Video Editing/Gaming PC advice needed

[GeorgeTaylor266]

Hi all,

I'm looking to get a video editing PC, also for playing games. I'm not technically minded when it comes to PC builds, so really need some help in getting the best value possible of the £2500 budget that I have.

These are the apps I use:
DaVinci Resolve
Adobe Premiere Pro

These are the games I play:
Valheim
City Skylines
Call of Duty
Elite Dangerous

I'd like to stay around the quoted price below but can go to £2500 if absolutely necessary.

I'm not precious if AMD or intel processor as I had priced a cheaper i7 12700 but went with the more expensive AMD for upper budget purposes.

Note that I already have plenty of existing external hard drive storage.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Cheers.

Case
CORSAIR iCUE 5000X RGB MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16 Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.9GHz/72MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE X570S AORUS ELITE AX : ATX (USB 3.2 Gen 1, PCIe 4.0, CrossFireX) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
10GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st Storage Drive
1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler Black Edition
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Google Chrome™
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 5 to 7 working days
Welcome Book
PCSpecialist Welcome Book - United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland
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[MrWilson]

Hi George?

Do you currently have a system you can run the above programs on? Do you use these programs for professional use?

If the answers to the above are NOT “no” and “yes”, I would STRONGLY recommend holding off a couple of months. New AMD CPUs are coming next month, with new GPU releases from both AMD and Nvidia coming later this year. You will get a heck of a lot more performance from £2500 spent on the newer hardware, as it promises substantial gains over current gen stuff.

 

[Martinr36]

If you can't hold off there's a couple of changes I'd make to the above, based around cooler, memory, mother board and PSU

 

[GeorgeTaylor266]

@MrWilson Thanks for your advice. I can barely run the video editing applications on my current system, and no games at all. I'm not a professional user, it's only for personal use.
Are you saying the current tech will become cheaper when the new stuff comes out?

@Martinr36 Can you elaborate what specific changes you'd suggest please?

 

[Martinr36]

@MrWilson Thanks for your advice. I can barely run the video editing applications on my current system, and no games at all. I'm not a professional user, it's only for personal use.
Are you saying the current tech will become cheaper when the new stuff comes out?

@Martinr36 Can you elaborate what specific changes you'd suggest please?

@GeorgeTaylor266 what @MrWilson is saying, it's with the new tech you'll get way better bang for your buck

As for elaborating on what I said, I'd go for the asus crosshair mother board, you really want minimum of 3200 MHz RAM, the cooler I'd go with the 150I capellix with just the standard paste, and psi is up to the 1000W model to give some headroom for future upgrades, also off your weren't going to be using your existing pc once you grey this one, you could transfer the windowed license over, saving yourself some money