Build 188 – Serenity: Video Editing Workstation

Serenity is a video editing workstation, designed around a i7-13700K processor and a RTX 3070Ti 8GB video card.

Description

Serenity is a video editing workstation, designed around a i7-13700K processor and a RTX 3070Ti 8GB video card.

General System Design

This build is designed around a i7-13700K processor and a RTX 3070Ti 8GB video card.

Software Workload/Customer Need

This customer needed a powerful new workstation to handle their growing professional workload. This machine was designed for video editing, illustration, animation, recording, gaming, and streaming.

This build is designed in particular for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Clip Studio Paint, Vtube Studio, OBS, Streamlabs OBS, Reaper, RPGMaker MV, Zbrush, Divinity Original Sin 2, Final Fantasy 14, Don’t Starve 2, Resident Evil.

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System Spec

Processor (CPU): Intel i7-13700K

CPU Cooler: Fractal Design Celsius S36

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 AERO G

Memory: Kingston Fury Beast 2x16GB DDR5-4800

Storage (SSD): Kingston KC3000 512GB

Storage (SSD): Kingston KC3000 1TB

Video Card (GPU): Asus GeForce RTX 3070Ti 8GB TUF GAMING

Power Supply (PSU): Enermax Revolution DF 850W Gold

Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500DX White

Fans: 6x Corsair ML120 RGB ELITE Premium White

OS: Windows 11 Pro

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Design Rationale

  • The i7-13700K gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for gaming and editing, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
  • To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 360mm AIO is recommended.
  • The customer wanted a stable motherboard with a good amount of desktop functionality.
  • The customer wanted at least 32GB of RAM, and didn’t want last-gen tech.
  • The customer was fine with our default storage setup.
  • We recommended the RTX 3070Ti for gaming and editing performance for the budget.
  • The overall design of the build meant that a 850W power supply was recommended.
  • We used our default mid-tower case to fit the build, customer requested a white model.
  • We used our high-end RGB fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure, customer requested a white model.

Customer Review

It took me a while to finally have the time to write a review but that also allowed me time to get to use my new PC built by Top Flight Computers!

Chris was very responsive and helpful throughout the whole process, and I can confidently say that I am in love with my new PC!! She is the cutest and the most quiet PC I have ever owned.

She literally sits right next to my monitor on the desk and I have yet to hear a single fanning sound from this masterpiece. Not only that, she can handle all the heavy files I run on her. (Also in love with the lights. Yes, she is the cutest PC I’ll ever own.)

Would highly recommend Chris to anyone who is looking to get a PC and is as lost as I am with the technicality in actually building one lol. Will be definitely returning to him if I ever need an upgrade or further need for devices. Thank you Chris!

Kim, Atlanta GA

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