateur video editors, I'd recommend 16GB; this tends to be enough to get the job done when editing HD video. For professionals, I'd recommend going with 32GB to start with, and upgrading from there if you find that you're using the full amount. If you plan on upgrading or overclocking your RAM in the future, you'll want a motherboard now that can support more RAM and/or higher speeds. Solid state drives (SSD) work well for storing your OS and applications, or as “scratch disks” designated for temporary use by Photoshop or other programs.
That being said, you'll have to decide whether solid state is worth it for you, and whether it's better than using a RAID configuration (a series of disk drives). If you're still not sure what you should do, then see this Adobe document on, which suggests that RAID 0 arrays make great scratch disks. Personally, I've gotten used to the speed advantages that come with having a solid state drive for my OS and applications, and I don’t plan on going back. For this build, I'll recommend a modestly priced SSD along with a disk drive. I use an SSD to store my OS and applications, and a disk drive to store videos and photos.
My Picks for SSD and HDD: ADATA Premier SP550 The ADATA Premier SP550 is the perfect mix of speed and value. I'd recommend at least the 240GB version so you have enough for your operating system and most important programs. The increase in speed of a solid-state drive makes it well worth having for any machine you own.
HGST Deskstar A disk drive should be fast and ultra-reliable: that is, with 7200RPM and a 64 MB cache. I really like the newer HGST NAS hard drives. HGST is a Western Digital company and its NAS hard drive is perfect for what we're looking for. Depending on your budget you may want to purchase several of these. For the $2,000 build I'm recommending three. An Optional M.2 Drive Want to go even faster?
M.2 NVMe drives give you speeds of up to 4x faster than traditional drives. If you're willing to pay a bit more, is what I'd recommend here. Fractal Design R5 - The Perfect Quiet Case Personally, I place an emphasis on cases that keep my system cool and quiet. The Fractal Design R5, shown above, not only does all of that, but at a price point that's affordable. This case looks great, supports as many fans as you'd want, includes easy-to-install solid state drive mounts, and has USB 3.0 in the front.
It looks professional and has noise-dampening material built into the case. Corsair 100R Silent ATX Mid Tower For a less expensive option with a smaller profile, you should also consider Corsair's 100R. It's a reasonably cheap option that won't distract from your workspace. This makes it ideal for an office environment where a powerful, but noisy, computer can sometimes distract. Intel's 'K' Series of processors don't come with a stock CPU fan, so you'll definitely need one. However, if you use an option like the i5-8400, you may want to use something beyond just the stock fan to keep your most important piece of hardware cool for the long-run. Hyper 212 EVO The Hyper 212 Evo is inexpensive and perfect if you plan on doing some light overclocking.
For higher-end overclocking, consider the Corsair H100i series or NZXT Kraken series of liquid CPU coolers. If you go with the Hyper 212 EVO it does have a fairly large profile and won't fit the Corsair 100R Silent tower above. However, the Fractal Design R5 is plenty big. Corsair Hydro H60 For a smaller profile liquid cooler, consider the Hydro H60.
This would be the perfect cooler to work with the Corsair 100R. This depends on how often you'll be using your PC for tasks that can take advantage of it. If you're focusing more on CAD-based applications, then you may be better off going with a workstation-type graphics card, a Quadro or Firepro, than a gaming graphics card.
This may also be your choice if you use any program which can take advantage of CUDA or OpenCL as it will reduce your rendering times. But, in general, the less expensive gaming-oriented Radeon and GeForce graphics cards perform admirably and beat out the Quadro and Firepro for most benchmarks. Overall, you'll want to look at benchmarks for the programs that you use and make a choice based on how a graphics card performs for that specific software. As I handle rendering, photo editing, and video editing every day, I upgrade the hardware on my PC regularly. The extra performance saves me a lot of time, money, and headaches in the long-run. While there certainly isn't anything you can do to future proof your PC entirely, upgrading your motherboard and CPU or graphics card may be something you'll want to do on occasion. However, for those that truly need the performance that new technology regularly brings, you may opt for selling your previous PC and building a new one altogether.
Even if I've upgraded my editing PC, I tend to do this every few years. Hey Brandon, Nice, thorough, well organized article! I build hundreds of PCs in the early to mid '90s when I ran an OEM PC shop but I haven't kept up at all and have been buying off the shelf for the last 10 years or so. I am looking at the higher end, 2K range, for video transcoding, and just wondering how current your table at the end of the article is.
