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     I have just purchased a few new external SSD drives including a new 20TB G-Raid system and I am looking for any assistance/ guidance in optimizing my drives to increase the speed of my workflow.      I run a video production team and do a lot of editing (mostly testimonials and quick edits to 45 min presentations) and was experiencing bottlenecks that slowed my production which is why I made these big investments in expanding my storage.--- Here is a list of the equipment I have including speed tests which I performed using Blackmagic Speed Test software --- MacBook Pro Late 2016 500GB SSD Memory - 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3Processor - 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7Graphics - Radeon Pro 455 2048 MB                   Intel HD Graphics 530 1536 MBWrite - 1943 MB/sRead - 2158 MB/sG-RAID 7200rpm Thunderbolt - 20TB (RAID 0)Write - 485 MB/sRead - 492 MB/sSamsung EVO 850 SS

Hello everyone,I am currently in the market for a video editing laptop. I currently have pretty powerful desktop but need something mobile as well. I have looked at sites like Sager which offer laptops that have desktop components. Sager specs: i7-8700K Processor -15.6" Full HD IPS Matte Display with G-SYNC Technology (1920 x 1080) or 4k displayGTX 1080 (or 1060)32GB Dual Channel DDR4 SDRAM at 2400MHz - 2 X 16GB250GB WD Blue M.2 SSD1TB 7200rpm SATA3 Hard DrivePretty high end setup with a high price tag. My current desktop is:Gigabyte Gaming 3 B350M Ryzen 1700 OC'ed to 3.9 32 Gb Trident Z Ram at 2933 EVGA 1080ti 250 Gb SSD 1 TB 7200rpm HDD8 Tb Backup HDDSo I want something that I can use on the go. I travel some weekends to my hometown and do some work there and dont like lugging my desktop with me. I deal with 4k 60fps footage so the laptop needs to be pretty good. I primarily use Premier Pro and AE.

Hi, now my pc have these specifications : - Motherboard : ASROCK 970 PRO-3 (SOCKET AM3+);- CPU : AMD FX 8320 octa-core 3,5 GHZ ;- GPU : SAPPHIRE RAEDON HD 7870 ( 2 GB DDR5 ) ; - RAM : Kingston Hyperx 8 GB DDR3 ( 2 slot x 4 gb ) 1600 MHZ ;- Power Supply : cooler master b600.- Memory : 1 x 250 GB SSD + 1 TB 7200 RPMAnd i have a buget of 1000 euro to upgrade some parts of it.What do you recommend to me ? *Upgrade my CPU to ryzen 7 1700x ( 330 euro ) + Motherboard MSI B350 Tomahawk ( 95 euro ) + RAM Corsair Vengeance LPX CMK32GX4M4A2400C12 Kit  32GB, 4x8GB, DDR4, CL12 ( 260 euro ) + Power Supply Be quiet! 1000W Power Zone 1000W ATX ( 170 euro ) + Memory Samsung MZ-N5E500BW SSD 850 EVO, 500 GB, M.2 ( 172 EURO ).TOTAL = 1027 EURO  and keep the same gpu : SAPPHIRE RAEDON HD 7870 ( 2 GB DDR5 ).Or :*Upgrade my GPU to MSI GeForce GTX 1080 Aero 8 GB GDDR5X, 256 bit, 2560 CUDA CORES ( 555 euro ) + Kingston Hyperx 8 GB DDR3 ( 2 slot x 4 gb ) 1600 MHZ ( so i get a total of 16 gb)  ( 7

hey guysi m going to buy new workstation with these specs...Processor :-Intel Xeon Processor W-2155 13.75M Cache, 3.30 GHzOperating System :-Windows® 10 Pro for Workstation (4 Cores Plus) Multi - English, French, SpanishChassis :-Precision 5820 Tower 950W ChassisGraphics Card :-NVIDIA Quadro P5000, 16B (5820T)OrNVIDIA Geforce GTX 1080TI 11GB Founders EditionMemory :-64GB (4x16GB) 2666MHz DDR4 RDIMM ECCBoot DriveDell Ultra-Speed Drive Quad PCIe SSD x16 card, 1 M.2 512GB PCIe NVMe Class 50 Solid State DriveHard Drive Controllers :-MegaRAID SAS 9460-16i 12Gb/s PCIe SATA/SAS HW RAID controller (4GB cache)Hard Drive :-3.5" 4TB 7200rpm Nearline SAS Hard Drive x 4 =16 TBRAID Configurations for SATA/SAS Hard Drives/Solid :-RAID 10PCIe I/O Cards:-USB 3.1 G2 PCIe Card - 2 Type C Ports. 1DP init costs almost 7517$ to meor should i buy new upcoming i mac pro with same config..??

