hey my name is matt johnson it's 2022
and today i'm happy to show you the
parts you need to build a budget 4k
video editing computer for under a
thousand dollars this is going to easily
enable you to edit 4k and hd video in
adobe premiere or davinci resolve as
well as edit photos stream on twitch and
even game if you want to and it should
be powerful for many years to come now
there are a few quick things you need to
know before we talk about the parts for
this video editing build
first all the parts i'll be talking
about in this build will be linked down
in the video description as well as on
my kit page where they will all be
nicely organized for you to check out
second this video is going to show you
the parts you need to purchase
not how to put them together don't worry
though i have a video i made a while ago
that's over an hour long and details the
entire step-by-step process you need to
take to build a video editing pc from
taking the parts out of the box all the
way to turning the computer on that
video is linked in the description as
well and all the parts in this video
should go together in the same way that
the parts in that video did
please do not be intimidated building a
pc is a lot of fun and kind of like
putting together legos the third and
final thing you need to know is that
while this video is about a budget video
editing computer for less than a
thousand bucks i have another video that
will show you the parts you need to buy
to build a higher tier video editing
computer that will easily edit 4k 6k or
even 8k or 12k footage so if you have
more money to spend i would recommend
watching that video i will link it up in
the corner and down in the video
description as well now onto this under
thousand dollar budget video editing
computer build up first let's talk about
the motherboard this is what you're
gonna put all of your parts like your
cpu ram and graphics card onto and makes
them all work together and here's where
things are already switching up from
previous build guides that i've made
because we are switching to an intel cpu
for this build and with intel i
recommend the asus prime b560 plus atx
motherboard which comes in at 120
dollars at the time of making this video
with this motherboard you are getting a
good mix of features for good price
including pcie 4.0 and usb type c
the one con of this motherboard is it
does not support wi-fi out of the box so
as an upgrade option you can get the
gigabyte b560 aorus pro ax motherboard
which does include wi-fi for 180 bucks
or if you want to save some cash i will
link down below to a cheap usb wi-fi
adapter that you can plug into your
computer instead
next up let's talk about the cpu the
brain of the computer
which is arguably the most important
part when it comes to video editing
because a fast cpu with a lot of cores
is going to make a drastic difference in
how fast your videos edit and render
sticking with intel because of course we
have an intel motherboard you should get
the core i5
11400f processor which has 6 cores and
12 threads in the past i never would
have recommended an i5 processor but
intel has been making some great strides
to compete with amd in terms of power
and the bang for your buck with the cpu
is stellar and only 170 dollars at the
time making this video as a plus two
this cpu comes with a cooler which
should work great so you can save some
money there that said if you have more
money to spin though intel's 11700f cpu
will give you two more cores and a nice
jump in performance keep in mind you
will need to get a cooler two for this
upgraded cpu so i will link to coolers
that i recommend as well as both cpus
down in the video description moving on
let's talk about ram ak memory this is
what your computer needs to run its
programs for ram i would recommend 16
gigabytes of silicon power x power ram
at 3200 megahertz this is going to be
enough ram for 4k video editing but it
is not going to be quite enough for
multitasking so i wouldn't recommend
running too many other programs in
addition to your video editing software
if you could help it
now as a ram upgrade i've found the
sweet spot for 4k video editing is 32
gigabytes of ram specifically for this
build i would recommend purchasing 32
gigabytes of silicon power gaming ram
also at 3200 megahertz up next you have
the computer's ssd this is the super
fast hard drive that's going to store
all of your programs while editing video
prices have continued dropping every
year on these and they are very
affordable i would recommend the
kingston a400 ssd which will give you
240 gigabytes of space and retails for
only 36 bucks this should be plenty of
space for you to store your computer's
operating system and program files if
you want more space and dramatically
faster speed though i would recommend
upgrading to the 500 gigabyte crucial p5
plus ssd for 90. this ssd supports pcie
4.0 and is one of the faster options
that you can buy today please do keep in
mind that i only recommend using the ssd
to store your programs for the fastest
video editing speed it's best to have a
smaller ssd that holds your programs and
a larger ssd or regular hard drive to
store your video files
because i'm someone that travels a lot i