The article was update Jan 3 '18, but the comments are months old. If nothing has changed, I'll buy based on your recommendations. I've mentioned the builds I recommend by budget above. No matter what, if you're getting this built for you, I'd go with the newer platforms (AMD Ryzen AM4+ or Intel Coffee Lake Z370).
The 8th generation Coffee Lake CPUs area vastly improved over the previous generation as they typically include an additional 2 cores for the price. Ryzen, actually gave AMD something competitive and anything prior to it wouldn't be worth its salt right now. So, stick with the new and you should get something that will last you quite a while. As far as upgrading, I find I can make it several years without worrying about that too much as long as I give myself a decent enough budget up front. That being said it's impossible to know exactly what will come out in the future that will dethrone the current tech. Will it be something you can incorporate into this system? I'm not exactly sure.
Hey Brandon, I was in a Best Buy and after hearing that I wanted to buy a video editing computer, the guy recommended building one for the best bang for the buck, and to get what I wanted, not more or less. I don't want to actually build it myself, but want honest help to specify the components by quality and price (value). The problem is, I don't know what I need and would like to know who can help me put together exactly what I need. I'm a novice at editing, but have the aptitude to learn it. I've digitized over 70 videos, slides, and prints and want to cut them up for a legacy purposes. I also would like to take this knowledge to the professional level and discover where I need to specialize commercially. How can I get a video editing build that is cost efficient right now, but still has the rendering speed and upgrade capabilities for future growth, etc.?
Thanks a ton for this article! I haven't built my own PC since early 2000s (no longer required specific builts and off-the-shelf was decent enough), but my new project requires me to edit YouTube videos. I shoot these videos in UHD and a typical video can go from anywhere between 15 to 45 minutes. I'm using Lightworks for editing (still learning) and the videos don't require any particular special effects (just initial transitions for the intro part of the video). Since I really don't have a lot of experience in video editing, which of the above builds would you suggest that gets the job done in a decent enough time?
Hello Brandon, Your article I just read was excellent! So organized which organized my thoughts and now have it on paper.wahoo. This will be my first build and after many many you tube videos I have a slightly more confidence but still have some questions. To make it more of a challenge I live in Thailand so beside the language and customs it is so easy to not understand hem. Now this is not like the US or Costco.No returns no matter what. So can we connect via skype, Facebook or I can even call you depending your time zone? I would be so grateful Robert.
Im doing some research on video editing pc's at the moment. I found your article, which is fantastic, but i am still unexperienced with technical details.
Im looking at the 1000 budget. My question is: are most of the computer parts compatible with eachother?
I wouldn't mind upgrading parts as i go on, but i dont want to have to 'build a whole new pc' just so i can update. Im mostly looking into upgrading from the 1000 budget to the 1500 budget. Pardon for the long windedness. If anything i'll continue to do my research. But i thought i would ask the person who came up with the list in the first place.
Thank you again for the article! Technically you do not have to purchase Windows 7 again if you already have it.
If you have the serial number you should be able to activate it for Windows 7. If you run into a problem, call Microsoft and they'll help. On the other hand, if you want Windows 10 and never upgraded to it for free (that ended in July of last year), you may have to fork out some money in order to get it. However, there are some ways to still get the free upgrade - although I won't mention them here you can Google it to find out more about that. I was able to do this successfully with one of my older machines earlier this year. Hey Brandon, this is the first time I'm building a computer and this has been a great resource! I am mostly looking at the $1,000 budget parts, but also trying to see which parts I might be able to switch for the cheaper versions you have under the $500 budget.
Specifically, I am looking at all the parts from the $1,000 budget, but switching the motherboard to the Gigabyte GA-H110M-A. What are the implications of doing this if I am mostly only using the computer for photo and video editing. I know it's compatible based off the PC Part Picker website, but just wondering if the mother board will be sufficient for what I am looking to do. Thanks a ton! My old GeForce 8500 GT is dying.probably pushing the better of 10-11 years. I am looking to replace with a card that can adequately handle medium video editing, using Adobe CS.
The issue is, we have an oldie-but-goodie HP Pavilion desktop (m9150f), with limited power and older CPU. Looking to upgrade to workstation next year, and give this one to kids, but still have some projects to finish. Intel Quad Core Q6600, Benicia MoBo, maxed 8 GB RAM, 350 watt PSU. I was looking at GeForce GTX 750; is this the best replacement card for video editing with these components, with these power/budget constraints? Not really using 4K, mostly HD. Any advice would be helpful.Thanks. Hi Brandon, I do loads of heavy photo editing using LR - I would like to uplift the PC below or if it's a waste of time consider starting a new build.
