Full list of parts used in this build: http://bit.ly/kitcomputerbuild
My brother is getting into video editing and asked me to build the best video editing computer I could for $850. I said yes, as long as I get to make a video about it!
I’m now going to show you all the parts that I bought as well as tell you why I bought them. Then I’m going to show you exactly how to put them all together, and at the end I’ll press the power button and hopefully(!) everything will work.
BENCHMARKS
TESTING SETUP:
4K and 1080p renders were made of the same 5-minute wedding film with various effects and a lut applied. You can watch the wedding film here: https://youtu.be/CSSRJjadNIs
The settings that I used for the 4K render are 3840×2160 at 100mbps. I fully cover the settings in this video: https://youtu.be/SGyb6ZPUy20
The settings that I used for the 1080p Render are 1920×1080 at 40mbps. I fully cover the settings in this video: https://youtu.be/J-_MwtGaHjA
I ran 3 renders of a 4K version of the wedding film, and 3 renders of the 1080p version of the wedding film and averaged the times.
I also compared these render times to my more powerful editing PC with an Intel 6950x with 10 cores, 20 threads.
RESULTS
– 28 minutes for a 4K render of the 5-minute wedding video.
– 10 minutes for a 1080p render of the 5-minute wedding video.
In comparison, my current editing PC that I built last year resulted in the following:
– 17 Minutes for the 4K render of the 5-minute wedding video.
– 5 minutes for the 1080p render of the 5-minute wedding video.
CONCLUSION
For the price, this AMD Ryzen build is quite speedy and I wholeheartedly recommend it for both 1080p and 4K video editing. I was quite impressed by how well it handled the footage.
If you want even more speed, and are planning on shooting a lot more 4K, then I would consider the faster AMD Ryzen 5 1600 with its 6-cores and 12-threads of speed.
Please let me know if you have any questions or comments!
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