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I am looking to set up a rig for Premiere and After Effects with these components:3  2TB Firecuda HDD "Hybrids"1 SSD (C drive, almost full with OS and apps)3 1TB 7200 HDD (which would be in a RAID 0 probably) - backed up with an external drive600GB Velociraptor 10,000 - which I may or may not use - not sure how this stacks up to the hybridsI haven't found any advice on the forums about how to set up these hybrid drives, where they fit into the pictureI found this setup in the forums:C: SSD for OS & programs.😧 ____ for media and projects (because of the size of the media and frequent changes in projects).E: ____ for static page-file and exports.F: ____ for media cache and previews, although a HDD may give you better life expectancy but also slower performance.I have four 3gb SATAs, and three 6gb SATAs freeI appreciate the help, I know that there is probably a thread for each user's specific setup.  Thank you[Moderator note: moved to best forum]

I have a hardware question. I'm running the CS6 suite to edit video. My system specs are: AMD Quad-core CPU running at 4.1 Ghz, 24GB of DDR3 Ram, 250GB SSD as my main drive (O.S. & programs only), 120GB SSD as my working drive for video, and 3TB WD 7,200rpm drive for storage. I am currently using on-baord graphics of the MoBo which is inadequate for 1080p video at higher bitrates. The list of officially supported cards for CS6 is short and not very powerful. I'd like to upgrade to something a little better. I have in mind a GTX 1050 (not on the list) and was told by someone on an other section of this forum that I could amend the cuda_supported_cards.txt file by adding this model and saving it but she referred me to the hardware forum to be sure. Anyone know if this will work? Anyone running CS6 with a newer video card not on the list? Any recommendations or suggestions? Thanks.[Please do not double post, deleted thread in cs6 forum, mod]

Hello! I posted this in the lounge, not realizing this was the best place for subject.....sorry for the duplication.... I have to make a purchase and am having trouble deciding between the Vaio Z Flip and Microsoft Surface Book.  This will pretty much be my everything computer. and the capability of utilizing a desktop screen at times. I require business use as well. which is simple standard MS office software.Please let me know what your experiences are with these choices. It's a lot of money to just pick one and hope for the best.   Thank you in advance!Cynthia

I am looking into buying a new laptop and I want to make sure I  get one with the appropriate specs to run these three applications in particular. The specs I want already are a intel core i7 cpu, 16 GB RAM, and at least a 512 GB SSD. I am unsure what kind of graphics are needed to run these three programs. Any help would be appreciated.

Issue number 1: my rendering/exporting is very slow with or without cuda enabled. I just bulit a powerful pc (i7 770k, liquid cooling, gtx 1060 6gb, 16 gig ram ddr4) yet it takes me 40mins to an hour to render a less than 2 minute video I edited. I used a lot of effects but surely it wouldn't take that long right? Also when I was render a preview it said it would take an hour and 30 minutes with cuda enabled but 9 minutes without. Issue 2 is that the video I want to render won't render in 1920x1080 resolution. I'd assume one of the clips I have is messing with the resolution but my settings are set to 1920 and that's what it says the source is when I goto export. When I try to force the resolution the black borders I put over get distored. Are the black borders causing the issue. I will provide more info tomorrow if anyone needs it. Thank you all

I am working on a 1.5 hr video using HD footage from multiple cameras and stabilizer effects as well as Magic Bullet plugins for color and lighting. Normally every thing works smoothly, I have a high-performance desktop I built specifically for this kind of work. Generally I haven't had any problems because projects I work on are much smaller then this one. As the timeline gets more busy the slow response is becoming unbearable. As far as I can see from various hardware monitors none of my hardware is being maxed out, besides when rendering, which is normal. When idle Ram is at 45% capacity, my media drive shows at most 50% of transfer bandwidth being used. Specs are below, any ideas on what might be causing the lag? Anything I can do to try optimizing the performance?Specs:Core i7 5820k32gb DDR4 2666 (CAS 16)ASRock x99 TaichiRX480 Sapphire Nitro+512GB M.2 SSD (2.3gb/s read / 1.4gb/s write), Primary drive for OS and Software3TB 7200rpm, Secondary media drivePremiere, drivers, and Windo

