you want to build a video editing pc but
you look around and realize the prices
for parts especially graphics cards are
insane right now hey my name is matt
johnson and today i want to help you out
because contrary to what you may be
hearing and seeing it is actually
possible to get a decently powerful
computer with a good graphics card
without breaking the bank
intrigued okay
the secret is that you buy a pre-built
video editing computer and today i want
to share with you some options for
pre-built computers that are going to be
capable of editing 4k video for under a
thousand bucks
of course they will also be great for
photo editing music production after
effects 3d modeling even some gaming
incidentally i will link to all of these
computers that i recommend down in the
video description to save you time as
well
so getting right into it the first
pre-built video editing pc that i
recommend you consider is going to be
the hp omen 25 l this computer starts at
800 bucks at the time of making this
video and it comes with a six core 12
thread intel processor as well as an
nvidia gtx 1650 graphics card which
should be capable of editing 4k video
the only con of this build is that it
only comes with 8 gigabytes of ram and
i really recommend a minimum of 16
gigabytes for video editing so i would
use hp's configurator tool to upgrade to
16 gigs of ram for another 100 bucks
which brings the total for this computer
up to 900. of course if you have more
budget to spend i would also consider
upgrading the ssd to at least 512
gigabytes for only forty dollars more as
well as upgrading the cpu to the eight
core model i will warn you though if you
do this the price will go up over a
thousand dollars so don't go too crazy
unless you want to be spending a lot
more money
up next for my second recommendation
we're sticking with hp but we're going
to be going over to best buy which is
another place that hp sells their
computers and this is still an hp 25l
desktop with the same cpu but this build
comes with an upgraded nvidia 1660 super
graphics card which is a pretty
significant upgrade over the previous
builds 1650.
most importantly though this graphics
card comes with six gigabytes of ram
versus only four on the 1650 and that
should definitely be helpful if you're
editing higher resolution footage of
course if you also want to game on it
this graphics card will be a significant
upgrade as well over the 1650 and be
capable of pushing higher frame rates
and higher resolution unfortunately
though this build does have a con and
that is that it only comes with 8 gigs
of ram it should be very user friendly
to upgrade though and prices for ram are
still pretty reasonable right now so you
should be able to easily upgrade to 16
gigs of ram for less than 100 bucks i
will link down below in the description
to ram options for you if you decide to
go with this build
without the ram upgrade this build is
950 and with the ram upgrade i would
expect it to be pretty close to a
thousand dollars
okay lastly for hp we have one more
build and this is the omen 30l we're
also making the switch from intel over
to amd ryzen with this one coming with a
ryzen 5 5600x six core 12 thread
processor and a radeon rx 5500 graphics
card as it is for video editing
all of these three builds should be
pretty similar but if you want to game i
would go with the second option over
this one keep in mind though just like
the other builds you are going to have
to upgrade the ram as well from 8 gigs
to 16 but you don't have to do this
yourself you can use hp's configurator
and that's going to cost you another 100
bucks bringing the total for this
computer up to 1050.
yes it's a little over budget but if the
other two are out of stock i still think
this is a good choice don't forget to
upgrade the ssd for 40 bucks if you can
afford it and if you have any more money
upgrading to the ryzen 7 5800 x with the
eight core processor is going to provide
a very nice jump in editing speed moving
on we are finally getting away from hp
and we are going back to best buy but
this time we are going to go with a
lenovo brand computer the lenovo legion
tower 5i for 930 bucks is going to be
very similar to the other hp omen that
was sold by best buy but it has a
slightly newer intel cpu which still has
the same amount of 6 cores and 12
threads of performance and this computer
comes with an nvidia 1650 super so it's
right between the first build 1650 and
the second builds 1660 super put that
1650 super right in the middle for 930
bucks personally for video editing i
don't think it's a bad choice especially
if the other options are out of stock
one thing to keep in mind though just
like the hp is this lenovo only comes
with eight gigs of memory so you are
gonna have to manually upgrade the ram
yourself i'll also link down below to
memory that should work with this
computer if you want to upgrade it to 16
gigs of ram and with that upgrade you're
looking at spending around a thousand
bucks
okay and those are your pc options for
video editing computers under a thousand
but i know there are probably some of
you out there that are already typing in
the comments
and this is something i definitely need
to address
we need to talk about apple
in short the stuff that apple is doing
for video editors with their new video
editing computers is incredibly
impressive
and so for basically the first time ever
i find myself recommending an apple
computer for under a thousand bucks
that's actually powerful enough for 4k
video editing
so my last recommendation for you to
consider when it comes to pre-built
video editing computers is the apple mac
mini with the new m1 chip people love
this computer and even though it doesn't
have some fancy dedicated graphics card
the magic that apple has done with their
apple silicon and hardware encoders and
decoders has made the m1 mac mini very
powerful for video editing the m1 mac
mini starts at 700 bucks but while this
base model comes with the most powerful
cpu and gpu that apple currently offers
with the m1 it also only comes with
eight gigs of memory and for 4k video
editing i really recommend upgrading to
16 gigabytes for 200 more also please
remember that this is apple and this is
what is known as unified memory meaning
that this ram is soldered to the
motherboard of the computer and is fully
integrated with the cpu and gpu meaning
there's no way for you to open up this
computer and upgrade the ram after you
buy it so if you want to upgrade your
ram make sure you do it whenever you
purchase there's no way to do it later
now if 900 bucks is a little more than
you're wanting to spend you can actually
save some money if you're a student or
if you happen to know a student or if
you're a homeschool teacher anything
like that you are eligible for an apple
educational discount with this discount
you can get the m1 mac mini from apple
for 830 bucks instead of 900. if you're
not a student though i have occasionally
seen refurbished m1 mac minis pop up for
sale on apple's refurbished mac store
for as low as 760. so if you get lucky
that could be one way to save money
overall though i'm really happy to see
that apple has made this list and
another plus is that because apple is
now making their own cpus and gpus you
don't have to deal with price gouging
scalpers that come with the normal gpu
market with this computer you can buy it
new from apple and there's a very good
chance that it's going to be in stock in
conclusion those are some pre-built
video editing computers for under a
thousand bucks that should be great for
4k video editing all these computers are
linked down below if you want to check
them out yourself i will also link down
below to my video editing pc build
guides in case you say to yourself i
don't want pre-built i want to build my
own i am more than happy to help you out
with that thanks so much for watching
and have a great day
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