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So, I want to upgrade to a new PC.

1. I use it to create videos for school. Over the past few years, I've used my video gaming prowess to create videos for student remediation and the school district pays me for them.  It pays really really well as the majority of teachers are not gamers etc.. (think of using assassin's creed, COD, Flight SIm (for geography), and numerous other games that show elements from history that draws students in. 

2. I'm going to be playing starfield and want more power. My current PC is very good and I'm going to give it to my son.  I genuinely need more power for the video editing more so than gaming.  

 

So, I bought my current pc 2 years ago from Cyberpower PC and I'm extremely happy with it and unless I'm convinced othewise, I'll probably do the same. 

Feel free, share in good places to buy from.


But the main part is this.

I know I want an i9 processor, I currently have an i7.

I currently have a 2060 super vid card and I keep hearing bad things about the 40 series RTX cards.

Regardless, I'm getting a bigger SSD drive and a big HDD drive just to store video elements that I don't need fast access to.  That's the biggest place my current PC is lagging.  I only have a 500GB SSD and a 1 TB HHD.

 

Any help would be appreciated!!

Thank you in advance.

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1 minute ago, The 12th Commandment said:

You might actually be that rare animal that would benefit from a 4060 Ti and its extra ram.  If you want to use it for video editing etc. and not gaming.

 

 

I do want the power for gaming, but, more so for the video editing.

I'm guessing jumping from a 2060 super to the 4060 is going to be really good, at least I'd hope so. 

My issue is that when I read all the negativity, I'm sure a lot of it is people who are much more into PC gaming than me. I prefer to play games on console (for the most part) but Starfield is different.

I'm just not as knowledgeable on the benefits as I'm upgrading. 

thank you, I'll check out the 4060.

I'm guessing the 20, 30 or 40 is the generation of the card, does that mean the 60, or 70, 80 etc.. is also similar to each other, just upgraded?

Thanks

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But many people recommend to wait until game is released for benchmarks to come out.  

 

Also, logicalincrements.com is a good reference site I go to for looking at specs.  

 

Please build your own... or find a friend who can help you. 

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Just now, Fergasun said:

But many people recommend to wait until game is released for benchmarks to come out.  

 

Also, logicalincrements.com is a good reference site I go to for looking at specs.  

 

Please build your own... or find a friend who can help you. 

 

Thank you, I'm pretty confident that if I get the specs for the video editing, I'll be fine for Starfield.  My current pc is plenty for starfield except I'd have to delete some things off the SSD and I don't care for doing that.  

Just now, Captain Wiggles said:

I mostly use my PC for music production. Had my eye on building a new rig around the i9 129000k for some time. I concur that sites like pcpartpicker make the process extremely easy. Literally able to build it all in a couple hours these days. 

 

 

 

What DAW do you use?  I do music as well. Love playing guitar. I have Ableton, but IMO, its not as user friendly as it could be. 

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2 minutes ago, codeorama said:

 

What DAW do you use?  I do music as well. Love playing guitar. I have Ableton, but IMO, its not as user friendly as it could be. 

 

Pro Tools. I don't have the subscription anymore so using a version from a few years back what's stable with windows 10. Certainly not user friendly software either. Luckily I've taken a number classes but still challenges can arise. 🤭

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4 minutes ago, Captain Wiggles said:

 

Pro Tools. I don't have the subscription anymore so using a version from a few years back what's stable with windows 10. Certainly not user friendly software either. Luckily I've taken a number classes but still challenges can arise. 🤭

I know what you mean. I've played with ProTools in the past and didn't want to do the whole subscription thing.  Ableton just messes with me because sometimes when I record stuff and save it, I come back and things are missing or wrong. I'm sure its me, but still, It shouldn't be that hard... :D

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55 minutes ago, codeorama said:

So, I want to upgrade to a new PC.

1. I use it to create videos for school. Over the past few years, I've used my video gaming prowess to create videos for student remediation and the school district pays me for them.  It pays really really well as the majority of teachers are not gamers etc.. (think of using assassin's creed, COD, Flight SIm (for geography), and numerous other games that show elements from history that draws students in. 

2. I'm going to be playing starfield and want more power. My current PC is very good and I'm going to give it to my son.  I genuinely need more power for the video editing more so than gaming.  

 

So, I bought my current pc 2 years ago from Cyberpower PC and I'm extremely happy with it and unless I'm convinced othewise, I'll probably do the same. 

Feel free, share in good places to buy from.


But the main part is this.

I know I want an i9 processor, I currently have an i7.

I currently have a 2060 super vid card and I keep hearing bad things about the 40 series RTX cards.

