Dell Desktop PC for 4K video editing?

Question

I need help with configuration, I am a newbie and do not know much about configurations. I posted this under XPS desktop, but Precision desktop is also an option.

I will use the workstation for 4K video editing, below is the requirements of the video editing software. I wish to use GPU-based encoding, Edius requires the use of Intel Quick Sync. Alternatively the ability to do HEVC encoding with Quick Sync, with a Kaby Lake or Coffee Lake processor.

Budget is about 2500$

CPU	Any Intel Core 2 or Core iX CPU. Intel or AMD single core CPU with a 3 GHz processor speed or faster (multiple CPUs and/or multicore CPUs are recommended). SSSE3 (Supplementary SSE3) instruction set support required.
Memory	32GB
Hard Disk	- 6 GB of hard disk space is required for installation - Drive with ATA100/7,200 RPM or faster is required for video storage RAID-0 is recommended for HD and above resolution editing
Optical Drive	- DVD-ROM drive is required to install EDIUS software. - Blu-ray Disc writer is required when creating Blu-ray Discs
Graphics Card	- Supporting UHD or 4K. Direct3D 9.0c or later and PixelShader Model 3.0 or later is required. - 2GB minimum video memory for 4K editing
Sound Card	Sound card with WDM driver support is required
OS	10 64-bit (version 1607 or later)
Network	Internet connection required for software license activation and EDIUS ID authorization.

Tesla1856 · Answer

I just saw this post. Did you ever find your answer or buy a computer for this use-case?

speedstep · Answer

https://www.adkvideoediting.com/adk-z370-dvc-cl

Tesla1856 · Answer

@speedstepwrote:

https://www.adkvideoediting.com/adk-z370-dvc-cl

Not bad.

While not a "loaded" one ... a usable (but fairly minimum) config with i7, 16gb, NVMe-SSD, and ThunderBolt-3 ... I get $3100.

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