A four thousand dollar editing rig? Well, that’s somewhat of a hard question because it depends on what you’re editing. There’s a wide range of things. So if you’re doing something more common like recording from a high quality cell phone, a lot of cell phones actually record in h 265. So if you’re doing that format, you may want to consider the Intel I 9,14,900K does an excellent job of decompressing that as well as editing at the same time, which is really key. It’s gonna save you a lot of time.
Now, when it comes to GPUs, it depends a lot on what you’re editing again, but also what software you’re using. So if you’re using my favorite, which is Davinci Resolve Studio, then you may wanna consider something like an RTX 48. Yeah, like the gaming X trails are great for that. They actually have twice the encoders as like a 40,70, Ti, 40,60 and all that stuff. So it’ll save you a lot of time. Or of course, the RTX 40,90 Maxtrio is still great for that as well. All the VRAM that it has is spectacular, depending on what you’re editing.
Now, when it comes to RAM, again, it depends on exactly what you’re editing. Now, if you’re doing something that’s just like cutting and repositioning video, you can do that on a cell phone. But if you’re doing a lot of color grading, visual effects, you know, stuff like that, then it just depends on how much RAM you actually need for those projects. I’m building a system right now that does have 192 gigabytes of DDR, five RAM, and it’s going quite fast. I have 4 sticks at 50,600 megatransfers, no issues. That’s the Kingston Fury Renegade. And yeah, I’m happy with these motherboard selection.
Now that is definitely a tricky topic right there because it depends on what your system really needs to be able to do. How much Io you need, the type of Io do you need? Thunderbolt 4, which I absolutely love. There’s a motherboard I’m testing right now, the MSI Meg Z SEVEN NINETY ace Max. And this thing is a beast with Wi Fi 7 dual Thunderbolt 4 ports. So if your video editing something like that could actually be very helpful. But it only has 2.5 gig Ethernet. So maybe you need something with 10 gig Ethernet, depending on your workflow. So look at the Io that you actually need and start from there.
For video editing, I love this is the Davinci Resolve Speed editor. And if you actually buy this and you find the right package, the Davinci Resolve Studio version will actually come with it. So Davinci Resolve has two versions of free and the Studio is a bit more robust and it’s faster because it definitely utilizes the full capabilities of Nvidia GPUs.
And AMD is catching up a bit as well. But this will save me maybe 50% of my time and the cut page and a lot of my time and the edit page. So I definitely love this is the Kensington Slim Blade Pro Trackball. This is a fantastic device for video editing, content creation, very easy on the hands. The buttons are big. It’s just really comfortable to just basically put your hand here and do all the editing that you need using this thing. I love it. It’s great.
Check it out for the PC case, it’s really about the Io, the connectivity. Do you want ports up top or on the bottom? Form factor is kind of personal preference, but you wanna make sure that if you’re gonna be connecting things to it often, that it’s easily accessible. And when it comes to power supplies, it’s kind of your pick of a litter depending on how much wattage you’re actually gonna need.
But if you want a direct recommendation, I would say the be quiet Dark Power Pro 13. I have the 16 watt and it’s amazing. All kinds of nice features on there. And yeah, it’s kind of like the only power supply you’ll ever need.
And finally, for fans, I definitely love these are the be quiet Silent Wings Pro 4. I’m using a bunch of these in my current main build in my old thread ripper system, that was the thread ripper 39,70 x 32 cores, 64 threads. This had like, geez, 11 of the Silent Wings, three high speed ones. Definitely love those, but these are a bit pricey, but their quality, they’ll basically outlive your PC. And other fans that won’t break the bank but still perform very well are the Arctic P12 fans. They have in black and in white, RGB or non RGB. So you’re kind of pick of a litter right there. And so I hope that helps if you have questions about networking setups, like I have a 10 gig network key here as well as Wi Fi 7, check on my previous videos or ask a very specific question on something like that.