A small upgrade now to see me OK while I look to save for components for a new one feels right. What would you recommend? My thoughts are RAM upgrade to 16Mb and maybe new graphics card with 4 or 8Gb VRAM or max I can?
From Task Manager, I see that I could do with a i7 Quad core processor rather than the current i5 Dual but that would mean new motherboard hence why I'm thinking starting new build. Corsair Carbide 200R Midi Tower Case Intel Core i5 3570K Processor Overclocked to up to 4.5GHz Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler Generic thermal paste Asus P8Z77-V LX Motherboard 8GB Corsair PC3-MHz DDR3 Memory (2 x 4GB sticks) Chillblast AMD Radeon HD 7770 1024MB Graphics Card 1000GB 7200RPM Hard Disk - 6Gbps 24x SATA DVD-RW Drive Xigmatek Premium Grade 500W PSU Onboard High Definition Audio Akasa AK-ICR-14 17 in 1 3.5' Internal USB 3.0 Card Reader 23' Iiyama Prolite X2377HDS IPS Widescreen TFT Monitor Thanks.
Hi, I have a 4-year old PC and do a lot of heavy photo-editing using LR. I want to either upgrade or start a new build that flies through this stuff. Corsair Carbide 200R Midi Tower Case Intel Core i5 3570K Processor Overclocked to up to 4.5GHz Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler Generic thermal paste Asus P8Z77-V LX Motherboard 8GB Corsair PC3-MHz DDR3 Memory (2 x 4GB sticks) AMD Radeon HD 7770 1024MB Graphics Card 1000GB 7200RPM Hard Disk - 6Gbps 24x SATA DVD-RW Drive Xigmatek Premium Grade 500W PSU Onboard High Definition Audio Akasa AK-ICR-14 17 in 1 3.5' Internal USB 3.0 Card Reader.
Ignorant question, but here goes. What do you phsyically start with as the 'frame' or 'body' to hold it all together when building a custom computer please? I currently have an 8 year old HP Pavilion I'm thinking it It has a virus because when I open IE, it opens hundreds of Windows that I can't close, and then eventually crashes.:( Anyway I'm confused in the most basic and first step, ha, do I just go buy a new basic computer and pull things out and put your wonder recommendation in, or do I buy some kind of computer skeleton to stick it all in? Then I wonder, could I maybe keep my old pavilion and just swap things? I appreciate your article and help soooo very much.
I didnt ever have anyone to ask until now! Thank you so so much, Brandon. You're the BEST and a computer aaaaangle!!! XO OH, and do you by any chance recommend anywhere both affordable (sadly that's most important) and honest, online to buy from please? I just bought a refurbished monitor and it has patches of dead pixels and when I called to return it they said NO RETURNS, exchange only. Thank you again so much for your article and help.
It's so appreciated. Geeeez, sorry so long! Hi, Are you able to help me out here, love the write-up by the way.
I currently have the following set-up and although it does edit 4K video with no problems there is a 'stutter' while playing any 4K content on my PC. I have the use of Windows Movie Maker, GoPro Studio, Adobe Premier Pro CC and Wondershare Filmora. It'll edit in any of these programs but even in preview mode within them it's still stutter on screen as well as in normal playing mode in VLC player. All 4K content still plays perfectly fine on my 4K TV including any edits I've done with the PC. This is my set-up.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 3 GHz Quad-Core Processor 8GB DDR3 ram (max available on motherboard) Radeon R7 240 graphics card at 2GB. Windows 10 (up to date) on 350GB IDE drive Additional 2TB SATA storage drive. Someone suggested that it may be the program I'm using, but 4 different programs and VLC player all can't be wrong. I'm thinking along the lines of either the processor, Ram or the graphics card. I could just upgrade everything but if I don't need to then why should I. I know there are faster options these days but I'm not really in any rush and it currently edits at a reasonable rate for me. I appreciate your help if you are able to.
Best regards, Dave. It really all depends on what you're looking for. First of all, the i7-3770k was a great CPU and one that I still use on my secondary house PC that I still regularly use for editing and other tasks. If you want to continue using it consider overclocking it for additional performance. Yes, you could certainly use the GTX 1070 or GTX 1080 Ti with it and then upgrade the CPU when you're able to. So, ultimately I guess it just depends on what you need more.
