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April 7, 2017
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Build Worth the upgrade: is this worth it for video editing.

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I run a aerial photography business and do alot of 4k 60 fps editing and rendering out effects in Premiere Pro and After Effects. I edit currently on my laptop but will be switching over to a new system. I want to know:

1) What can I expect from a new system?

2) Should I upgrade my GPU?

Here are the towers specs:

MOBO: ASrock Pro 4

CPU: i5-3570k

GPU: Powercolor R9 290 PCS+

PSU: CX750M

RAM: 8Gb of Corsair Vengeance

Case: HAF 932 advanced

Laptop:

CPU: 2.6 GHz Core i7 6700HQ

GPU: NVIDIA GTX970M 3GB GDDR5

RAM: 16 GB DDR4-SDRAM

So for the upgrade, I am thinking this:

MOBO: ASUS Prime X370-Pro

CPU: Ryzen 1700

GPU: 1070 or keep current GPU

PSU: CX750M

RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 2400 (PC4 19200)

Case: HAF 932 advanced or something smaller

So what upgrades can I expect? I am tired of long render times.

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    excited_Genie16B8
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    April 7, 2017

    I personally would stick with Intel/nVidia for an Adobe edit system.

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    Cross Aerial PhotographyAuthor
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    April 7, 2017

    On paper, I agree. But in real world performance, the Ryzen series outperforms Intel in most categories, especially budget. The Intel 6900K, a +$1000 CPU barely beats the Ryzen 1700. So the Ryzen is going to be my CPU.

    The debate comes from what to use for my GPU. Again, I know using nVidea means you can use CUDA but from the test I have seen, there is not appreciable difference. Right now, I am looking at 4 options:

    Keep my 290

    Upgrade to 480

    Wait to see what the new 500 series offers

    Get a 1070

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    excited_Genie16B8
    Legend
    April 8, 2017

    in real world performance, the Ryzen series outperforms

    It's not really about that.  It's about Adobe software specifically having a history of issues with AMD hardware that just don't exist with Intel/nVidia.

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