Hi everyone,
Appreciate the help for anyone that sees this and responds. I built a gaming pc about 3-4 years ago. I had no intention of getting into video work but I guess with life, things have changed.
I currently am shooting 1080p footage and trying to edit on davinci resolve 15.
For the most part, my computer seems to do what I need but I notice that when I try to do speed ramps for video, the player is often laggy and sometimes depending on how many applications I have opened, it takes forever to switch between programs etc. I'm also using a 1tb hdd which I believe is also creating issues.
I'm thinking that upgrading the ram and hard drive to an ssd will make the computer feel faster for the video editing im doing. I will do a full system upgrade once I start shooting 4k/raw footage so at the moment I'm looking for a cheap upgrade to be "just enough" until I get to that point.
I'm looking for recommendations on the following regarding ram:
1. If I upgrade the ram, do I go to 16gb or 32gb for video editing needs
2. What mhz speed will be the most i need based on my system?
3. Do I do 2 sticks or 4 sticks based on how many channels my motherboard support
4. Does anyone have recommendations on good ram based on my questions and my system specs? Money is not really much of a concern but I would like to keep the price under $400 if anyone can recommend a good set of sticks.
5. I do not overclock and haven't tried it yet but I know my cpu can overclock so would it be good to get ram that can overclock as well just in case I want to overclock in the future? I read getting ram at a higher mhz vs what your cpu specifies will put strain, so not sure if this even works?
Thanks again for all the help if you respond to this thread
Appreciate the help for anyone that sees this and responds. I built a gaming pc about 3-4 years ago. I had no intention of getting into video work but I guess with life, things have changed.
I currently am shooting 1080p footage and trying to edit on davinci resolve 15.
For the most part, my computer seems to do what I need but I notice that when I try to do speed ramps for video, the player is often laggy and sometimes depending on how many applications I have opened, it takes forever to switch between programs etc. I'm also using a 1tb hdd which I believe is also creating issues.
I'm thinking that upgrading the ram and hard drive to an ssd will make the computer feel faster for the video editing im doing. I will do a full system upgrade once I start shooting 4k/raw footage so at the moment I'm looking for a cheap upgrade to be "just enough" until I get to that point.
I'm looking for recommendations on the following regarding ram:
1. If I upgrade the ram, do I go to 16gb or 32gb for video editing needs
2. What mhz speed will be the most i need based on my system?
3. Do I do 2 sticks or 4 sticks based on how many channels my motherboard support
4. Does anyone have recommendations on good ram based on my questions and my system specs? Money is not really much of a concern but I would like to keep the price under $400 if anyone can recommend a good set of sticks.
5. I do not overclock and haven't tried it yet but I know my cpu can overclock so would it be good to get ram that can overclock as well just in case I want to overclock in the future? I read getting ram at a higher mhz vs what your cpu specifies will put strain, so not sure if this even works?
Thanks again for all the help if you respond to this thread