Regardless, I'm getting a bigger SSD drive and a big HDD drive just to store video elements that I don't need fast access to.  That's the biggest place my current PC is lagging.  I only have a 500GB SSD and a 1 TB HHD.

 

Any help would be appreciated!!

Thank you in advance.

 

What is the age/grade level of kids for whom you making these videos? Sounds like an excellent idea. 

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What is the age/grade level of kids for whom you making these videos? Sounds like an excellent idea. 

High school 9-12 th grade. Basically 15 to 18. 
 

last summer I did videos for World History which has tons of ties to assassins creed games, far cry, ghosts of Tsushima, and many more. I used ms flight sim to give tours of sites like chichen itza, Machu Picchu, Istanbul, and other sites and cities. 
 

this summer I’m doing American History and I took a different approach because it’s 11th graders and they are more mature. So I had the idea to get local college professors to do a podcast style video for specific topics that the students generally struggle with. 
 

oddly not one single local professor even responded to my emails but I also sent emails to the “big names” of the field that write the books used in most of the grad programs (including mine) and to this point, ALL of them graciously agreed to do it and I’ve completed about 6 of them so far and they are amazing. I have to edit them down to smaller portions based on topics but my school district is thrilled. 
 

 

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My guess is local college professors are just about as overworked and underpaid as the average teacher and don't have the bandwidth to be asked to do things for free for people they don't even know. (Not that there was anything wrong with you asking.)

 

Good luck on the PC. Somebody suggested building it yourself, which is fun and that's the way I do it, but then you're on the hook for all the troubleshooting. Just something to keep in mind. 

 

Also, I would do some reading on the 40-series and other current cards specifically in regards to video editing. Here's one article I found, but I didn't spend much time researching. You should spend a little. 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/nvidia-rtx-4070-and-4060-ti-8gb-content-creation-review/

 

By the way, have you considered starting a YouTube channel? I bet gaming vids with an educational spin would have a niche. (I know there could be complications if your school system is paying for them, but maybe you can release two significantly distinct versions or something.)

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8 minutes ago, dfitzo53 said:

My guess is local college professors are just about as overworked and underpaid as the average teacher and don't have the bandwidth to be asked to do things for free for people they don't even know. (Not that there was anything wrong with you asking.)

 

Good luck on the PC. Somebody suggested building it yourself, which is fun and that's the way I do it, but then you're on the hook for all the troubleshooting. Just something to keep in mind. 

 

Also, I would do some reading on the 40-series and other current cards specifically in regards to video editing. Here's one article I found, but I didn't spend much time researching. You should spend a little. 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/nvidia-rtx-4070-and-4060-ti-8gb-content-creation-review/

 

By the way, have you considered starting a YouTube channel? I bet gaming vids with an educational spin would have a niche. (I know there could be complications if your school system is paying for them, but maybe you can release two significantly distinct versions or something.)


Thank You. I’ll check the link out. 
 

I have a YouTube channel but the district paid me extremely well for exclusivity on these videos BUT, I can easily just re do them with differences. I’ve looked into the money aspect and at this point in time, it’s better for me to do it as I’m doing it but when I finish this series, I probably will do that and send links to teachers all over the state to start just by using emails from districts. 
It’s honestly fun but is still work. I’ve always been a successful teacher because kids love my class. A lot of that is because I used video games, movie clips, tv shows etc in class to entertain them but get the curriculum across in a more fun way. 

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5 hours ago, codeorama said:

oddly not one single local professor even responded to my emails but I also sent emails to the “big names” of the field that write the books used in most of the grad programs (including mine) and to this point, ALL of them graciously agreed to do it and I’ve completed about 6 of them so far and they are amazing. I have to edit them down to smaller portions based on topics but my school district is thrilled. 

Did you offer them any pay?

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33 minutes ago, DCSaints_fan said:

Did you offer them any pay?

In the email I sent I offered them full control of time, agreed to any terms and would gladly compensate. Not one even replied. 
All of the big names not only replied quickly but refused any payment. They all wanted to do it to help kids. 

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2 hours ago, codeorama said:

In the email I sent I offered them full control of time, agreed to any terms and would gladly compensate. Not one even replied. 
All of the big names not only replied quickly but refused any payment. They all wanted to do it to help kids. 

This kinda makes sense... the "big names" probably have tenure and well paid, and aren't as busy trying to  secure their careers

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8 minutes ago, DCSaints_fan said:

This kinda makes sense... the "big names" probably have tenure and well paid, and aren't as busy trying to  secure their careers

Yeah. I could see that. I wasn’t pissed. Just surprised. I expected to be ignored by the big guys. It was a pleasant surprise 

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