I purchased an iMac two months ago for video editing purpose. I use Adobe Pr. Here is my iMac:4.2 GHz Intel Core i7 Quad-Core32GB of DDR4 RAM | 1TB SSD27" 5120 x 2880 IPS Retina 5K DisplayAMD Radeon Pro 580 Graphics Card (8GB)But one month ago, the system started to show "Force Quit Applications: You system has run out of application memory. To avoid problems with your computer, quit any applications you are not using". Even though I only used Adobe Pr, it constantly showed up and I had to restart Adobe or the iMac. I contacted Apple, reorganized all of the footage, and reinstalled the Adobe, but the same problem is still there and comes more often. I searched online for solutions. I found one answer: " I recently saw this issue with almost all of the system memory free. The problem was a faulty program that was allocating but never releasing GPU memory. Since all screen display happens through the GPU, using up all its memory is enough to cause a legitimate out-of-memory error, even w

Altho better than in the past, I still have serious choppy playback problems with Mullticam, especially when add video effects and when scrub.  Have implemented suggestions that I can make sense of.Would more computer power help:, i.e., Processor, RAM, etc?How about Premiere 2018?Current System.Win 10 Pro – on SSDPremiere 2017.1 on internal 7200 rpm drive.X64-bsed PCProcessor: Intel Core 17-4790K CPU@4.0GHz, 4 Cores, 8 Logical ProcessorsRAM: 32 GB (max).Graphic Card: Quadro K2000Media etc., on external Seagate or Western Digital, 2-6 TB, USB3Thanks.[Moderator note: moved to best forum.]

Hi, im currently building a new video editing rig next week with minimal gaming on the side haha. This is my first pc build since 2002 i think. I got used to laptops mainly because of sde jobs etc.,. I need some help on the best way to optimize drive usage for my editing needs in Premiere Pro.Here are the specs:MOBO:  Asus ROG Crosshair 6 Hero (AM4) X370PROC:   AMD Ryzen 7 1700RAM:     G.Skill Flare X 16gb(dual) 3200 DDR4 CL14VCRD:   Palit GTX 1080 Super Jetstream 8Gb DDR5CASE:   Phanteks Entoo Pro M Tempered GlassPSU:     Seasonic M12II-750 EVO 750Watts 80Plus Bronze Full ModularCOLR:   BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 3For the storage drives im leaning to:SSD:  Samsung 960 Evo M.2 PCIE 3.0x4 SSD 256GB   SSD:  Samsung 850 Evo 500GB                           &n

Hello everyone.     I couldn't find really a better spot to put this in, and since I use alot of the products Adobe has to offer, After Effects, Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere, and Illustrator.... I wasn't sure where to stick this question. I'm in the process of gearing up to build another machine for the studio. I know there's been alot of discussion as to what matters most, (i.e: Threads, versus Cores, Processing Power) and such .... what are some of the most optimal and best performing options are there as far as CPU's are concerned. I'm preferable to Intel, and I'll be carrying over a Nvidia 1080 8GB GPU as well as a M.2 PCI SSD card since they are relatively recent purchases and still noteworthy performance. I've been trying to justify the new i9 cpu series, but at the double the cost of the line of CPU's beneath it is hard. With any recommendations of CPU's... if you have any suggestions of motherboards I would love to hear them. Thank you so much in advance cuz I'

Hello everyone.Apple just announced the latest desktop station: iMac and iMac Pro (from December).May I ask you what are your opinions regarding them?I need to replace my old iMac (2012) with a new one and I am now considering two options: top iMac or the "basic" iMac Pro (lucky the budget this time won't be an issue).I am a creative cloud user and I work mostly for photo editing (Ps and Lr mostly), very few occasion some small video editing.Do you think that the iMac Pro might be too oversized workstation for my needs?

