HW conf. for premiere CC 2017 new user

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April 29, 2017
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Hi,

I want to start using the Premiere CC 2017 (I'm a student in cinema class) in cloud and going to purchase a new computer especially for it.

We are very confused about what are system requirements and will appreciate help.

Is the following configuration good enough for a regular use of the SW? Need any changes/additional parts?

I5 with 16G RAM

DISK SSD 256 or 512G

INVIDIA GTX 1070

24" screen

Anything else I need in the computer or the net?

Thanks in advance,

J

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RjL190365

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Normally, I would not recommend a combination of an i5 CPU and a GTX 1070 GPU because for most workflows in Adobe Premiere Pro the GTX 1070 is way too much GPU for even the fastest i5 CPU (at best the very latest i5-7600K performs roughly on par with a six-year-old Sandy Bridge i7-2600K CPU). What that means is that the GPU will sit idle most of the time, waiting for the CPU to catch up. A GTX 1050 Ti would more than suffice for an i5 CPU (or a GTX 1060 6GB if you're doing DaVinci Resolve, which makes heavy use of the GPU).

And the GTX 1050 Ti is the absolute lowest GPU that I'd recommend if you must have a card that has 4GB of VRAM. Cheaper GPUs either have much less VRAM than that or are too weak for use with Premiere Pro.

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jonathanelbAuthor

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Thank you. I would like to make sure I understand correctly. For "normal" premiere pro cc 2017 use, I should take the GTX1070 with I7. Correct?

Can you please detailed the sys. configuration? What I7 model? RAM 16GB ? SSD should I take 256 or 512? Anything else I need to verify I get?.

Again, I apologize, but I am not expert in HW and on one hand do not want to spend money where I don't need to, but on the other hand I need the SW to be able to make the work properly.

Thanks again

J

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RjL190365

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With your planned GTX 1070 you'll really need an expensive rig that consists of an i7-6900K 8-core, 16-thread CPU or better, an X99 motherboard, 32GB or 64GB of RAM and a 512GB or a 1TB m.2 NVMe SSD in order to come anywhere close to fully utilizing the GTX 1070. And such an expensive high-end hardware requirement for the GTX 1070 when used with Premiere Pro may put you off on buying such a build.

By the way, you failed to mention what is your maximum system budget.