would recommend purchasing an external
hard drive or ssd to edit your video
files from
alternatively if you don't travel much
this computer's case will support
internal hard drives and ssds so you
could go that route too i'll be sure to
link to both hard drives and ssds that i
recommend both internal and external in
the video description now let's talk
about everyone's favorite part of any
computer
the graphics card and this is where this
build video is going to go
off the rails a little bit
see nvidia and amd keep designing new
graphics cards but there are major
issues in the supply chain and many
companies are having difficulty keeping
cards in stock
it really is a perfect storm of a
shortage of workers building these cards
due to the pandemic
everyone staying at home wanting to play
computer games which is also due to the
pandemic
cryptocurrency mining and unfortunately
there are also scalpers that are using
bots to buy up most of the graphics card
supplies as soon as they're in stock and
then turn around and sell them on ebay
for a massive price markup usually
triple the msrp
so because of all of these issues it is
quite difficult to buy a graphics card
for a reasonable price these days
which makes buying a video editing
computer on a budget even more difficult
this is actually why i've said this
video is about helping you find a video
editing pc for under a thousand dollars
but i haven't given you a specific
amount that you're going to pay because
the prices for graphics cards vary so
much right now depending on what is in
stock
don't worry though regardless i'm here
to help you save money so the first
thing you need to know is that there
still is one guaranteed way to get a
decent graphics card for a reasonable
price
and that is to purchase a pre-built
computer yes strangely enough in a video
all about buying parts to build your own
computer i'm telling you not to do that
but here we are what a strange world we
live in right now
and here's the good news i've actually
recently made a video sharing with you
some great options for pre-built video
editing pcs for under a thousand bucks
and i will link to that video below if
you want to watch it
by all means i want you to build your
own computer but if you start looking at
graphics cards they're out of stock and
you get discouraged
save this video to your favorites and
come back to it as an option for where
to get a pre-built video editing
computer
moving on then let's talk about finding
you a graphics card
in the past i've recommended one
particular brand and model of graphics
card because cards would usually stay in
stock
but now instead of just one brand and
model i'm going to recommend you several
brands and bottles of card so when
you're buying a graphics card you have
the maximum chance of being able to find
one in stock for a reasonable price so
here are my budget graphics card
recommendations first let's talk brands
when you're looking for a graphics card
you're gonna see a lot of brands like
asus msi evga gigabyte zotac pny there
are a ton in my experience for video
editing it doesn't make a huge
difference which brand you buy from and
with this shortage we're more concerned
with actually finding a graphics card in
stock so if you find a card from any of
the above brands i would say you're
probably good to go as long as the card
doesn't have a ton of horrible reviews
online
so if all those manufacturers are
generally good which specific model of
cards should you buy i'll start by
recommending the nvidia gtx 1050 which
is definitely the bottom of the barrel
and one of the cheapest cards still
available today that's capable of 4k
video editing but even with it being so
basic you're still looking at spending a
couple hundred bucks but you can always
upgrade this in the future if you find a
better card in stock the only con of
this card is that it only has four
gigabytes of video memory so while yes
it will work for 4k video editing if you
have the budget and can find one of the
other card options with more video ram
than i'm about to tell you about you'll
want to go with one of those now here
are more cards that i would recommend
that will offer better performance and
should still be relatively affordable if
you can find them in stock for other
nvidia cards i would recommend the
nvidia gtx 1660 super rtx 2060 rtx 3060
3060 ti and rtx 3050. these cards are
hard to find in stock especially the rtx
3050 and 3060 ti but if you can get one
at retail price it should hopefully be
for around 400 or less now for amd cards
i would recommend the amd radeon rx 570
rx 580 5500 xt and 5600 xt if you can
get one of these you should be good for
4k video editing but make sure you get a
model with eight gigabytes of video ram
they have four gigabyte models and
they're not quite as good i will link
below to all these cards that i just
talked about that are in stock but i
can't guarantee they will stay in stock
because these things change from hour to
hour because stock can be so hard to
keep up with i would recommend setting
up stock alerts on amazon newegg and b h
so you can be notified as soon as they
come back in stock in addition if you
live close to a micro center or best buy
