[SOLVED] Upgrades for 1080p / 4k video editing

[_Mark_]

Hi guys, got a quick question about upgrading my PC for 1080p video editing. Premiere Pro can be slow both to preview and to render. Specs are:

• i5 6500 @ 3.20GHz
• 16GB RAM
• no videocard currently
• OS on an SSD, rest on HDD

I'm buying an SSD to store my footage but wondering what the bottleneck will then be. RAM, GPU, CPU? It seems my current motherboard is only compatible with Intel chips up to 7th gen.

My video editing always involves multiple videos from different sources at once (putting together music videos) so a decent amount of colour grading which I believe can be GPU accelerated. But I'm not sure it's worth getting a GPU if my CPU will still bottleneck.

 

[jeremyj_83]

Hi guys, got a quick question about upgrading my PC for 1080p video editing. Premiere Pro can be slow both to preview and to render. Specs are:

• i5 6500 @ 3.20GHz
• 16GB RAM
• no videocard currently
• OS on an SSD, rest on HDD

I'm buying an SSD to store my footage but wondering what the bottleneck will then be. RAM, GPU, CPU? It seems my current motherboard is only compatible with Intel chips up to 7th gen.

My video editing always involves multiple videos from different sources at once (putting together music videos) so a decent amount of colour grading which I believe can be GPU accelerated. But I'm not sure it's worth getting a GPU if my CPU will still bottleneck.

What are the full system specs? Please include PSU and RAM speed.

 

[logainofhades]

I would definitely say a CPU upgrade is in order, but you would need a new motherboard, as well, to make such a move, and possibly a graphic card. This 3300x review, has a pretty good range of modern CPU's, and has benchmarks included for 1080p, and 4k, Adobe Premier performance.

https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3581-amd-ryzen-3-3300x-cpu-review-vs-3100-clock-for-clock

The more recent i5 10400 review includes some, as well.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csFwlKgZCzM&t=858s

 

[_Mark_]

What are the full system specs? Please include PSU and RAM speed.

• MSI H110M Gaming
• i5-6500
• Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB DDR4 3000MHz RAM
• EVGA 430W PSU
• 1TB HDD
• 240GB SSD (Adding a further 1TB)

 

[logainofhades]

What is the upgrade budget? I would recommend a better quality PSU. That one is poor quality.

 

[jeremyj_83]

• MSI H110M Gaming
• i5-6500
• Corsair Vengeance 2x8GB DDR4 3000MHz RAM
• EVGA 430W PSU
• 1TB HDD
• 240GB SSD (Adding a further 1TB)

I second the PSU upgrade. For RAM if you want to do 4k video it is possible with 16GB but going with 32GB is a better choice. Having more SSD will help out a lot when it comes to video editing.

 

[_Mark_]

Probably only £300-400, not including the SSD. It looks like my current motherboard can only support up to an i7-7700K which are still about £340, £60 more than the i5-10600K which seems to be way faster but would require a new mobo https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compar...l-i5-6500-vs-Intel-i5-10600K/2874vs2599vs3735

 

[jeremyj_83]

This is about the cheapest you are going to get for a good upgrade with a quality PSU.
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£158.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£61.95 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 570 8 GB Video Card (£124.99 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair TXM Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£69.98 @ Currys PC World Business)
Total: £415.91
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-02 17:20 BST+0100
Since you don't have a dGPU, that puts a damper on things. I would prefer to use a Mortar MAX motherboard, but that will take on 30 Quid.

 

[logainofhades]

A little over the 400 mark. Adobe premiere has cuda acceleration, iirc.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor (£158.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard (£61.95 @ Ebuyer)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 4 GB MINI ITX OC Video Card (£135.83 @ CCL Computers)
Power Supply: Corsair CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply (£47.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £404.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-06-02 17:53 BST+0100