I currently use InDesign and Photoshop CC for my work, using a 2014 Mac Mini OSx. I will be traveling extensively over the next 6 months, and need to get a laptop to continue my work while on the road. While I would like to get a MacBook Pro, or at least stick with Mac products, I cannot afford the expenditure at the time, and am looking at used PC-based laptops.  Can anyone tell me if either of these two computers would be sufficient to run InDesign and Photoshop (CC)? Acer Aspire V5 laptop computer, 15.6 HD Touch screen, Windows 8, 500GB HDD, 8 GB RAM, Or HP Pavilion Sleekbook laptop computer, model 15-b119wm, 15.6" HD Brightview LED screen, 750 GB HDD, Windows 8. 

I have installed a brand new GTX1080ti on my Windows 10 system, with CC2017 suiteWhen I start rendering (of course with Mercury GPU acceleration selected) or exporting i see all may CPU cores (Intel cores i mean) go up to 100%, and al the case FANs increase airflow; but the GTX temperature, fan speed and GPU usage remains very low (I can see this with the ASUS GTX monitor utility).Have I to think that rendering is not working with my card? How could I check this? Have I to set something special as I have done in the past with a GTX670?Thanks all for any idea.

Yibada website is rumoring that the new AMD flagship Ryzen CPU will feature a fully unlocked 8core/16 thread CPU which will maybe equal,or, even surpass the Intel 6900K CPU at a price of between $400 and $499. This price would be HALF of intels current $1,000 for the 6900K !! Considering that tests by Puget systems and others show that an 8 core / 16 thread CPU is a "sweet spot" for most performance tasks with PPro, if true, this news would be welcome to budget system builders. The great question is if the Ryzen CPU will actually perform well with PPro. In the past, the lack of certain " instructions" on AMD CPUs caused them not to be able to compete with the performance of intel CPUs with PPro. Will the same happen this time ?      I believe the "cache" sizes on the new Ryzen CPU may be smaller along with less Gen.3 PCI lanes. However, at this low price, the PPro performance may be only a little affected....someone will have to test it !!   &nbs

Starting the Build today, thanks everyone for the past and future assistance!

Hello again,After my relocation to another residence, I have been using only my older generation i7-4790K/GTX 970 tower system, and have my mini ITX newer generation (i7-7700/GTX 1060) system now in storage. I now intend to keep the mini system in storage for parts or a spare lower-spec system, and decide to just upgrade parts in my tower PC instead.I do not want to spend a lot of money with this upgrade/update (I had spent too much money for component upgrades earlier this year).Here are my current choices:1) Simply retire my tower system's current GTX 970 and move the GTX 1060 from my mini breadbox PC to my tower PC.2) Move the GTX 1060 from my breadbox to my tower, buy a new motherboard (most likely an H270 or Z270 chipset model) for my tower PC, and move my i7-7700 and 16GB of DDR4-2400 RAM from the breadbox to the tower.3) Move the GTX 1060 from the breadbox to the tower, buy a whole new platform (more than likely an AMD Ryzen) for my tower, and buy new RAM for it.Of those three c

I run two Dell XPS 15 laptops; one 9550, one 9560; both are spec'd to the top with 6th/7th gen i7s, 16GB/32GB memory, 1TB SSD etc and most relevantly here Nvidia graphics cards. They are each used daily for video rendering tasks; nothing particularly complex but I'm very dependent upon them for pushing out 15 minute videos on repeat. Typically using my project settings I would be able to preview live with good performance and find both to take approximately 20-25 minutes of real time to render these videos.A few weeks ago one laptop out of nowhere came to a grinding halt in comparison. I have lost the ability to preview in real time at anything more than circa 1 frame per second (which before was no concern) and with renders also dropping to more akin to 120 mins per video. A few days later the other laptop followed exactly the same characteristics, in every way it was an identical scenario but I can't imagine they are physically damaged simultaneously. I believed at the time that this

