Editing system help

[frescodk]

Not very computer savy. I have a computer with an Intel i7-2600 @ 3.4Ghz on an INTEL DH67CL motherboard with 16 GB Ram and a Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 card.


I want to edit with Premiere Pro and/or Avid MC. Whats the best thing to do, new computer, upgrade?

Advice welcome! Cheers
By the way I'm in Denmark.
Yours
Jonathan

 

[vapour]

Your build reaches min requirement of those software. You can edit, just not very fast. What is your budget on upgrades?

 

[frescodk]

Editing is very, very stuttery. Almost no real time playback at all. Not sure what my budget is yet, but probably around 1200 USD...

 

[vapour]

That budget can put you a very good editing pc, can you list all your current rig specs? Including case/hdd/ssd?

 

[frescodk]

I think its an Aero Cool V3X case, single Hitachi HTS541010A9E680 HDD (1.81 TB), no SSD - some other HDD attached by USB. Win 10 Pro. 16GB RAM. Intel i7-2600 @ 3.4Ghz on an INTEL DH67CL motherboard with 16 GB Ram and a Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 card.

Need more?

 

[vapour]

Ha, I see the issue now, you can not do editing on an HDD, just way too slow Your CPU/GPU is still decent, so I suggest you get an SSD first and migrate your OS to SSD, and you should see a huge performance improvement for editing. For example, 250 gb Samsung EVO 850 SSD for <$100. How to: https://www.howtogeek.com/97242/how-to-migrate-windows-7-to-a-solid-state-drive/ If you feel the speed is not good enough, we can find a good upgrade path for you. If you really want a completely new build (except HDD, case), let me know.

 

[vapour]

Performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7AYtfSkPQw

 

[frescodk]

Sounds great. Thanks!! I'll give that a go.
Just to check.

Only the OS to the SSD?
Cheers

 

[vapour]

If you think 250 is too small (depending on your usage), get a 500 gb one for ~$160, which can be reused if you want to go for a new pc