Video game editing pc builds

Hello,

I am looking for a desktop or a laptop that will be suitable for video game editing, with games such as the dreaded Call of Duty and large open world games such as Skyrim and Fallout. As I can be considered one which is computer illiterate, can someone please help me build a spec. My current budget is £1000 but I will be able to upgrade in future. Thank You. :)
 

Oussebon

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Just to clarify, when talking about video game editing, we're talking about playing video games, and also editing videos of the gameplay? :)

If video editing, what software will be used?
 
Urm mainly just for editing, as I’m primarily a console gamer, would be nice to play games such as Fallout and that on PC but I’m not really that fused, as all my friends also have consoles. I haven’t really done much revision on it but I would purchase an Elgato HD60s if that helps at all, thanks. :)
 

Oussebon

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Maybe something like:


Case
GAME MAX FALCON BLACK GAMING CASE (RGB LED)
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.25GHz/19MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
Gigabyte X470 AORUS Ultra Gaming: ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1050 - DVI, HDMI, DP
1[SUP]st[/SUP] Hard Disk
500GB SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 16MB CACHE
1[SUP]st[/SUP] M.2 SSD Drive
256GB SAMSUNG PM961 M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 2800MB/R, 1100MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
USB Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365
Anti-Virus
BullGuard™ Internet Security - Free 90 Day License inc. Gamer Mode
Browser
Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only)
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 6 to 8 working days
Quantity
1

Price £988.00 including VAT and delivery

Unique URL to re-configure : https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-pc/D2m26!JzBX/
 
Build looks good, I had been experimenting with the processors and graphics cards. Two questions, can I in futures upgrade the processor and the graphics cards? And also what the difference with AMD and Intel, can these be switched over in future if I wanted to? Thank you for all your help! :)
 

Oussebon

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In general you don't want to have to upgrade a computer's CPU.

You can only upgrade to CPU's supported by that motherboard's socket (in this case "AM4") and very often new generations don't use the same socket, or only offer fairly marginal improvements versus what was available at the time.

For instance, if had you bought an Intel i5 6600k instead of an i7 6700k and then decided to upgrade that to the i7 7700k, that would arguably have been bad value. The 7700k is barely any better than the i7 6700k, and an i5 6600k would already have cost you £200 versus £300 for an i7 - so you'd have spent £500 on CPUs instead of just spending £300 and getting something that you were good with for many years.

AMD have, however, indicated that future gens of CPU release upto 2020 will work with current AM4 motherboards, I believe. That's not a guarantee, and even if true, upgrading may not be financially sound. But at least it would be an option.

Intel haven't said anything one way or another about future gens and motherboards I think, though almost every generation of their CPUs has needed a new motherboard, even when the socket was notionally the same(!).

As you'll have guessed by now, you can't use Intel CPUs in AMD motherboards or vice versa. In terms of the 'difference' between AMD and Intel, that depends who you ask, but Intel's CPUs tend to offer better gaming performance, while AMD's are better for multithreaded tasks like certain video editing, rendering, and streaming gameplay. Ryzen 2 CPUs like the 2600x have had a bit of a bump in frequency versus the first gen of Ryzen, and this helps close the gap with Intel in gaming, and stretch the lead in streaming, etc.

The R5 2600x is a solid CPU for gaming performance, and matches an Intel i7 8700k for multithreaded tasks, and outperforms Intel 8th Gen i5 CPUs for many video editing scenarios like these in Handbrake or Adobe Premiere Pro:
https://www.techspot.com/review/1613-amd-ryzen-2700x-2600x/page2.html

It's probably the best CPU you can afford for £1000 while also getting a half decent case, PSU, high end motherboard, 16gb RAM, an SSD, and an entry-level GPU.

As for upgrading the GPU, you should have a pretty free hand. 550W should give you a lot of options, the case has room for fairly long GPUs, and both AMD and Nvidia GPUs will work.
 
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