Well. As I have finally found the culprit for the crashing when trying to use Mercury Transmit for secondary monitor viewing (see this thread for background) I have now another problem. Smaller, though still a problem. I wonder if you guys have any suggestions?Since I had to kill Sonic Studio 2 in order for it to not to interfere with Mercury Transmit I now am left without the ability to select 5.1 sound output mapping as far as I can tell. My 7.1 motherboard soundcard now shows up as a standard 2.0 stereo device in Premiere Pro CC (latest release v2017.1.2 Build 11.1.2 (22)). I have tried setting the speakers up as 5.1 Surround in windows default sound settings. But it seems to do nothing.I did try restarting Premiere Pro after changing the settings. No change.I do have some vague recollection that there is an alternate audio driver that I should be able to use that shows the correct setup for Premiere but for the life of me I cannot remember what it was called. And googling it seems

The prices for GTX1070's w-8GB vRAM at Newegg are all over the place, $375 to $1150.Any specific suggestions?Neil

Hello;I have bought a new pc with these spec but when i edit 4K videos the preview completely slow down and sometimes freeze which mean i cannot edit properly.CPU  Intel Core i7 6700K @ 4.00GHzRAM  16.0GB @ 2400MHz DDR4Motherboard  ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. MAXIMUS VIII RANGER Graphics  8.0 GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Storage  232GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB (SSD)   931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EZEX-08M2NA0 (SATA)   232GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB (SSD) (Only for cache files)I overclock the CPU to 4.5 MHZ.Which hardware do i need to upgrade to get a better performance and smooth editing?Thank you

I just upgraded my GTX 660 Ti (2gb) to an 8gb GTX 1080 as I noticed when editing 4k the GTX 660 TI was using all the video ram and figured the 1080 would definitely make a difference.  The upgrade to the GTX 1080 has shown Zero enhancement to rendering/exporting speed and little enhancement to realtime playback in the timeline (I tested some Boris FX BCC filters which are horrible at real time playback and take forever to render and export, more below).  I have ran several tests rendering the timeline and exporting, the results are very similar to what I got with the 660 TI.A 9 minutes timeline of 1080p plus 4k downscaled to 1080p is addition to lumetri color grading took about 10 minutes to export on both the GTX 660ti and the 1080. My processor is limited to PCIE 16x2.0 but that is still  way more than what the 1080 can output. I did a screen capture while rendering the timeline which show maxed CPU while GPU hovering between 0% to 10% load, I tried to capture it close

Hi,I'm about to buy a new iMac and the only thing left to figure out is the size of the SSD (I am getting a top-of-the-line 27" 5K iMac).  While editing, do you keep your project files and assets on the internal drive, or is it OK if I keep the project assets on the external drive while editing? My idea is to have the assets on the external drive using Thunderbolt 3.Thank you![Moderator note: moved to best forum]

I'm in the process of purchasing a new pc to use for editing although I am by no-means a computer expert so any advice on the following spec would be very much appreciated!I've been quoted for the following:Fujitsu Celsius M740 3.60GHz Intel Xeon 6 Core32GB RAM512GB SSD2TB Hard DriveNvidia Quadro P4000 8GB Graphics cardWindows 10This Graphics card is not on the approved list so does anyone know if it will work?!  Also, am I best sticking to windows 7 or going for windows 10?  Any advice would be gratefully received.  Thank you

Hi,I'm making the switch soon from a Mac/FCPX to PC/Premier Pro/After Effects. My Mac was basic, crappy video card, I upgraded the only thing I could - RAM, to 16Gb. It did me fine. I switched to 4k during and used proxies and everything was okay. Not brilliant, but okay. Now I'm planning on buying a PC and making the switch to Premiere and really want to delve into After Effects. I primarily make story based short films using a GH4 4k. But I'm struggling with what I'm going to need in terms of system spec.The 'specialists' at the online and local stores I've asked, when saying I want something that will run Premiere/AE and maybe Resolve without issue have always pointed me towards i7 (7700), 16Gb RAM and a GTX 1080, so for desktop alone I'm looking around £1500-£2000, which is fine if it will suit my needs. But the more I'm looking online the more I'm seeing issues with the GTX 1080/1070 cards that don't fair too well with AE.My needs are the programs I listed above and I'd like them

