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My old Photoshop computer is too long in the tooth for Resolve, so it’s time to build a new one.
Key points:
1)I have the paid Resolve Studio.
2) I’m strictly amateur, with rendered travel videos from 5 minutes to 30 minutes, & musical theater performances of 2+ hours.
3) My travel source material is mostly UHD, 60fps, highly compressed h.264 8-bit, so I know I can’t push the grading too far – basic color correction, contrast adjustment, levels, etc. Maybe some noise reduction. I’ll probably also use h.265 or XAVC S in the future.
4) I'm color managed with Eizo monitor & calibrator.
I’m debating if I should go with a 6-core i7-8700K Coffee Lake, or spring for a 10-core i9-7900 Skylake. In either case, I’m thinking I'll go with a single 1080ti graphics card. Of course the i9 gives me more cores (for actions that can take advantage of more cores), & more PCIE lanes for expandability – but frankly I’m not sure I’ll ever expand the system with a second graphics cards during the life of the system. I suppose it’s possible I’ll get a DeckLink card in the future. The i7 would gives me faster clock speeds, which may benefit H.264 decode. I like stability, so I’m not likely to overclock too much.
I’ve read the Resolve configuration guide & many reviews, including the great articles on Puget Systems. They all seem to focus on editing & grading & rendering professional formats such as RAW, ProRes, DNxHD, etc. They rarely talk about highly compressed formats, other than to say they are tough to play back in Resolve without re-encoding to a more edit-friendly format, or by using proxies or optimized media.
I would LOVE to edit & grade my H.264 media directly -- & to have smooth playback (no skipped frames or stuttering) & smooth scrubbing. My question – is this even possible with ether of my proposed computer builds? I’m less concerned with rendering times – I don’t mind leaving it overnight.
Thanks, Alan
Key points:
1)I have the paid Resolve Studio.
2) I’m strictly amateur, with rendered travel videos from 5 minutes to 30 minutes, & musical theater performances of 2+ hours.
3) My travel source material is mostly UHD, 60fps, highly compressed h.264 8-bit, so I know I can’t push the grading too far – basic color correction, contrast adjustment, levels, etc. Maybe some noise reduction. I’ll probably also use h.265 or XAVC S in the future.
4) I'm color managed with Eizo monitor & calibrator.
I’m debating if I should go with a 6-core i7-8700K Coffee Lake, or spring for a 10-core i9-7900 Skylake. In either case, I’m thinking I'll go with a single 1080ti graphics card. Of course the i9 gives me more cores (for actions that can take advantage of more cores), & more PCIE lanes for expandability – but frankly I’m not sure I’ll ever expand the system with a second graphics cards during the life of the system. I suppose it’s possible I’ll get a DeckLink card in the future. The i7 would gives me faster clock speeds, which may benefit H.264 decode. I like stability, so I’m not likely to overclock too much.
I’ve read the Resolve configuration guide & many reviews, including the great articles on Puget Systems. They all seem to focus on editing & grading & rendering professional formats such as RAW, ProRes, DNxHD, etc. They rarely talk about highly compressed formats, other than to say they are tough to play back in Resolve without re-encoding to a more edit-friendly format, or by using proxies or optimized media.
I would LOVE to edit & grade my H.264 media directly -- & to have smooth playback (no skipped frames or stuttering) & smooth scrubbing. My question – is this even possible with ether of my proposed computer builds? I’m less concerned with rendering times – I don’t mind leaving it overnight.
Thanks, Alan