and can go in person to the store
there's a much better chance that you
may be able to find one in stock at a
physical location i've actually heard
from viewers of my previous pc build
guides that went to micro center and
said hey i'm building a custom video
editing computer and micro center was
like oh yeah we got a graphics card in
the back for you that's awesome last
thing about graphics cards if you find a
store that has them in stock please come
back to this video and leave a comment
telling others so they can filter by new
comments and hopefully buy one too
graphics card's over we're almost done
let's talk about the power supply for
this build which you're going to need to
give all of your parts the electrical
juice that they crave i would recommend
the evga br 500 watt which has a great
price and is quite energy efficient
please keep in mind this is not a
modular power supply meaning that all
the cables are permanently attached to
the back of the power supply this can
make cable management a bit more
difficult but it does keep the cost down
if you have some extra money though and
want easier cable management i would
recommend the evga bq 500 watt power
supply which is semi-modular and should
result in a cleaner looking build for
not too much more money lastly you need
somebody to put all these parts inside
the pc case
we're changing things up for my previous
builds 2 with a pc case from corsair the
79.275r airflow mid tower case and as
the name implies it offers great airflow
in the past for cases i've recommended
the nzxt h510 with one of the main
reasons being that my pc build guide
where i show you how to put everything
together uses that specific case but i
really want you to have a case with good
airflow which is why i'm recommending
the corsair and do not worry all of the
parts will go into this new case very
similarly to the nzxt case so you will
still be able to follow along as i build
the computer now i do want you to be
aware that this case does not have any
5.25 inch drive bays meaning that you're
not going to be able to install a cd dvd
or blu-ray burner inside this case the
good news is that you can pick up an
external dvd burner for around 25 bucks
an external blu-ray burner for less than
100. if you really want the case with a
5.25 inch drive base you can install an
internal dvd or blu-ray burner i would
recommend the cougar mx330g
this case isn't quite as pretty as the
nzxt h510 but it has great airflow and
thousands of people love it and that is
your under thousand dollar video editing
pc build as always there's more that
you're going to need though mouse
keyboard monitor speakers operating
system for all these physical
accessories there are so many options
out there that are going to depend
entirely on what you prefer i will link
down in the description to my
recommendations for keyboard my speakers
and both a 1080p or 4k monitor depending
on what you want
i would recommend the 4k option for 4k
video editing also i have a 4k video
editing monitor video if you want to
check that out i'll link to up in the
corner and down in the video description
as far as the operating system goes i
would recommend windows 10 and i've
included a link down in the description
to a tom's hardware article where you
can read about how to get a copy of
windows 10 for free or very cheap and
then if you want windows 11 you can
upgrade to windows 11 for free lastly
we've nearly made it to the end of this
video but i want to take a second to
restart again how crazy the entire
computer industry is right now and how
hard it is to find parts heck even in
the time it took me to research all the
parts of this build and post this video
parts have gone out of stock and then i
had to revise the video before
publishing it it's a whole deal because
of that i want to give you one final
alternative
if you've made it through all this video
and you've looked at all the parts and
you're seeing that some are in stock
some are out of stock first of all by
all means comment that and tell me and i
will try to update the links within
stock parts but even then as weird as it
is to say considering this is a video
about building a video editing pc i
think you should also consider
purchasing an apple mac mini with their
m1 chip i talk more about the m1 mac
mini in my pre-built video editing pc
video but to sum it up you can get an m1
mac mini with 16 gigabytes of ram for
under a thousand bucks and it's going to
be very capable for a video editing
because of that i will link to the m1
mac mini below if you want to check it
out as i believe it's a very viable
option for video editing with that thank
you so much for watching it would be a
huge help to me if you would consider
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want to see more videos like it in the
future please also keep in mind that i
have that other pc build video detailing
a more powerful video editing build
option if you have a higher budget
there's also that pre-built video
editing pc option if you don't want to
build your own those are all linked in
the corner and in the video description
thanks so much for watching and have a
great day
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