Calling all PC Nerds!!!

[purple5ive]

i5-650 uses Clarkdale architecture, it won't support HEVC.
Assuming you're upgrading the CPU, getting a Coffee Lake (Intel's newest architecture) CPU will be the way to go.
Most of the lower spec coffee lake CPU's are LGA1151 and since the i5 650 is 1156 you'll need a upgraded motherboard too.
New PSU and ram like kimtown said are also a good idea, or you could just get a new pc

ok that pretty much flew over my head..
how much would a new PC cost if i want to enable 4K editing? anyone here do custom builds or know prices?

the new ram and cpu is ideally what id like to get, but how much would these things cost?
anyone have any ball park figures?
i might as well aim for 4k if im doing this.

A budget PC build suitable for 4k editing will be about $900-1400
If you were gonna upgrade your current PC so it's suitable for 4k, a new CPU would be about $280-300, A new motherboard would be about $150 and a stick of 8gb ddr4 ram and new power supply would be $80
In order to handle 4k you'd also need graphics card, you can get a decent one for $250. CPU graphics probably wouldn't handle 4k footage too well and the difference between GPU and no GPU is night and day when it comes to video editing.

yeah. last night i went to a centrecom store and asked some questions.

upgrading my old to new is almost 1k.
new pc for 4k was 1.4-1.8K minus the mouse, keyboard and screen.
ill post the specs in a minute as i got nfi what all of it is, i just told the guy give me the best for 4k and he started typing away..

[purple5ive]

Here are the specs.. bit pricey. But I got nfi about these things.
If you guys can suggest better alternatives then I'm listening.

I want to be able to edit 4k videos using davinci resolve or similar programmes and not have to wait hours for it all to happen. Tgats the requirements in a nutshell.
No games will ever be played on this PC.
bear in mind the video editing will be few and far in between, its not like im going to go out there and start broadcasting every fishing trip in 4k.

ideally id be shooting in 2.7K tbh. as thats ample for what im doing, but might as well have the ability to do 4k if i can

ps the older computer has a NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 295 Graphics card in it.
Can this be salvageable. If im going to a new system.
I feel terribly bad throwing away a completely usable system for something lot newer.



Cheers

[4liters]

I recently got a Metabox laptop which has been the bees knees so far. No idea if the one I got would do 4k but they have some specialist graphics and editing models for sale. Not cheap but tell the ATO you mostly use it for work and you're laughing. Better yet, ask your boss if they'll salary sacrifice it for you.

[purple5ive]

I recently got a Metabox laptop which has been the bees knees so far. No idea if the one I got would do 4k but they have some specialist graphics and editing models for sale. Not cheap but tell the ATO you mostly use it for work and you're laughing. Better yet, ask your boss if they'll salary sacrifice it for you.

workplace isnt keen on doing salary sacrifice i asked earlier about it.
yeah a tax write off is another option, but im not too keen to do it knowing im not using it for work hahaha. but ill look into it
id rather a PC than a laptop for this sorta stuff.

[DougieK]

I just had a guy who trains with me build me a new PC to play Path of Exile and do some basic video editing. Hit me up on fb for details if you decide to go on the new route, he was unbelievably helpful.

I was a huge Diablo 2 fan growing up, and PoE seems a carbon copy of what Diablo 3 should have been

Never got into it though

Pre LBG/BJJ obsession I lost a whole heap of my life to world of warcraft, then was playing Titan Quest and this games name kept popping up. Tried it and love it, because it's easy to put down and pick back up.

[saph]

Here are the specs.. bit pricey. But I got nfi about these things.
If you guys can suggest better alternatives then I'm listening.

I want to be able to edit 4k videos using davinci resolve or similar programmes and not have to wait hours for it all to happen. Tgats the requirements in a nutshell.
No games will ever be played on this PC.
bear in mind the video editing will be few and far in between, its not like im going to go out there and start broadcasting every fishing trip in 4k.

ideally id be shooting in 2.7K tbh. as thats ample for what im doing, but might as well have the ability to do 4k if i can

ps the older computer has a NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 295 Graphics card in it.
Can this be salvageable. If im going to a new system.
I feel terribly bad throwing away a completely usable system for something lot newer.



Cheers

Its decent thats for sure but i did suggest a pre built for less in my first post but if thats your budget https://www.pccasegear.com/bundle/501/p ... ing-system prebuilt for you aswell and with more graphics processing power but that can be changed about if you want.

[skronkman]

I have found the guys at scorptec.com.au pretty good to deal with in person and their prices are usually very close to the best available on the internet. They have a few stores around Melbourne and a good website for designing/pricing a new build. I used to be in IT but I’m 10 years out of practice and my 14 year old nephew puts me to shame now so can’t much help on the current tech specs.

[purple5ive]

Here are the specs.. bit pricey. But I got nfi about these things.
If you guys can suggest better alternatives then I'm listening.

I want to be able to edit 4k videos using davinci resolve or similar programmes and not have to wait hours for it all to happen. Tgats the requirements in a nutshell.
No games will ever be played on this PC.
bear in mind the video editing will be few and far in between, its not like im going to go out there and start broadcasting every fishing trip in 4k.

ideally id be shooting in 2.7K tbh. as thats ample for what im doing, but might as well have the ability to do 4k if i can

ps the older computer has a NVIDIA QUADRO NVS 295 Graphics card in it.
Can this be salvageable. If im going to a new system.
I feel terribly bad throwing away a completely usable system for something lot newer.



Cheers

Its decent thats for sure but i did suggest a pre built for less in my first post but if thats your budget https://www.pccasegear.com/bundle/501/p ... ing-system prebuilt for you aswell and with more graphics processing power but that can be changed about if you want.

I did see that suggestion mate, thanks once again. Like I mentioned earlier I don’t really know what all those names and numbers mean hahah.
This pricing was done when I was there to get some extra RAM.
I don’t want to spend that much at all tbh..
Im looking for the basic of basic that can do 4K
Maybe I should have explained a bit better to that guy who did the quote.
I posted that here cause you guys would know more about it than I do and to see if the suggestion from them was a good one or overkill/ too expensive..

Ideally if I can keep it under 1K then sweet.
I got a bit too many expenses atm to splurge on a editing PC and I still haven’t got those new gopros either
Cheers

[Kimtown]

I just had a guy who trains with me build me a new PC to play Path of Exile and do some basic video editing. Hit me up on fb for details if you decide to go on the new route, he was unbelievably helpful.

I was a huge Diablo 2 fan growing up, and PoE seems a carbon copy of what Diablo 3 should have been

Never got into it though

Pre LBG/BJJ obsession I lost a whole heap of my life to world of warcraft, then was playing Titan Quest and this games name kept popping up. Tried it and love it, because it's easy to put down and pick back up.

Lol gaming is a killer

If I spent even half the amount of time studying through high school as I did with playing video games I’d be an astrophysicist with NASA right now

But I’d still take the path I chose every time lol

[Mattblack]

Have you looked at an iMac? (perfect for photo/video editing,not so great for gaming...look pretty sexy as well)