Comments on: High End PC Hardware for a Performance Video Editing PC http://www.custompcblog.com/hardware/custom-performance-video-editing-computer News and Information for the PC Enthusiast Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:09:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Captain Proton http://www.custompcblog.com/hardware/custom-performance-video-editing-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Captain Proton Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:15:39 +0000 http://www.custompcblog.com/?p=33#comment-431 I'm just snooping around the internet looking for tips to build a long lasting and stable NLE HW/SW (Non Linear Editing Hardware/Software) platform. I'll just talk about a couple of criteria that I noted from other blogs: Make sure you know weather you want to edit HD because this costs more in your HW and SW. Regarding HW for HD. It's a good idea to configure your PC with a simple RAID0 (Perhaps two 1TB drives) for the working files. When rendering multiple video affects along with audio tracks in HD the I/O between the RAM and the hardrive can cause the video to look choppy or lock up your system. The RAID0 drive would be a nice destination location for your rendering operations be cause the read/write speed is improved. Raid1 would make a good source drive for your files as the read speed is improved. In reading NLE SW reviews it is apparent that many of the problems are related to limited HW. A single 7200 sata drive may do the job for small HD (no affects) jobs but not for the future cool affects for your larger HD creation. Some SW designers try to get around this by developing their suites to view the work-space timeline in low resolution while in-work and then the final rendering will output the full HD. My experience with these leading edge NLE SW is that you always buy an in-work product and there is always patches to correct problems down the road. Decide on which NLE software you might want to run on your new workstation "Before you build it". Ok, I've talked about SW and I/O....how about more HW. Some of your SW packages require the video card or GPU (Video Processor Unit) to operate with specific hardware codecs for optimal or efficient operation. Consult your SW for recommended GPU's. It's a good idea to use fast RAM and all RAM should have the same date code to avoid the slight change of latency which are the main concern of a high-end NLE system. We already covered the dardrive latency related to hardrive I/O. Keep the hardrives, RAM, CPU, and other chipsets cool. Buy a CPU water cooled heat exchanger and a PC case designed to maximize heat transfer. Remember, the larger the fans - the cooler "and quieter" the PC will be. Buy the way, I do not believe heat rises inside a PC box or CPU (the case). If the fans are running then the air is being circulating within the box (assuming no isolated areas. Therefore no convection occurs. Get a full aluminum chassis with no plastic walls because those neat plastic windows don’t conduct heat nearly as well as aluminum. It's likely that you will be building a fast 64 bit workstation so it makes sense to use 64 bit NLE SW. I’m also looking into purchasing two GPU’s as this can be a bottle neck and because there are NLE SW’s that are setup to support two monitors. One for control and one for viewing your video - neat. If you do this you will need to consider the wattage capability of the power supply because these midrange GPU’s are PWR Hungry. Feel free to correct any mis statements. Thanks end of line :~) Captain Proton - (supporting electrons as needed) I’m just snooping around the internet looking for tips to build a long lasting and stable NLE HW/SW (Non Linear Editing Hardware/Software) platform.
I’ll just talk about a couple of criteria that I noted from other blogs:
Make sure you know weather you want to edit HD because this costs more in your HW and SW.
Regarding HW for HD. It’s a good idea to configure your PC with a simple RAID0 (Perhaps two 1TB drives) for the working files. When rendering multiple video affects along with audio tracks in HD the I/O between the RAM and the hardrive can cause the video to look choppy or lock up your system. The RAID0 drive would be a nice destination location for your rendering operations be cause the read/write speed is improved. Raid1 would make a good source drive for your files as the read speed is improved. In reading NLE SW reviews it is apparent that many of the problems are related to limited HW. A single 7200 sata drive may do the job for small HD (no affects) jobs but not for the future cool affects for your larger HD creation. Some SW designers try to get around this by developing their suites to view the work-space timeline in low resolution while in-work and then the final rendering will output the full HD. My experience with these leading edge NLE SW is that you always buy an in-work product and there is always patches to correct problems down the road.
Decide on which NLE software you might want to run on your new workstation “Before you build it”.
Ok, I’ve talked about SW and I/O….how about more HW. Some of your SW packages require the video card or GPU (Video Processor Unit) to operate with specific hardware codecs for optimal or efficient operation. Consult your SW for recommended GPU’s. It’s a good idea to use fast RAM and all RAM should have the same date code to avoid the slight change of latency which are the main concern of a high-end NLE system. We already covered the dardrive latency related to hardrive I/O. Keep the hardrives, RAM, CPU, and other chipsets cool. Buy a CPU water cooled heat exchanger and a PC case designed to maximize heat transfer. Remember, the larger the fans - the cooler “and quieter” the PC will be. Buy the way, I do not believe heat rises inside a PC box or CPU (the case). If the fans are running then the air is being circulating within the box (assuming no isolated areas. Therefore no convection occurs. Get a full aluminum chassis with no plastic walls because those neat plastic windows don’t conduct heat nearly as well as aluminum.
It’s likely that you will be building a fast 64 bit workstation so it makes sense to use 64 bit NLE SW.
I’m also looking into purchasing two GPU’s as this can be a bottle neck and because there are NLE SW’s that are setup to support two monitors. One for control and one for viewing your video - neat. If you do this you will need to consider the wattage capability of the power supply because these midrange GPU’s are PWR Hungry. Feel free to correct any mis statements. Thanks