Hey guys,I have a newbie question.Before I ask I'd like to say - I really looked for an answer but there are tons of threads about that but not specifically THIS ONE.Is it normal that I get this HuGE frame drop when editing iPhone 7 plus 4k 100mbps 24fps footage?I mean you cant actually do anything.Even when I set the preview to 1/2 or 1/4.It's ok for about 1-2 secs and then it goes laggy as hell...So before I drown in all setting-up/tuning/tweaking threads maybe someone can just tell me:Is it normal?My specs areGeforce GTX 97032mb ram1x ssd 2x sshd Windows 10 64Premiere Pro CCI know it's not the best workstation on the planet but it seems pretty decent.Is proxy the only way for me or should I get better results from this machine?Thanks for your help in advance.K.

What do you recomend me? Thanks!

I wish to know if Quadro P4000 will work with the old Adobe Premiere 5. Since my customers old Quadro card has failed and he wants to replace it with the new card.[Moved out of the Forum comments forum (which is for issues with these forums themselves) and into a product-specific, support forum by a moderator]

Hi guys, video editing noob here,so I'm looking for a rig capable of adequate 4K video editing in Premiere Pro/After Effects, and while I've done some reading online, I'm on a time-sensitive mission here, so I decided to ask you guys for some good advice!From what I gather from reading online, Premiere benefits more from processors with more cores, so one of the builds I'm looking at is this:Intel Xeon E5-2650 (2.0/2.8GHz, 20M)Nvidia Quadro 400032 GB DDR3 ECCNow, as far as I can tell, this is not the Quadro P/K 4000, but the older 2GB model. I can currently get this for $992, but am not sure whether that's a good price for what I'm getting. I'm also a bit worried about the RAM not being fast enough. The GPU can be replaced with something more powerful, but do you guys think this system is a good idea for Premiere Pro to begin with? I can also get a 2x Xeon E5-2620 / 64GB RAM but I think this may be a bit of an overkill.Or should I just go for an i7 instead? Something like this maybe:In

Hi everybody!Could you help me out please?I have lumix gh4 to shot 4k@30fps,  and Dji phantom 4 pro to shot 4k@60fpsMy actual laptop doesn't let me to work comfortable in premier pro for 4k resolution, even working on FHD makes me upset as hell as it's just too slow 😕😕 almost threw this laptop through the window So, I have budget around 1000 - 2000 usd. Ye it's wide, Myself im closer to 1k, but with help of my brother can get 2k usd.Here is a laptop I was very close to buy: https://us-store.acer.com/aspire-v-nitro-gaming-laptop-vn7-592g-788w I found same used for 2months for 1100usd. I am just wondering about performence of this laptop, could you advice me if is it worth to buy? and if it's gonna handle to work on 4k? Or any other suggestions? Im very open for all news   Maybe you know sth that you can recommend me, I will be gr8full !!

Looking at this for my son, student learning Adobe, can anyone please let me know if this spec is good enough to comfortably run AE and Premiere CC2017Thanks in advance.OMEN 15-ax237tx Notebook (Shadow Mesh) OMEN 15-ax237tx Notebook (Shadow Mesh) - HP Store Australia Technical detailsOperating system Windows 10 Home 64ProcessorChipset Intel® HM175Processor family 7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 processorProcessor Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ (2.8 GHz, up to 3.8 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 6 MB cache, 4 coresMemoryMemory, standard 16 GB DDR4-2400 SDRAM (2 x 8 GB)Standard memory note 2 user-accessible memory slotsTransfer rates up to 2400 MT/sMemory and storage 16 GB memory1 TB HDD storage256 GB SSD storageDrivesHard drive description 1 TB 7200 rpm SATAHard drive (2nd) 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSDGraphic SubsystemGraphics NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB GDDR5 dedicated)Graphics Discrete