- Hey guys, my name is Matt Johnson.
And to day I want to show you
three of the best pre-built 4K video editing PCs
that you can buy for less than $1,000.
Now if you're on a budget,
I would actually not buy any of these PCs,
and instead I would recommend that you build your own.
It's not hard to do,
I've made videos showing you the exact parts to buy,
as well as another video walking you through
the entire process for building a video editing computer.
My latest build guide will show you how to build
a budget video editing PC for 650 bucks.
Which is by far,
the best value for your dollar, in my opinion.
That video is linked down in the video description.
But if not, maybe you don't have time to build,
maybe you want guaranteed tech support if something breaks.
I get it.
So in that case,
let's look at some pre-built 4K video editing PCs
for under $1,000.
Up first, in order from cheapest to most expensive,
we have a desktop from CyberPowerPC,
that currently retails for 749 bucks from Best Buy.
With a 6-Core Ryzen 5 3600
and a Radeon RX 580 graphics card.
This is going to work well for budget 4K video editing
and Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
As well as be good for After Effects, music production,
live streaming on Twitch and yes, even gaming.
Please be aware though, that at this price
this computer only comes with eight gigabytes of RAM
and I would recommend for 4K video editing
that you at least get 16 gigabytes.
Thankfully, RAM is one of the easiest parts
to install on a computer,
simply pop out the old sticks and pop in the new
and you're good.
I will include a link down in the description
to RAM that I would recommend you purchase for this PC,
as well as a link to a video showing you
how to install this RAM.
There will also be links to all of the pre-built computers
that I've talked about as well as any accessories
that I recommend for them down in the video description
next to the like button.
Next up we're taking a jump in price
but also a nice jump in power.
This is the HP Pavilion TGO1
and you can customize it to include
a Ryzen 7 3700X
8-Core Processor
and an NVIDIA GTX 1650 for a reasonable $900,
at my time of pricing it.
This processor is going to be a significant upgrade
in speed over the processor in the previous computer.
Keep in mind though, that $900 price includes
switching the hard drive to a 256 gigabyte SSD,
which is a necessity in 2020.
I would also still highly recommend
upgrading the RAM to 16 gigabytes.
But I have good news,
when customizing the system on HP site,
you can opt to include 16 gigabytes of RAM for $110 more.
While you're at it, this is completely optional,
but if you have the budget,
I would also recommend selecting
the NVIDIA 1660 graphics card as an upgrade.
The six gigabytes of video memory in that card
will come in handy when editing 4K video.
Lastly, I would go for the $10 upgrade
to the 400-watt power supply
to make sure this PC has enough power.
With the upgraded RAM, which is mandatory in my opinion,
as well as the optional upgraded graphics card
and power supply, this computer is now coming in at $1170,
which is above the $1,000 budget for these builds.
With that in mind, let's look at one more PC
that is cheaper than $1,000 and most importantly,
won't require you to open it up
to install RAM like option number one,
and won't go over $1,000 like option number two.
Video editing PC number three is this,
the CyberPowerPC-Gamer Master Gaming Desktop.
Don't be thrown off by the amount of times
that gaming is thrown at you in this computer's title.
There's a very large overlap
between gaming and video editing
whenever you're looking at a PCs power.
This computer has an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU,
a Radeon RX 5600 XT graphics card and 16 gigabytes of RAM.
Meaning that you shouldn't need to open it up at all.
Also at the time of this video, it retails for 950 bucks.
Easily coming in under the $1,000 budget.
So which one should you buy?
Do you go for the $750 CyberPowerPC from Best Buy
that needs a RAM upgrade,
the $900 PC from HP with easily upgradable power
or the $950 CyberPowerPC
that doesn't require you to open it up at all.
I already said, I think you should build your own
and save some money.
But if I had to choose, I would go with the $750 option
and upgrade the RAM easily myself.
Lastly, if you're wanting to buy
a pre-built video editing PC,
I think that you should know,
that almost as important as what you were buying,
is when you buy it.
There are many stores that you can buy a PC from these days.
Amazon, Newegg, Best Buy, B&H.
Many of these stores often have sales
that offer steep discounts.
So if you don't need to purchase a computer right away,
waiting until a major holiday or sale,
Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Fourth of July,
Amazon Prime Day, World Beard Day.
If you can think of a holiday
there's probably a sale going on somewhere
and you can most likely get a substantial discount.
In fact, the first CyberPowerPC I recommended in this video
that is currently 750 was marked down
to 600 on Black Friday.
Such a good deal.
With all that mind,
considering the prices are constantly fluctuating,
and things go in and out of stock all the time.
If one of these three PCs that I've recommended
goes out of stock,
please leave me a comment down below and let me know.
And I will replace it with a roughly equivalent option
for hopefully, roughly the same price.
I'm sure some of you are thinking,
"Matt there's still a lot that we need to talk about.
What about mice, keyboards, speakers, monitors?"
Don't worry, I have you covered.
Link down in the description are all of the
physical accessories that I would recommend
that you purchase.
I realized that everybody has a different opinion.
But this is just what I would recommend.
With that, I hope this video has been helpful to you
with picking out a budget pre-built 4K video editing PC.
Also, do you want to see more video editing computer buying
guides like this?
Leave me a comment down below and let me know.
Lastly, it would be a huge help to me
if you would consider liking this video, subscribing,
and consider joining my filmmaking Facebook group.
Link down in the video description as well.
Thanks so much for watching and have a great day.