Maybe try it out with your current CPU and see where it gets you. Thanks for the info Brandon! I need to upgrade my GPU for sure. I am starting to get errors with exporting my videos from Premiere and my program monitor turns black sometimes, because my GPU can't keep up with the color correction and warp stabilizer effects on my 4k footage (Sony A7Sii).
I have a custom PC but my friend helped me build it so I need a little advice. My processor is an Intel (R) Core (TM) i7-3770k CPU @ 3.50GHz (8 CPUs), 3.9GHz I would love to avoid upgrading my processor and my GPU at the same time.would I be able to use either the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 or the GTX 1080Ti with my processor?
Do I need to consider anything else when upgrading my GPU? Thanks, Nick. Great article, Brandon. I am doing a build right now. I was pleased to see many of the components I've purchased already on your list. I still am struggling with the choice of a video card. I am running Windows 10 and will be using:.
Intel Boxed Core i7-6850K Processor (15M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz) 6 cores and 12 threads of processing power. ASUS LGA2011 5Way Optimization SafeSlot X99 EATX Motherboard (Rampage V Edition 10). Room for 128K RAM. G.SKILL TridentZ Series 64GB (4 x 16GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) Intel X99 Platform Desktop Memory Model F4-3200C16Q-64GTZSW I am planning on running Adobe Premier CC as my editing software. I was leaning towards installing an EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti FOUNDERS EDITION GAMING, 11GB GDDR5X, LED, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC) Graphic Card, with 11 Gbps GDDR5X memory, and 11 GB frame buffer.
This runs about $700. I can spend up to $1200 on the video card. Is there something better out there that you can recommend based on the configuration and software I will be using. This is my first video editing build and it is different from my previous gaming builds, so I greatly appreciate your advice on this crucial component of the system. Thank you in advance.
[email protected]. RAM is not to be underestimated, I was focus stacking a picture the other day and was shocked when PS allocated gigabyte for gigabyte on my 16GB rig. I'm now building a 64GB machine. Likewise, I/O speed is paramount.
I hate having to wait for LR to load the next picture when I'm on the pick/reject step, so I'm getting dual M.2/500GB each in a RAID0 configuration; the two 256GB SSDs from my old rig will be made into another RAID0 array, doubling their speed as well and increasing storage size for a total of 1.5TB. Hey Brandon, Great article! This is exactly what I was looking for while thinking about build my first pc. I am a media designer and am hoping to use zbrush, maya, and after effect heavily on my future pc.
With a heavy amount of rendering from the maya and AE. Are the amount of cores all I should be considering, when I want to make sure my computer is great render/workstation at heart but able to play some of the latest games if need be? What are some of the other things I should invest in to insure my machine is render/animation workhorse? Also what would be the next most powerful processor above the Ryzen 1700 mentioned above? Something that would be along the same lines as having more processors for video editing but lets say I wanted to see what the next level and price would look like. Ok last question, have you heard of AMD's APU series?
Is this worth looking into? Would that series be less powerful than the build you described above? Sorry for all the questions, fairly new to computers and trying to build the right machine for myself. Thanks again for the super informative article!! Hey Brandon, Nice article. I am interested in a build that includes the following (taken from the $1500 option): -i7-6800k -GTX 1070 -Corsair Vengeance LPX 8x2GB 3000MHz -240GB A-Data SSD & 1x 1TB HDD but I am not interested in the recommended motherboard, optical drive, cpu cooler and the case. This is because my secondary goal is to make this machine small enough so I can check it into my luggage.
What motherboard, power supply and case would you recommend me to use in conjunction with these components then? You've gone for the i7-7700k - and a relatively inexpensive motherboard. The motherboard is fine, but for the 'k' version of the processor, most do a solid overclock. So, I'd go for a Z270 board if you're going that route. If you just want to get an i7 7700, that motherboard should be perfectly fine. Especially, if you're able to allocate more of your budget to other boards. In terms of clock speed, it really depends on what you're doing, the programs you're using, etc.
However, I will say the i7 7700 really doesn't have a lot to worry about when it comes to that area. Hope that helps.
Thank you for this very useful article. It answers lot of my questions. I would like to put together a computer principally for image editing (LR+PS). When choosing CPU how much the processor's clock frequency is important? In other words: does 4+ GHz is necessary or 3.6 GHz would be sufficient? Before reading your article I was thinking about the following CPU-Motherboard combination: i7 7700K 4.2 GHz + MSI H110M-PRO. Is it a fair combination or the i7 is a kind of too much for the motherboard?
