But if you buy 2 sticks of 16GB then you’ll have 2 bays open for expansion later. If you buy 4 sticks of 8GB RAM to get 32GB then you’ll have to buy all new RAM to get to 64GB later. If you don’t want to splurge on 64GB and just do 16GB or 32GB I’d still recommend using 16GB sticks. But I just want performance, so I opted for the Crucial 16GB sticks which I could put 4 of them in my motherboard for a total of 64GB of RAM. These days RAM can be a fashion accessory for a build with designs that have crazy heatsink, LEDs, and wild designs. This one is stacked with all kinds of options and will take anything I throw at it. The most important things to think about are what size graphics card will a motherboard fit and what kind of inputs and outputs does it have. They make a non-wifi version that is usually a few bucks cheaper, but I opted for the wifi even though I don’t need it at the moment since I’m hardwired. It has a ton of features and allows for up to 64GB of RAM and has slots for M.2 NVMe storage (really fast storage that installs direct to the motherboard). I landed on the AORUS PRO WiFi almost exclusively from the Puget Systems recommendations. Make sure you do your research here and get the correct motherboard for you chip. Since I went with the i9 9900K I needed a motherboard with that would take the Intel LGA115x chipset. The motherboard of a build is mainly driven by the chipset you’ll be using. GIGABYTE Z390 AORUS PRO WiFi – Paid $181.07 I opted for the NH-U12S which can also take another fan on the backside if more cooling power is needed. I did some research and found the Noctura cooling fans are among the most quiet and best performance. A huge consideration in my build was quietness as you’ll hear more about later. ![]() ![]() The 9900K does not come with a cooler/heat sink and it is known to run a little hot, so it definitely needs one. And the rendering that slows me down is mostly driven by computing cores so that dual threading made a big difference in benchmarking and the extra $112 I paid will easily pay itself back in wasted time. The i7-9700K is actually a good alternative that is a bit lower priced, but it is only single threaded for 8 logical processors. The 9900K has 8 cores with dual threads for 16 logical processors. I went with the i9-9900K after a bit of research and seeing how other processors performed. I bought everything off Amazon other than the graphics card which I got off a Black Friday deal on Newegg. At then end I’ll total everything up for the entire build. I’ll list out each of the parts with the price I paid for them and some reasoning on why I picked them. One of the things that really kicked me in the pants was seeing this video by Destin from Smarter Every Day about building a 4K video editing rig. New Computer Parts and Selection Criteria So I decided to upgrade and shoot big with my components to really make an impact. All these things added up to minutes and hours of lost time every day, week and month. On top of this even at 1/4 playback resolution I would freeze and drop frames on playback when clips were over 500% speed. And sometimes it was more like 30-90 seconds for multiple file imports, rendering a whole timeline, or generating audio file peaks. Some of the common functions like speeding up a large clip, importing a new file, or rendering an effect would slow me down for 5-10 seconds while the computer thought about things. Total Cost – $764.74 (computer only, no monitor)Īlthough this computer did an admirable job, I found myself waiting too often during an edit.
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