Hi, I was thinking about buying a new computer, Lenovo Legion Y520T, and want to know if it is compatible and runs smoothly on adobe creative cloud? The computer has the specs of: 8 gb of ram (ddr4 sdram), ssd 256 gb, and a 1tb hdd secondary harddrive, i5-7400 processor (quad-core, 3 ghz) and a Nvidia Geforce 1050 Ti graphical card (4gb) and windows 10 home operating system 64-bit. Will this work with adobe creative cloud? I will be using primarily Photoshop, illustrator, Indesign, Lightroom and a little bit of Premier. for video editing. What do you think, is this a good budget computer with good/decent prestanda and compability with these programs and will work on adobe creative cloud? I couldn't read out from the system requirement of these programs if the graphical card that I mentioned above has been tested and is compatible with the creative cloud

Hello everyone im begginer for adobe premiere pro but i have one problem Premiere pro rendering my i7 6950x i have low cpu usage around 20-25% my preset is h264 high bitrate can fix it?my specsi7 6950XAsus rampage V X9932gb ram980ti SLIm2 128gb mp500

Hello,I've been using a 2013 Macbook Pro to work with Premiere CC "2013." It has a NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB which has been working with CUDA. I'm looking at a 2015 Macbook Pro which has "Intel Iris Pro Graphics with 128 MB." I can't find this listed on Adobe. This seems like a less powerful GPU, at least less RAM. Will it work with current Adobe CC software? Will it be limited?  Thanks,Robert

Hello. I do not have very much money to spend, but I'm looking at building a computer for rendering. The two GPU's currently on my radar are:1. GIGABYTE AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB2. Gigabyte GTX 1050 OC 2GB3. Dual SLI GTX 660 Graphics CardsI have heard the 7970 is faster (by about 10%), and has more RAM, but is a legacy card. I also know that dual cards can pack a serious punch. I'm looking for the best possible rendering with these three options, preferably using the latest Premiere Pro (17 or 18 really).Also, could I use the first 2 options together in a dual GPU setting successfully?Thank you for the help using such legacy technology.

Hi, I would like some feedback and opinions on a quote that i have got for a pc build for  hd video editing with a budget of around£1000.i dont know much about the technical side to the parts etc so would like to know if this quote is about right or whether there could be some changes made. thanksquote does not include screens/keyboard and his rates.Case                                                              Antec GX-200 gaming case with Window ATX USB 3.0  Blue LED Fans Black                                  &nbs

Hi there sorry for the dumb post but I'm looking to get Premiere and am very unsure on what pc to get that can handle the program. I won't be using it commercially at least to start with so it will be more of a hobby for short films. I don't think I'm tech savvy enough to build my own so I was looking to buy my own and potentially upgrade as I go. im looking to spend around £900 and no more than £1000. Would something like this get me by? Intel Core I7 7700 HD Gaming PC 1tb HDD 16gb DDR4 2133Mhz Punisher ComputerI really appreciate anyone whose read this and is willing to help.[moved to hardware forum by mod]

I had a big interest in the Lenovo 17 inch Thinkpad p71 given the Thinkpads' reputation for durability until I realized that with even their highest graphics card option (Quadro P5000 mobile), the memory bandwith would be only 190Gb/s compared to 320Gb/s bandwith on the Alienware 17R4's GTX 1080 (notebook version).I've never heard so much emphasis be put on the memory bandwith of a GPU until I read section 5 of the /r/buildapcvideoediting wiki. Perhaps because I'm an ex-gamer and VRAM capacity is a big deal in gaming rigs, but not as much in video editing machines?From the wiki it seems like memory bandwith is like the most important thing to have in terms of editing speed, so I'd just like to confirm.How important is memory bandwith to live timeline rendering speeds and speeds in general in Adobe Premiere? How important a role does total VRAM capacity play in video editing speeds in general?

I know with the Ryzen chips, there's the "But software will be updated to better use cores so Ryzen chips may end up with the advantage in the future with software optimization" talk. I'm due for a an upgrade very soon and torn between a Ryzen 7 1800x or an i7 7800x. I probably won't upgrade for another 3 years at least so I am wondering about that possible core optimization and if by going Ryzen I will be winning out if Adobe ever decides to get Premiere to make more use of the cores.

Hi everybody,I currently trying to find an upgrade to my dual 24" dell ultrasharp monitors. I just want more screenspace espacialy while working in after effects. I do mostly mograph in ae, but also editing in premiere and 3D work in cinema 4d. I found this dell U2717D and this BenQ SW2700PT that sound fine. Any expierences and suggestions?Thanks in advanceDaniel

