Video Editing Build Upgrade (or sell?)

[JiriFusek]

Hi guys,

I got a PC build for about 2 years now and in last few months I started to do a lot of video editing work (I make my living out of it). Mostly Full HD editing, but some 4K too. A lot of footage (80%) is from BMPC 4K in ProRes.

I don't think that actual build is the most effective I could have - it lags a bit, rendering takes a quite time (especially when using Neat Video or importing After Effects projects in Premiere).

Approximate Purchase Date: Starting this week
Upgrade budget range: up to $600

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Video editing - I am using Adobe Premiere, After Effects, would love to try DaVinci Resolve

Are you buying a monitor: No, I don't want to, yet.

Location: Czech Republic (I'll find the parts at our stores)

BUILD
Operating System
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 4790 @ 3.60GHz
Haswell 22nm Technology
RAM
24,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3
3x Kingston 8GB DDR3 1866MHz CL9 HyperX Savage Series
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD5H - Intel Z97 (SOCKET 0)
Graphics
Intel HD Graphics 4600 (Gigabyte)
GIGABYTE GTX 760 Ultra Durable (rev. 2.0) 2GB
SLI Disabled // got no idea what that means
Storage
128GB INTEL SSDSC2CW120A3 SCSI Disk Device (SSD)
2TB Seagate ST2000DM 001-1CH164 SCSI Disk Device (SATA)
512GB KINGSTON SHSS37A480G SCSI Disk Device (SSD)
Audio
ASUS Xonar DX Audio Device


So I got more questions - should I just upgrade this PC, or sell it and buy a new one? If upgrade, then what would you recommend to upgrade and in which order (priority-wise), please?

If you recommend to sell it - for how much do you think it could go?

Thanks a lot guys for your time and help! I really appreciate it.

 

[vess_csm]

Yo,

for you to have a smooth experience with 4k video you'll need more money than 600$. Personally i wouldn't upgrade, as i work the same as you with comparable computers.
One advice would be to go 32GB of ram instead of that weird number - 24. Use your dual channel on the MB and insert two sets of ram.
SLI is for connecting 2 video cards (nvidia) to work together. If you want you can go ahead and do it. That will help for the 4k.
Are your hard drives hooked on the SATA 6Gb/s connectors?
Use the lower resolution previews in the editing software. You can't see 4k video in the tiny screen anyway