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tarad55295806
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May 12, 2017
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Buying a new laptop for Premier Pro

  • May 12, 2017
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Im buying a new laptop to edit premier pro and after effects on, Im using HD/4K footage, my budget is around £800 and I want something that is lightweight. Do not want a Dell, quite happy with HPs. Not going to bother with any Macs

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    RjL190365
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    May 12, 2017

    At that budget, you may have to do a serious compromise. At the very least you want a four-core, eight-thread CPU plus 16 or more GB of RAM for that kind of source material. However, you may have to settle for a lousy GPU or even an integrated IGP, plus a slow (5400 RPM) hard disk only (no SSD), in order to get the laptop system budget to that low of an amount.

    If on the other hand you get a decent m.2 SSD plus a decent discrete GPU in that laptop for such a low price point, you may have to settle for a substandard (dual-core or worse) CPU and less than recommended (8GB or less) RAM.

    In other words, there is no free lunch.

    Peru Bob
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    Peru BobCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 12, 2017

    I've moved this to the Hardware Forum where the hardware experts hang out.

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