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My current old PC (Intel i7 (first generation i-7 950 quadcore) 3,06 GHZ, Asus Sabertooth X58 mainboard, Geforce GTX 570 graphic card, 6 GB RAM) has some problems and I'm thinking about replacing it but I'm on a budget.I'm currently thinking about buying a MacBook Pro 13,3" (2,3 GHz Dual‑Core Intel Core i5, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD (+ external SSD), Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640).I travel from time to time in long distance trains and would love to use this time for editing. At home I would use the MacBook with a big external screen.I'm doing small projects on a non-professional base (3 to 20 minute films) with DSLR/DSLM material (Panasonic G85, DJI Mavic Pro). I do some warp stabilizer and Lumetri. My workflow includes the creation of proxy and I'm fine with sticking to proxies. I don't care if the final render process takes some time.Do you think this MacBook is sufficient for my editing needs? I'm aware that a non-mobile workstation would provide better performance, but doesn't allow to

Hi!I need to know which GPU I should buy. It will need to work together with After Effects, Premiere Pro and Mac OS![Moving from The Lounge​ to a more specific support forum - Moderator]

Hello,I am wondering if I should upgrade my entire current system or just parts. I've used this in the past to edit 1080p with some rendering and ecoding. Not bad, but not great. I recently got a DJI Mavic Pro 2 and 4k camera and am looking to export 4k with color grade, etc. Most will be for family/kid vids, under 10 mins. YouTube and Facebook stuff for family and friends. My workflow is to proxy down to 720p, but im looking for faster render and encode times, especailly when using motion graphics. Ideas?Here is what I have:Windows 10 Proi7-4790K @ 4GHz16GB RAM2 x Nvida GTX 760 4GB GDDR5C:\ APPS and OS - Samsung 840 SSD 128GBE:\ VIDEO - 500GB SATA 7200G:\ SCRATCH - 1.5TB SATA 7200750w Power SupplyATX Case with 8 drive baysSpare Parts:2 x Samsung 840 SSD 128 GBOriginally I was thinking of upgrading:New MOBOi9-9900k32 GB RAMA couple Samsung 860 SSDsRAID setup

Would appreciate some advice about what type of modern HDD would be best for video storage in my system.  Are NAS drives a good choice for internal storage? Need to replace 5-year-old Seagate Barracudas (legacy from my old system) probably with a pair of 4TBs.   Should mention my new system has an i7-8700K w/ 32BG Ram and two M.2 slots.  I use a 512GB M.2 SSD for OS/Software and another 1TB M.2 SSD to hold media for active projects.    Are 7200rpm NAS drives the way to go for additional storage?  Given all my other fast components (and better transfer rates for newer HDDs) would I notice much speed difference with large cache 5400rpm drives?    Any particular brands or model lines seem to be more quiet and/or reliable?  Thanks in advance for any info or suggestions.Mark

"For improved performance, choose a disk cache folder on a fast hard drive or SSD separate from your footage, and allocate as much space as possible."Hi,I'm currently running a RAID 0 with 2, Samsung 970 PRO M.2 drives (full desc. below). Now I'm a bit worried that my workstation is not optimal for After Effects, considering all my video files, my OS + AE application + Disk Cache are all going to this one drive (since RAID 0 combines both of my M.2 into one drive making it a lot faster, but less stable). Also running 64GB DDR4 RAM @ 3400 MHz.(SAMSUNG 970 PRO M.2 2280 512GB PCIe Gen3. X4, NVMe 1.3 64L V-NAND 2-bit MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-V7P512BW)Here's a comment by 2 different individuals regarding this:The rules are different with SSD drives versus mechanical HDD's. SSD drives have a latency in microseconds where as mechanical drives have a latency in milliseconds. This means SSD drives can read and write far more files in a given time segment than mechanical drives. I