Thank you in advance for your help! Thank you for your input! When it comes to AAE I usually render some basic stuff like audio spectrums and lower thirds with glow and shadows put on, that's all. I rarely use some effects from Trapcode suite or Element 3D etc.
In Vegas I use typical build-in transitions, sometimes ProType Titler. I think in terms of GPU it's worth mentioning that I'm planning to buy 2560x1440 monitor, most likely Dell U2715H (I saw that you also recommend it, so that's awesome). In that case, would RX480 4GB be enough??
480 has higher memory clocks and at the moment price difference between 470 4GB & 480 4GB is just around $13 in my local store. In terms of the GPU in After Effects, it's somewhat limited to the 3D Ray Traced Render Engine and OpenGL preview. Quality Ram and a good Processor is more important for AE.
For rendering, you'll have to decide how much GPU you need (make sure you enable GPU acceleration). Clearly the better the GPU and CPU in this situation, the shorter your render times (but there are diminishing returns). I don't believe VRAM at this level is much of an issue in Sony Vegas from what I've read.
So, I'd likely go with the RX 480 or even the 470 as it's considerably cheaper. If you have a pretty general workload simply having a mainstream GPU in many cases, is good enough. GPU Usage is crucial in certain types of workloads. So, it might be a good idea to check out some benchmarks in what you do the most and go with that. For power, I'm always tempted to go to the next option up. You're fine without it if you don't add much in the future. Keep in mind that your PC won't be running anywhere near the max load typically.
But, it depends on if you want that cushion or not. In a 2-3 months I'm going to build a new setup for rendering. I render some things in After Effects and then I use Sony Vegas Pro 13 to render the whole thing (footage, effects + music). What do you think about this configuration? Ryzen 1700X (overclocked to 3,9GHz) ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS MSI RX 480 Gaming X 8GB G.Skill 2x8GB 3200MHz 240GB GoodRAM Iridium PRO SSD 2TB WD Blue SilentiumPC 550W Enduro FM1 (with 80 PLUS GOLD cert) A few questions: 1. Is this 8GB GPU an overkill for rendering and 4GB version would be enough?
Again, I'm not a gamer, I'm just not sure how much GPU is affecting rendering. Always thought that CPU and RAM is the most crucial. Better to go with AMD or Nvidia for this usage?
If I would use only Adobe products, I would definitely go for Nvidia and CUDA support, but I'm looking for the best balanced solution for these 2 programs. Is 550W enough? I used PSU calc and it says Load Wattage: 438 W and recommended 488W.
There is some overhead, but I don't want the fan spinning too fast most of the time. Should I consider 650W? Thank you in advance! Greetings:).
Thanks for your awesome information! I have an older Velocity Micro with an Intel i7 [email protected] and Nvidia Geforce GTS 250 graphics.Yes,I know it's a dinosaur, but it still works with idiosyncrasies;-). I don't do games, but my main purpose is photo & maybe video editing. I just bought a BenQ BL2420pt qhd monitor and realize I need to upgrade my graphics card &/or motherboard for it's full potential.
I've been researching latest Kaby lake, graphics and MB's. Here's what I'm thinking: GIGABYTE GA-X99P-SLI (rev. 1.0) LGA 2011-v3 Intel X99 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.1 USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard or ASUS X99-M WS mATX Dual Intel LAN with M.2/USB 3.1/ 3T3R Wi-Fi Onboard Workstation Motherboard and the Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake Quad-Core 4.2 GHz LGA 1151 91W BX0K Desktop Processor. Looking at the processor, the graphics it has supports more than my current card. I do have a limited budget ($1000) but I'd like to take advantage of latest technology for the future. I'd also install my Samsung 850 500 Gb ssd to run OS.
I realize this is more than I need, but I'd rather bite the bullet now than upgrade in 2 years. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! This is very helpful. All I want to do is make blu rays of my home-made movies. If I went with the $1000.00 machine, is there a video editor you'd recommend (does it come with blu ray burning ability, or is that something else I would need to buy). I'm wondering what other expenses I will run into. I don't need a fancy monitor (can I use my HDTV as a monitor?).
And I have no intention of using this computer for internet browsing. I just want to make blu rays with it. Can I avoid ever connecting to the internet, or is that required to activate software? What am I likely to spend, in total, in order to start making blu rays of my adventures? And do you think that modern software will recognize my Sony FX1 (mini DV)?
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