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WTB: Components for a video editing rig..

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tbird2340

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Looking to buy parts to either replace some of my setup or completely replace it.. My primary use will be for casual video editing of my kids sports.. Not needed for gaming..

Current components:

ASUSTek Rampage II Extreme Rev 2.xx
Intel Core i7 930 @ 2.8 GHZ
24 GB DDR3 Memory
NVIDIA GeForce GT430 1GB GPU
Kingstown SSDNow V300 120GB SSD

Right now I'm just getting into editing and have downloaded HitFilm Express.. With the above the program is lagging every now and then just srubbing through a video file..

My video files will be 1080p and some 4K GoPro files as well..

Please offer up any advise and PM me with any offers..

Not wanting to go crazy and spend a ton of money..

Thanks
 
From a (very) brief read on Hitfilm Express, it seems to utilise CPU more than GPU. That said you may benefit from a mild upgrade to perhaps a GT 1050 GPU side, and consider overclocking your CPU.

My i7 930 would comfortably run at 4ghz without an excessive amount of voltage. What CPU cooler do you have?

Based on your workload, I'd probably not consider replacing the platform just yet as it seems to be working otherwise.
 
ReaperX22 said:
From a (very) brief read on Hitfilm Express, it seems to utilise CPU more than GPU. That said you may benefit from a mild upgrade to perhaps a GT 1050 GPU side, and consider overclocking your CPU.

My i7 930 would comfortably run at 4ghz without an excessive amount of voltage. What CPU cooler do you have?

Based on your workload, I'd probably not consider replacing the platform just yet as it seems to be working otherwise.
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Thanks a lot for the reply!

What's strange is poking around in the software the slight hiccups when selecting a video, scrubbing it, etc..I have task manager open while doing it and the CPU, Disk, or Memory aren't even close to being pegged.. Watching tutorials of the software and I see it runs smoothly for others..

Honestly I'm not sure of the cooler.. It's some big ass cooler master but I cant see a model number on it..
 
Are you dead set on using hitfilm? I've used x-avidemux for years without an issue for basic editing--and this was on p4 class systems. Should work great on your current rig.
 
tbird2340 said:
Thanks a lot for the reply!

What's strange is poking around in the software the slight hiccups when selecting a video, scrubbing it, etc..I have task manager open while doing it and the CPU, Disk, or Memory aren't even close to being pegged.. Watching tutorials of the software and I see it runs smoothly for others..

Honestly I'm not sure of the cooler.. It's some big ass cooler master but I cant see a model number on it..
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Probably a Cooler Master V8? Is it black/red? XD.

You likely have some thermal headroom with a board that was designed for overclocking, so I'd give a look into overclocking for sure.

Download and run MSI Afterburner. Watch the GPU % usage when you're scrubbing and see if that's doing something. If so the GPU may be rendering the scrubbed slides real-time, and the 430 isn't exactly a powerful card.
 
SamirD said:
Are you dead set on using hitfilm? I've used x-avidemux for years without an issue for basic editing--and this was on p4 class systems. Should work great on your current rig.
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I want to do a little more then what that software offers. Thanks for the reply.
 
I would say try for ryzen r 2600x-2700x. You wouldnt spend much other than RAM and it would be a great CPU upgrade.
 
{NG}Fidel said:
I would say try for ryzen r 2600x-2700x. You wouldnt spend much other than RAM and it would be a great CPU upgrade.
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Definitely what I would look at moving forward, but if we're avoiding a full platform replacement at the moment, I really think his current system has some more life in it.

@OP - Alternatively given your platform, change your CPU to a Intel Xeon X5650 (found on ebay usually well less than 100 bucks). Give yourself a 6 core, 12 thread cheap upgrade, OC it to a very mild 3.6ghz and call it a day??
 
ReaperX22 said:
Definitely what I would look at moving forward, but if we're avoiding a full platform replacement at the moment, I really think his current system has some more life in it.

@OP - Alternatively given your platform, change your CPU to a Intel Xeon X5650 (found on ebay usually well less than 100 bucks). Give yourself a 6 core, 12 thread cheap upgrade, OC it to a very mild 3.6ghz and call it a day??
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Hell, I’m all for not spending a ton of money to get what I need! How do we know the CPU is my bottleneck tho?

And I’m not really knowledgeable on over clocking. I know I can google it but is it pretty much just changing some settings in the bios, monitoring the temp, and see if it’s stBle?

Thanks for the help.
 
ReaperX22 said:
Download and run MSI Afterburner. Watch the GPU % usage when you're scrubbing and see if that's doing something. If so the GPU may be rendering the scrubbed slides real-time, and the 430 isn't exactly a powerful card.
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From my previous post if you download MSi Afterburner and monitor your GPU usage, you can determine if it's your GPU that's holding back your scrubbing, in which case a mild GPU upgrade may do the job.

I don't know the program very well though so I don't know otherwise. I've only ever use Premier (very very briefly) and final cut pro (OSX anyway)
 
I have an i7-4770 and 4790 I can sell, 16 gigs of ram in either machine. Ones a mid tower, and the other is a SFF if you are interested.
 
ReaperX22 said:
From my previous post if you download MSi Afterburner and monitor your GPU usage, you can determine if it's your GPU that's holding back your scrubbing, in which case a mild GPU upgrade may do the job.

I don't know the program very well though so I don't know otherwise. I've only ever use Premier (very very briefly) and final cut pro (OSX anyway)
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Yea I downloaded it and started the install then went and did something else. I’ll definitely check that tomorrow. Thanks
 
You are about to get the thread deleted for excessive bumping. Read the FSFT rules please.
 
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