Hi allI am looking to upgrade my PC and was looking for some advice as to what spec to look for. My current set up is OK but when using InDesign and my publications start to get full of images it really struggles and sometimes locks up.I am using Adobe cc 2019. Using mostly Indesign, photoshop, illustrator, acrobat and a bit of Premiere Rush. Currently using: Windows 10Intel Core i5-2500 cpu16 gb ram64 bit OSAMD Radeon HD 6450 graphics card.Any tips on what to go for really appreciated.Thanks in advance

Hi,I wonder what would be the most recommended or powerful PC-Built (windows) for primarely use of After Effects, Cinema4D and Premiere?I have a budget of 5000€.What would you recommend?I also wonder if it makes sense to built one beast (whatever that means with the budget) or go for second hand or smaller builts, but more of them and setup a renderfarm?Speaking of renderfarms: what solution for a renderfarm can you recommend. Assuming I have one powerful working machine (eating up my budget) and maybe getting some second hand or custom built render-slaves for a lower price?Happy to get some input!Thanks and best,r

Sorry for a question, do the nvidia gtx 1060 6gb or gtx 1070 8gb cards work at premiere pro cc 2015.10.4?thank you

Our company does not allow MACs, sadly, so I am going to be using this on a Dell laptop. I'm being asked by my IT group what requirements are recommended to ensure the speed and efficiency needed to run programs like Premier Pro smoothly. It can take hours currently to use the program both on our network as well as the laptop alone.Can anyone recommend specs to run all Adobe Creative Suite programs optimally?Thank you.Jeff[Moderator note: moved to best forum.]

Now that Harm isn't here anymore the hardware forum is severely limited. Bummer.I am thinking of going to place that built my custom computer for new mobo. Got win 10. I'll buy new license for it.What I really want to do is keep the programs and data on SSD drive I use for root.So that even remotely possible ? After a few days please move this to hardware, but just leave for a couple days here if you can..so the older members might see it.Thanks !

Hello everyoneI am going to try and keep this as simple as possible.I plan to get a new PC soon and I am driving myself a bit crazy trying to find the right combination of specs. Here are my questions. Keep in mind I will be editing HD 24,30,60fps and hopefully one day 4K in the same FPS. It will be mostly business videos with talking heads and some lower thirds, transitions and minor graphics.1. In terms of processor vs video card, which is really more important? For instance, is an i5-9400F 2.9 Turbo boost up to 4.1 ghz / 9MB Cache / with Front Side Bus 8GT/s / H310 motherboard with an Nvidia GTX 1650 4GB DDR5 better than an i7 8700 3.ghz turbo boost 4.6 ghz  / 12mb cache but with an integrated intel UHD Graphics 630 card? I just want to know for my purposes if I will notice such a huge difference between the i5 and i7? My gut tells me to go with i5 since it is 9th gen and it already comes with the GTX1650.Each unit would have 16gb DDR 4-2666 (upgradable to 32gb)  and the i

I have been using Premiere Pro and 4 other CC applications for the last 3-4 years as a hobby and business. Over those years, I have experienced a TON of crashes. Some saved by my macbooks ability to preserve the file and others by having autosave on.Recently, I upgraded my computer. Went from 4 cores to 6, 16GB ram to 32, M.2, RAID the whole nine. I've gone through several iterations to improve my machine thinking, it just isn't powerful enough.At this point, I 100% believe the premiere just not good enough. The only good thing that happened in the upgrade is export time... yay. Instead of waiting an hour, I now get the same file out in 10 min.Computer Specs:i7- 8700 6 core 3.7Gygabyte Z73032GB DDR4 RAM250GB M.2 System driveTwo 1TB M.2 in RAID0 for footage and live editing10TB HDD for scratch and archiveLiquid CooledMSI GTX 1080and 6 fans to keep airflowMy CPU never really peaks during editing, my ram hovers at about 50% usage and my GPU never seems to be active (Even the CUDA is set).