Hi,I have ordered parts for a new computer but need some help with my storage solution. I will be using a GH-5 most of the time for 4K footage. I will most likely only work with projects of a maximum of 10 minutes. In addition I have two external drives to use for backing up footage, 1x1TB and 1x3TB. The computer consists of:ASUS ROG STRIX Z370-F Gaming, S1151          ATX,Z370,DDR4,3xPCIe-x16,SLI/CFX, 2xM.2, USB 3.1, Aura Sync, SupremeFXMSI GeForce GTX 1080 Gaming X          PCI-Express 3.0, 8GB GDDR5X, 1683/1822MHz, RGB LED, PascalIntel Core i7-8700K          Socket-LGA1151, 6-Core, 12-Thread, 3.7/4.7GHz, 95W, Coffee LakeCorsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000MHz 32GB          2x16GB 3000MHz (PC4-24000) DDR4 CL15, 1.35VBe Quiet! Dark Rock PRO 3 CPU        755/115x/2011/1366, AM2/A

Hello guys,So i've got 3 questions:1. Is everyone experiencing CPU bottleneck with Premiere?We mainly edit 4k h264 footage from DJI X5 RAW camera @ 60MbpsI know premiere is more CPU intensive in every way but i hate it so i have to make the rig work better.With the GTX 1080 i 've found that encoding times and render previews worked faster for a 1080p timeline and export.With the Radeo Pro Duo i 've experienced kind of slower exports (without resetting profiles) and render previews to about 20 seconds difference.Though i think that i get slightly better timeline editing performance with the Radeon.I really don't care about exporting time (reasonable times of course), my main concern is the real time timeline editing performance which i believe that's what all benchmarks should also include but mostly they don't. Also not including AMD professional cards is also very suspicious.What i 've seen within premiere is that the CPU is hitting 100% load quite often especially on rendering and ex

Hallo,ich habe Windows 7 ganz frisch installiert.SP1 Update gemacht.Alle anderen Updates vollzogen.Dennoch ist mein System sooooooo langsam.Hier meine Specs.Windows 7, SP1Intel® Core™ i3-2310M CPU @ 2.10GHz × 4 8 GB ArbeitsspeicherIntel® Sandybridge Mobile Grafikkarte, (das wird mir unter Ubuntu angezeigt.)Reicht das aus oder soll ich nen neuen Rechner kaufen??Vielen Dank

It is time for me to completely change out all my drives as they are getting a bit old and some are already showing warnings.In 95% of the time I use my computer for video editing My motherboard is Asrock Z77 Extreme6, I have 2x PCI-Express 3.0x16 slots and 2x PCI-Express 2.0x1 slots. One (cant check at the moment) is being used for my graphics card, others are free to use for m.2 SSDs.I'd like to keep and use my old Samsung 830 256GB SSD if it can be of use.The setup I have in mind is like this:drive 1:  SSD Samsung 850EVO 500GB for OS, programsdrive 2:  SSD Samsung 850PRO 500GB for all the original media files (clips I shoot, audio, photos, etc) in current projects that are being edited at the moment (some edits take up to 2 weeks) and premiere project filesdrive 3: my old Samsung 830 256GB for Media cache, previews, scratch diskdrive 4: HDD for exportWould you do it any other way? From what I'm seeing, PRO version is about 15% faster than the EVO, which is fast enough for

Hi,I am not very sure is my raid setup ok for the hardware use and I am not very familiar with benchmarks, can someone help to read the benchmark below:I use 2 x 4TB WD Gold in RAID0. Using the Intel controller in Asus Priome X299-Deluxe mainboard.I expected 400 MB/s speed and the results from the first roll (Seq) is more than expected, but I am not sure in all the 4KiB marks.I striped the ride from bios utility at 128 KB, and did format the disk in windows at 64kB unit size.Are all the 4KiB results from the bottom 3 rolls OK for this ride and the hardware I use?Please let me know, or if I need to re-format or build the RAID in BIOS again if necessary.Thanks

Hey guys,I can't play my videos well while editing. My CPU is overloaded while my GPU isn't used by Premiere... I got the GeForce GTX 1050 TiWhat I already did:- I created the cuda_supported_cards.txt file and added my card- I enabled the Mercury Playback Engine - GPU-Acceleration (CUDA) in the Project Settings in Premiere- I installed the newest driver for my GPU from the Nvidia website and mada a clean install.While playing or rendering a video, the GPU utilization doesn't rise. Premiere just ignores that i have a graphic card.Is there anything else I can do?Thanks for your help!Tommy

I just purchased a new iMac purely for editing 4K footage that I am capturing using my Mavic Pro Drone.  I purchased the Mac with an internal 500GB SSD drive and I also have an external 4TB drive (not SSD and probably slow).  I am not sure how to set up projects to take advantage of the power of the internal drive while ensuring all media is stored on the external drive so as not to use up the space on the internal drive too quickly.  I am sure this is a simple one so any help for this rookie is much appreciated.