High performance for 1080p and occasional 4K video editing
Our entry plus video editing PC offers a big step up in performance over the entry system. Firstly, the processor upgrade to the i7-8700 offers a useful performance boost. The i7 features hyper-threading technology and offers 12 virtual cores which in itself offers around 20% performance uplift over a non-hyper-threading processor such as the i5-9600k even though the processor frequency is the same. The system memory also doubles to a useful 32GB which is essential for editing 4K even for basic and relatively short clips. The storage is also greatly improved with separate drives for the OS and applications. Performance is improved via the use of the faster NVMe type SSD drives. Use the primary SSD for your OS and application installations and the second SSD for your scratch area and Premiere Pro cache. There is also a useful 4TB archive drive for your completed works.
The graphics is also upgraded to the GTX1660Ti 6GB. The additional video memory is useful and the increased processing power of the GTX 1660Ti helps speed up GPU accelerated tasks in Premier Pro.
The Contour L03 silent workstation chassis offers a mid sized, solidly built and flexible housing with internal soundproofing to both side panels to keep your workstation running quietly, even under load. There is also plenty of space for installing additional storage drives. The system can accept two further SATA drives in one of each 3.5″ and 2.5″ format. Also, the motherboard we use can support 2 x M.2 high-performance SSDs so in total you can use six storage drives in this system. To add further storage drives to your PC in the configurator, hit the ‘Add Another’ button to the right-hand side of the primary storage drive header. Alternatively, contact us for a quote with additional storage options.
This PC also includes high performance WIFI and Bluetooth with the latest dual band wireless AC technology which is able to achieve speeds of up to 1733Mbps.
This system is aimed at those editing in 1080p and QHD (1440p) with a small amount of work in 4k occasionally. Take a look at our blogs to find out more about how your choice of PC components affects your overall system performance in Premier Pro.
Soundproofing on the inside of the chassis
32GB of memory improves performance
Specification
Processor
- Intel Core i7-8700 3.2Ghz Six Core CPU,
- Max Turbo Frequency 4.6Ghz
- Cache: 12MB
- Be Quiet! Pure Rock CPU Air Cooler Installed
Memory
- 32GB DDR4 2666Mhz RAM
- Dual Channel – 2 x 16GB
- Supports up to 64GB
- 4 x DIMM sockets (2 Used)
Hard Drive
- 256GB ADATA SX8200 Pro NVMe M.2 SSD
- 2 x M.2 sockets, 1 free (1 used for the ADATA Drive)
- 512GB ADATA SX8200 NVMe M.2 SSD
- 4TB Seagate BarraCuda 3.5″ Hard drive
- 6 SATA Ports, 4 free (2 Used for DVDRW & 4TB HDD)
Optical Drive
- Asus DVD Re-Writer, SATA, 24x, M-Disk Support
- 2 x Optical Bays, 1 free
Software
- Windows 10 Home 64-bit
- Clean install, no additional software
Chipset
- Intel B365 Chipset
Display Outputs
- 3 x DisplayPort 1.4
- 1 x HDMI 2.0b
- Supports up to 4 monitors at once
- Supports HDCP
Graphics
- NVidia GTX 1660 Ti 6GB
Audio
- High Definition Audio, 5.1 or 7.1 channel
- Audio provided by Realtek ALC887 Audio Chip on the motherboard
Input Devices
- No Keyboard or Mouse Included
Wired Networking
- Realtek 10/100/1000 LAN
Wireless Networking
- Intel Wireless-AC 9260
- Speeds up to 1733mbps
- Bluetooth 5.0
Power Supply
- 500 watts
Dimensions
- Height: 467mm
- Width: 205mm
- Depth: 460mm
Interfaces
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard or Mouse Port
- 3 x USB 2.0 Port (1 front, 2 rear)
- 6 x USB 3.1 Port (2 front, 4 rear)
- 1 x RJ-45 Ethernet Port
- 6 x Audio Jacks at the rear
- 2 x Audio Jacks at the front
- 3 x DisplayPort 1.4 on video card
- 1 x HDMI 2.0b on video card
Note the display outputs from the motherboard are disabled when a graphics card is installed
Expansion
- 2 x PCI-e x 16 Slots, 1 free (1 x Used for video card)
- 4 x PCI-e x 1 Slots, 2 free (1 obscured by video card, 1 used for wifi card)
Case
- Contour L03 Silent Workstation Chassis
- Pre-installed Rear Black 120 mm fan
- Space for 3 additional 120mm fans at the front
- Space to accept 120mm or 240mm liquid coolers
Warranty
- 3 Year Return to Base parts and labour
- 1st 30 days collect and return at our expense