Considering purchasing a dell xps 15 laptop with:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Graphics with 4GB GDDR5 vRAMCould someone tell me if this is tested with Premiere. I cannot see it on the list of recommended hardware although similar models areThanksChris

Hi,I will be moving from FCPX & Motion to begin using Pr and Ae. I'm currently using a Macbook Pro (13-inch, late 2014), which has been surprisingly/unsurprisingly (?) amazing to work with, very smooth cutting, rendering effects, titles and transitions, playback, exporting, scrubbing etc, a bit of a dream actually.I've looked at the minimum requirements on the Adobe website to run CC 2019, it seems my current machine wont cut it. Excuse the pun. Too old, too low spec. I am therefore making the decision to upgrade after nearly 5 years on my Macbook.I have lined up 4 of what I think will be some good choices of machine to purchase, I would like some help deciding what will be sufficient for running my new software at an amateur level. No big projects, not too much 4K editing.Bearing in mind, as per the Adobe website the minimum requirement for CC 2019 AND the recommended requirements.Minimum:Recommended:Intel® 6thGen or newer CPU 8 GB of RAMIntel® 6thGen or newer CPU 8 GB of RAM8 GB

Hi everyone!I would like to buy a computer in the next days with an Ryzen 3-2300U processor and graphics AMD Radeon Vega 6 but I'm not sure about the compatibility whit the new versions of Photoshop, Illustrator and After Effects. The computer is an HP Pavillion 15-CW0007LA: https://www.officedepot.com.mx/officedepot/en/Categor%C3%ADa/Todas/C%C3%B3mputo/Laptop/Laptop/LAPTOP-HP-PAVILION-15-CW0007LA-%28RYZEN-3%2C15-6-PLG-%29/p/8487112 GB - RAM1 TB - HDDSomeone can help me?

Hey Guys,With the new Mac Pro being released shortly I have a few questions regarding hardware and performance. I'm hoping you all can help me out for a project I am doing at school.Can Premier Pro utilise all potential 28 cores on the New Mac Pro(or any computer for that manner)? Yes/NO  Is it the CPU or the GPU that determines the rendering time and does the term accelerated graphics refer to the gpu supporting the CPU to speed up rendering.Is it CPU or GPU that determines the exporting time? (ignore external drives, SSD etc etc,)For instant video playback during the editing phase, is this all GPU heavy?I know ram plays a big deal, but my main focus is cpu and gpu, trying to understand how the CPU and GPU affect video editing performance.Last but not least, if you where to take a hot on perfromance, would you rather have a lower GPU or a slower CPU and why Thanks so much for your help, much appreciated.

Hi at all,every day I am more aware that Premire pro cc and AME work badly and do not take advantage of the new CPU.Given the long rendering times I have with my computer, I have made a test comparing with a computer 10 years ago, with a CPU of 6 core at 2.9 GHz (xeon X5670) against a cpu contemporane from 16 core to 3.7 GHz (Amd 1950X).I've gotten to render a video in 4K of unso 6 minutes of duration with output in 4 formats of H264 ... I've done that test in the 2 pc:PC 1Amd 1950X, GTX1080, 64GB ramPC 2Xeon X5670, GTX1050ti, 16GB ramWell, the result has no logic, the pc with amd 1950X has taken 43 minutes while the xeon X5670 has taken 1 hour and 2 minutes.Seen the thing, it gives me to think that the programming of the suite of adobe CC are at least 10 years that is not updated to take advantage of the resources of the new CPU ...I think the adobe team should refresh their programs at the current time ...A greeting.

