What to Consider When Building a PC for Video Editing
By Adam Noyes
4KShooters.net recently posted a great article detailing one of the most common questions in video editing- how to build out your work station. Take a look at some of the finer points from that article, below.
For editors, there is probably no worse moment than when you tap the spacebar to playback your work and the video begins stuttering. Now to figure out what features or settings you can change to make the NLE at least usable for the next few moments. After these moments, you might find yourself considering building or upgrading your PC to ensure better performance in Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects.
Unless you have been talking computers and components consistently for the past decade building a PC can be daunting. Luckily, it doesn’t have to be. Sparksight has come to the rescue with an in depth, multi-part series on how to build the perfect PC for video editing.
Noah Killeen is the star of this video and spends his time going over what components are most important and why. He also shows off what parts they opted to use for the build. Here’s the full list:
- Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6GHz 8-Core Processor (B&H, Amazon)
- MSI GeForce RTX 2070 Graphics Card (B&H, Amazon)
- Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 Memory (Amazon)
- Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD (B&H, Amazon)
- Samsung 970 EVO 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD (B&H, Amazon)
- Seagate 2TB BarraCuda HDD (B&H, Amazon)
- Noctua NH-D15S Dual-Tower CPU Cooler (Amazon)
- Gigabyte Z390 DESIGNARE Motherboard (B&H, Amazon)
- Corsair RM850x 850W Power Supply (Amazon)
- Fractal Design Define R6 USB-C Mid-Tower Case (Amazon)