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$1,500 video editing PC, part by part

An Intel Core i7-14700K with the ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC, and the 6 parts around them that fit it: $1,643 all in.

Video editing, photo work and motion graphics at 1440p. Every part here was checked against every other for fit, and picked for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory. A price marked Amazon US is ScoutPrices' reading of the listing its button opens, dated; the rest are typical prices. Not a checkout total: no operating system, shipping, tax, screen, keyboard or mouse.

The Intel Core i7-14700K has headroom to spare. The ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC sets the frame rate at 1440p, so a faster card is the upgrade that shows.

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The MSI PRO B760-P WiFi DDR4 goes onto the NZXT H7 Flow (2024) White's tray: ATX, B760, nine standoffs.

The Intel Core i7-14700K drops into the LGA1700 socket, lever down: 20 cores, up to 5.6 GHz.

The Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360's block sits on the chip and its 360 mm radiator bolts to the roof; rated 330 W against 253 W.

Two sticks of G.Skill Ripjaws V 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 click into the second and fourth slots: 32 GB at 3600 MT/s.

The Lexar NM790 2TB screws into the first M.2 slot under the card.

The ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC slides into the x16 slot and latches: 310 mm in a case that takes 410 mm, 12 GB of memory.

The be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W goes into the basement, 750 W for a build that draws about 600 W flat out.

Side panel on, three case fans spinning. Fit for the job: 58 of 100.

Build order

Eight steps, the way a builder works through the case. $1,495 all in.

MSI PRO B760-P WiFi DDR4 on the tray
Core i7-14700K in the socket
Arctic Liquid Freezer III Pro 360 on top
2 sticks of memory
Lexar NM790 2TB on the board
ASRock Intel Arc B580 Challenger 12GB OC in the x16 slot
750 W supply in the basement
Panel on, power on

Illustration built from this build's parts: the case's card and cooler clearances, the board's size, the card's length, the cooler, the memory sticks, the supply. Shapes are generic, not the products' own.

PartScore for the jobPrice

ProcessorIntel Core i7-14700K

Highest content creation score the budget allows next to this card: 20 cores, boosts to 5.6 GHz.

3 swaps that still fit