Video Workstations for Media Composer
Understand Media Composer’s hardware requirements and pick the perfect 3XS Systems graphics workstation for your project
What is Media Composer?
Media Composer, from Avid Technology, is a film and video editing software application or non-linear editing system. It automates time-consuming tasks in the background, so instead of waiting for transcoding, rendering and consolidating jobs to complete, you can just keep working. Plus, it offers automated bin saving, audio mixes, audio/video sync, and more.
What makes the best system for Media Composer?
There is no one ideal system configuration for Media Composer, as users will have different video resolutions to edit and make different use of the software. Media Composer makes use of both CPU cores, higher clock speeds and GPUs too, ultimately depending on whether you are working on video editing, motion tracking and rendering or more intensive tasks like video exporting, which will place more demand on CPU and GPU resources.
What GPU(s) do I need for Media Composer?
A fast GPU is crucial for a responsive DCC experience in Media Composer, with more powerful models providing a more noticeable benefit when working with complex and high resolution video. Avid only official supports professional-grade NVIDIA GPUs for Media Composer, so we recommend using one of the RTX-series of cards in your workstation.
How much RAM is recommended for Media Composer?
The minimum RAM that we recommend for Media Composer is 32GB for HD projects, upgrading to 64GB for 4K, 128GB for 6K and 256GB for 8K footage.
What storage does Media Composer need?
We always recommend using an SSD for the boot drive that will host your OS, Media Composer itself, and any active projects you are working on. The high speed of SSDs allows your system to boot, launch applications, and load files many times faster than any traditional hard drive. We would also recommend a second SSD or even an NVMe SSD - depending on your budget - for active Media Composer projects files. If files are large or numerous several secondary SSDs can be added in RAID configurations to protect data integrity. An alternative solution for high capacity SSD active storage or cheaper HDD archiving could be to employ an external NAS device allowing both sharing and RAID protection.
When it comes to deciding on drive capacity, this will very much depend on your number of files and the project sizes. You should also consider the space required by other applications and their associated files too.
Recommended Media Composer Workstation Specifications
Workstation specifications | |||
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High-End (8K) | Mid-Range (4K) | Entry-Level (HD) | |
CPU | AMD Ryzen Threadripper | AMD Ryzen 9 / Intel Core Ultra 9 | AMD Ryzen 7 / Intel Core Ultra 7 |
RAM | 128GB | 128GB | 32GB |
GPU | NVIDIA RTX | NVIDIA RTX | NVIDIA RTX |
The Best Workstations for Media Composer
- Scan Creator, Intel Core i5 12400F, 32GB DDR4, 8GB NVIDIA RTX 4060, 1TB SSD, Win 11 LN148016 No customer review£899.99FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 1-2 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio, Intel Core i5 14400F, 32GB DDR4, 8GB NVIDIA RTX 4060, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN148051 No customer review£1,199.99FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio, AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, 32GB DDR5, 8GB NVIDIA RTX 4060, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN148020 No customer review£1,449.98FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio, AMD Ryzen 5 9600X, 32GB DDR5, 16GB NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN148023 No customer review£1,599.98FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio, AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, 32GB DDR5, 12GB NVIDIA RTX 4070 SUPER, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN148027 No customer review£1,829.99FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio, AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, 64GB DDR5, 16GB NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN148028 No customer review£2,099.99FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio, Intel Core i7 14700K, 64GB DDR4, 16GB NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN148077 No customer review£2,099.99FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio Mini, AMD Ryzen 7 7700X, 64GB DDR5, 16GB NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN149178 No customer review£2,249.99FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio, AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, 64GB DDR5, 16GB NVIDIA RTX 4080 SUPER, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN148043 Customer Review£2,499.98FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio Mini, Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, 64GB DDR5, 16GB NVIDIA RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN149020 No customer review£2,649.98FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio,Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, 64GB DDR5, 16GB NVIDIA RTX 4080 SUPER, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN148079 No customer review£2,699.99FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio Mini, Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, 64GB DDR5, 16GB NVIDIA RTX 4080 SUPER, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN149027 No customer review£3,099.98FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio, AMD Ryzen 9 9900X, 64GB DDR5, 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN148049 No customer review£3,299.99FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio,Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, 64GB DDR5, 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN148080 No customer review£3,499.99FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
- 3XS Evolve Studio Pro, Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, 96GB DDR5, 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090, 1TB SSD, 2TB SSD, Win 11 LN148103 Customer Review£3,799.99FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEMETA 6-10 days
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VISIT CONFIGURATOR- 16" MSI Stealth 16 Studio A13VF-011UK, QHD+, 240Hz, i7 13700H, 16GB DDR5, 1TB NVMe SSD, 8GB GeForce RTX 4060, Win11 LN133105 Customer ReviewRRP: £2,399.99£1,499.99FREE DELIVERY ON THIS ITEM
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VISIT CONFIGURATOR- 3XS SC N1-24C - 1 Week - Intel Core i9 14900K, 64GB DDR5, 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090 LN145366 No customer review£120.00
- 3XS SC N2-32T - 1 Week - AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX, 256GB DDR4 ECC, 2x 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090 LN145371 No customer review£240.00
- 3XS SC N1-24C - 1 Month - Intel Core i9 14900K, 64GB DDR5, 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090 LN145367 No customer review£300.00
- 3XS SC N2-32T - 1 Month - AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX, 256GB DDR4 ECC, 2x 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090 LN145372 No customer review£600.00
- 3XS SC N1-24C - 3 Months - Intel Core i9 14900K, 64GB DDR5, 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090 LN145368 No customer review£810.00
- 3XS SC N1-24C - 6 Months - Intel Core i9 14900K, 64GB DDR5, 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090 LN145369 No customer review£1,440.00
- 3XS SC N2-32T - 3 Months - AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX, 256GB DDR4 ECC, 2x 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090 LN145373 No customer review£1,620.00
- 3XS SC N1-24C - 12 Months - Intel Core i9 14900K, 64GB DDR5, 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090 LN145370 No customer review£2,400.00
- 3XS SC N2-32T - 6 Months - AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX, 256GB DDR4 ECC, 2x 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090 LN145374 No customer review£2,880.00
- 3XS SC N2-32T - 12 Months - AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX, 256GB DDR4 ECC, 2x 24GB NVIDIA RTX 4090 LN145375 No customer review£4,800.00