How well should this older system perform video editing (Premier Pro) and some gaming?

[vwcrusher]

A good friend of mine obtained a computer for free, and is currently using it for video editing and some gaming. Apparently, it is rather sluggish for video editing; he did put a GTX 1070 in last year or so.

I got some system information from it (see below), but I am not familiar with these components. Would love to have someone with expertise in this to help....thanks.

System Manufacturer: Supermicro
System Model: X8SAX
BIOS: Supermicro C7X58 BIOS Date:04/29/10 Rev:1.1a (type: BIOS)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X 980 @ 3.33GHz (12 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
Memory: 18432MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 18424MB RAM

I told him he might need a new CPU, MB and RAM.....

 

[ArchitSahu]

i7 980 is a very old chip, so I would not be surprised. It also will bottleneck that 1070. You are right in your assumption that he will need to change his CPU, MB and RAM.

 

[vwcrusher]

i7 980 is a very old chip, so I would not be surprised. It also will bottleneck that 1070. You are right in your assumption that he will need to change his CPU, MB and RAM.

Thanks...I thought so.
So he is just starting out in this business and I want to help him (doesn't have a lot of investment $$ yet).
I happen to have a pc with an older i7-3770 CPU and 16GB RAM; will this be faster if coupled with his GTX 1070? Below is the comparison....can't really tell.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-980-vs-Intel-Core-i7-3770K/m3336vs1317

 

[ArchitSahu]

i7 980 is a very old chip, so I would not be surprised. It also will bottleneck that 1070. You are right in your assumption that he will need to change his CPU, MB and RAM.

Thanks...I thought so.
So he is just starting out in this business and I want to help him (doesn't have a lot of investment $$ yet).
I happen to have a pc with an older i7-3770 CPU and 16GB RAM; will this be faster if coupled with his GTX 1070? Below is the comparison....can't really tell.

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i7-980-vs-Intel-Core-i7-3770K/m3336vs1317

Yes, definitely.

 

[vwcrusher]

I just want to make sure that this is going to help with improving Adobe Premier Pro performance; I am less concerned with game performance. Assuming apples to apples, how much improvement should he expect?

From what I have read it seemed to me that the two CPUs will perform about the same....that is, Premier Pro likes multiple cores, but I clearly am not an expert in this.

Thanks for the help.