I have a custom built computer ( fractal design case … big size ). Is about 6 years old. Basically it is choking sometimes and I have to use proxies.I have SSD for OS and programsanother drive for source material (raid 0 HDD x 2)another drive for cache ( ssd)another drive for exports ( HDD)basically what I want to do is replace mobo, cpu, and ram so it is faster more powerful and less prone to proxy doing 4k.everything is full HD only... monitors and exports.. but new stuff ( 4k h264 for example) is lagging without proxy.I want to avoid making dnxhr sq proxies, and have stuff work OK.Is this even POSSIBLE ??  Can you replace a mobo and cpu and ram and KEEP your drives and programs and all the other stuff intact ? Without any loss of data ??duh...thanks.Rod

Hello!I want to get a new MacBook and wonder what the best configuration would be for working with Premiere and After Effects.For me it is important to stay mobile, since I work and travel a lot, therefore I want a MacBook more than a PC. I'm also a Mac user since around 8 years, therefore I don't want to switch to another OS.I do a lot of video editing in Premiere (mostly full HD proxies) and a lot of masking/retouching in After Effects. Here I want to work with the raw footage (often 4K), so the configuration for After Effects is more important I guess.These would be the settings of the new MacBook:2,3 GHz 8-Core (Intel Core i9, Turbo Boost 4,8 GHz) with an option to upgrade to 2.4 GHz 8-Core with 5,0 GHz Turbo Boost. Does that make a big difference?32 GB RAMRadeon Pro 560X, 4GB GDDR5 or Radeon Pro Vega 16, 4GB HBM2 or Vega 20, 4GB HBM2512GB or 1TB SSDSo my main questions are: what is more important for Premiere and AE, CPU or GPU?Is it wiser to choose the best graphic card from the

Hey! I'm looking to buy a laptop for editing in premiere pro. What should I favour between these two options:option 1Processor: i7-9750H 9th generation Intel® Core™graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 6GBRAM: 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 2666option 2Processor: i7-8750H 8ª Geração Intel® Core™Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 MAX-Q 8GBRAM: 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 2666

I'd be reluctant to recommend EaseUS. I'm currently looking for a new solution to do incremental backups of my footage and project drives. EaseUS runs ok for a week or two, then mysteriously fills up, even though I've configured it to only back up one day. I feel I can't depend on it. And customer support is non-existent. The tutorials are only basic. Live chat is never on. I'm looking at Paragon now.

See the article and weigh in here: Premiere Pro and Multicore Support by Karl SouléWould love to hear what the Hardware Forum hardcores have to say about this.Kevin

These are the specs of my current editing system:Windows 10 64-bitAsus X79 Sabertooth mainboardCore i7-4930K currently OCed at 4.3Ghz32GB RAMRTX 2060 6GB GPU (also a GTX1080 8GB currently being repaired)2TB SSD OS8TB RAID 10 StorageI'm interested in upgrading my mainboard, CPU (and maybe a good water cooling rig suggestion), and memory to better handle 4K footage and for faster rendering. I'd like to try and keep my cost between $1,500-$2,000. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!

Hey everybody,I'm looking at getting a new processor, motherboard, cooler.  But my question is which processor would be better to get?  I know higher clock scores are good but so is having more cores from what I understand, but at the end is buying the 9740 worth it?  I have no problem spending the money but rather see what the real world worker thinks. My content is mostly shot with an Inspire 2 X5S camera and I generally shoot 4096 or 3840 mov or mp4.  I've thought about getting the prores or CinemaDNG licenses but currently, don't have that licensing since I've not needed it yet....I do use After Effects a little bit but nothing major.So what are peoples thoughts on what might be best or is there something else out there that might be better?  I rather use Intel but know the Threadripper is a good option as well.Thanks for the help![Moderator note: moved to best forum.]

Okay, I'm pretty stymied.  Haven't needed to do surround sound for over a year, now I need it.  The last couple of updates to Windows and to Premiere CC appear to have broken the SoundBlaster X-Fi which previously had worked fine for several years in a 5.1 setup.  Adobe no longer provides any recommendations other than ASIO.  Saw someone who said they were having luck with an Audigy FX, so got one of those, no dice at all.  So I got an USB device from StarTech, also no dice.  I cannot find any posts from anybody recently having good results with a specific sound card.  SOOOO -- are you doing 5.1 sound successfully on your Windows 10 machine with Premiere Pro CC 12.1.2 or 13.1.2?  If so, WHAT IS THE CARD?????????  Thanks!