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Captain Proton - (supporting electrons as needed)

]]> By: Alfredo Crespo http://www.custompcblog.com/hardware/custom-performance-video-editing-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Alfredo Crespo Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:01:22 +0000 http://www.custompcblog.com/?p=33#comment-417 Let me talk a little bit about this awesome processor which is the Intel i7-920. Perfect to do this kind of project, first thing is very fast, stable, it has 4 cores and 8 treads very good to run multiple applications and soft-wares that requires a good speed processor, also the benchmarks don't lie and the results are pretty impressive. The advantage that you could get out of this processor is to over clock it, if you get the i7-920 and you set the multipliers well you will run this processor much faster than one of the most expensive processors in the market today: Core i7-965 Extreme Edition. You always want to get the most of what you have so for video editing, don't forget to over clock it. Let me talk a little bit about this awesome processor which is the Intel i7-920. Perfect to do this kind of project, first thing is very fast, stable, it has 4 cores and 8 treads very good to run multiple applications and soft-wares that requires a good speed processor, also the benchmarks don’t lie and the results are pretty impressive. The advantage that you could get out of this processor is to over clock it, if you get the i7-920 and you set the multipliers well you will run this processor much faster than one of the most expensive processors in the market today: Core i7-965 Extreme Edition. You always want to get the most of what you have so for video editing, don’t forget to over clock it.

]]> By: Alfredo Crespo http://www.custompcblog.com/hardware/custom-performance-video-editing-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Alfredo Crespo Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:31:38 +0000 http://www.custompcblog.com/?p=33#comment-416 For even better performance you could have a server with as much cluster you want. That will improve the performance, the quality, and the speed of the projects to get the job done quick. it will cost you a lot of money, but now you talking professional, if you going to do this, keep in mind that you will be able to do ANY PROJECT THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE, yes you read it right, any project that you could imagine. Just do everything else the same, the specs, the same hardware and any detail that you found in this article. For even better performance you could have a server with as much cluster you want. That will improve the performance, the quality, and the speed of the projects to get the job done quick. it will cost you a lot of money, but now you talking professional, if you going to do this, keep in mind that you will be able to do ANY PROJECT THAT YOU COULD IMAGINE, yes you read it right, any project that you could imagine. Just do everything else the same, the specs, the same hardware and any detail that you found in this article.

]]> By: Alfredo Crespo http://www.custompcblog.com/hardware/custom-performance-video-editing-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Alfredo Crespo Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:14:44 +0000 http://www.custompcblog.com/?p=33#comment-415 Another thing that you have to look when you are going to do video editing is to have a good software or thinking which software you are going to use in order to do your projects. there is a lot of soft-wares out there, like Sony Vegas, pinnacle studio and much more, you have to look the one that have more features that you will use because there is a lot of software that have many features that are really not necessary to have it, vendors just do that just to get your attention. So keep in mind the features that you will really need. Another thing that you have to look when you are going to do video editing is to have a good software or thinking which software you are going to use in order to do your projects.
there is a lot of soft-wares out there, like Sony Vegas, pinnacle studio and much more, you have to look the one that have more features that you will use because there is a lot of software that have many features that are really not necessary to have it, vendors just do that just to get your attention. So keep in mind the features that you will really need.

]]> By: Alfredo Crespo http://www.custompcblog.com/hardware/custom-performance-video-editing-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Alfredo Crespo Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:58:41 +0000 http://www.custompcblog.com/?p=33#comment-405 If a big part of your projects are going to be HD movies or blu rays, you are going to be consuming a huge space in your hard drive disk; the range of a blu ray project can be from 6 GB to 32 GB per project. That also means, you could easily fill up 1 TB hard drive disk on a few projects only, when I first started collecting movies I tough 1 TB was going to be more than enough, but after a month of collecting movies I realized that my hard drive disk was already full and I was forced to buy another one, and not only that, I also stopped doing my projects because I had no space to do it and also had to wait until I had the money to buy one. My suggestion is, if you are going to do this on a pro side, you must go between 5 and 10 TB at least. If a big part of your projects are going to be HD movies or blu rays, you are going to be consuming a huge space in your hard drive disk; the range of a blu ray project can be from 6 GB to 32 GB per project. That also means, you could easily fill up 1 TB hard drive disk on a few projects only, when I first started collecting movies I tough 1 TB was going to be more than enough, but after a month of collecting movies I realized that my hard drive disk was already full and I was forced to buy another one, and not only that, I also stopped doing my projects because I had no space to do it and also had to wait until I had the money to buy one. My suggestion is, if you are going to do this on a pro side, you must go between 5 and 10 TB at least.

]]> By: Alfredo Crespo http://www.custompcblog.com/hardware/custom-performance-video-editing-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Alfredo Crespo Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:56:16 +0000 http://www.custompcblog.com/?p=33#comment-404 Everything mentioned in this article its great information, what it got my attention in this article is the Intel’s processor i7, if you are going for professional video editing make sure you have best products, the i7 is perfect for this project because is the best for encoding since you going to be working continuously doing videos and encoding you need a processor that deliver a really fast and best performance encoding of this days. for example you could get a really good processor to this but it will not be the best so the result will be slowing down your productivity because you will take longer , the i7 is the "best" choice right know on the market and very good at overclock. Everything mentioned in this article its great information, what it got my attention in this article is the Intel’s processor i7, if you are going for professional video editing make sure you have best products, the i7 is perfect for this project because is the best for encoding since you going to be working continuously doing videos and encoding you need a processor that deliver a really fast and best performance encoding of this days. for example you could get a really good processor to this but it will not be the best so the result will be slowing down your productivity because you will take longer , the i7 is the “best” choice right know on the market and very good at overclock.

]]> By: Alfredo Crespo http://www.custompcblog.com/hardware/custom-performance-video-editing-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Alfredo Crespo Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:13:41 +0000 http://www.custompcblog.com/?p=33#comment-400 Great explanation and very informative for people that are savvy about custom PC's and even for people who don’t have much experience in computer hardware, they will learn a ton from this. I believe a really important factor that you didn’t mention is a good computer case with a good air flow, and big fans at a good rpm speed, that makes a big difference when you are talking about speed, performance, and power, it will dramatically improve or decrease the performance of the system. I know a lot of people that will go with water cooling system inside their PC, but that is a personal choice, other than that this is a excellent source of information for video editing PC performance and vary detailed. thanks and keep posting. Great explanation and very informative for people that are savvy about custom PC’s and even for people who don’t have much experience in computer hardware, they will learn a ton from this.

I believe a really important factor that you didn’t mention is a good computer case with a good air flow, and big fans at a good rpm speed, that makes a big difference when you are talking about speed, performance, and power, it will dramatically improve or decrease the performance of the system.
I know a lot of people that will go with water cooling system inside their PC, but that is a personal choice, other than that this is a excellent source of information for video editing PC performance and vary detailed.

thanks and keep posting.

]]> By: M.Mohanasundaram http://www.custompcblog.com/hardware/custom-performance-video-editing-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-275 M.Mohanasundaram Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:30:20 +0000 http://www.custompcblog.com/?p=33#comment-275 nice information providing in future i need advanced technology information nice information providing in future i need advanced technology information

]]> By: Henry Fell http://www.custompcblog.com/hardware/custom-performance-video-editing-computer/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Henry Fell Mon, 18 May 2009 03:49:45 +0000 http://www.custompcblog.com/?p=33#comment-260 Excellent! Very informative! Perfect for me being a MAC person wanting to build a PC for video editing. Component parts are current (up-to-date) as at April 10th, 2009. Only information lacking is the suggestion for an ideal PC Case (enclosure) Now this machine is super-duper fast, ideal and COSTLY. Any suggestions for a more medium or average price range? P-l-e-a-se!! Thanks Excellent! Very informative!
Perfect for me being a MAC person wanting to build a PC for video editing.
Component parts are current (up-to-date) as at April 10th, 2009.
Only information lacking is the suggestion for an ideal PC Case (enclosure)
Now this machine is super-duper fast, ideal and COSTLY.
Any suggestions for a more medium or average price range? P-l-e-a-se!!
Thanks

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