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suechi
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May 11, 2019
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PC build for video editing (Both premiere pro & AE usage)

  • May 11, 2019
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Hello everyone, Its been like 2-3months since i got into video editing. Now that I started to do freelancing I decided to get a new pc for editing.

My present pc config:

CPU- intel i5 6500

2x8GB ddr4 RAM (one is 2400MHz another one is 3000MHz)

gtx 960 4GB

B150M D3H gigabyte mobo

I've a 120GB samsung 750evo SSD on my C drive where i have installed my OS and my Adobe products, I've 2TB HDD to hold my media cache, media & project files. So when i work on premiere pro the preview won't be smooth like water, it would be stuttery but if i scrub through it real slow then it give me smooth live preview and i am talking about previewing in 1/2 resolution and these are 1080p 60fps videos.If I add any transitions even simple one's as a cross dissolve it will skip frames at that particular point on the first go but will show it if I scrub over it again. Coming to AE, when I try to use the 3D space and use some effects they take such a long time to render preview on the timeline

I assume since I have my project files and media on a HDD and my adobe app on SSD I am facing this issue? and it might get fixed once I put the media and project files on a SSD?

TL;DR-

Live preview on premiere pro stutters for even 1080p 60fps video(even in 1/2 or 1/4th reso), even adding simple effect/transitions do not give live a smooth live preview
AE struggles alot to render preview when using 3D space with few effects added (templates that use 3D space and effects)

I have watched couple of videos and read few articles regarding the pc build for editing and each of them is specific for a particular software (either premiere pro or after effects), I wanted to see a pc build that is good for both premiere pro and after effects usage.So I got to know that premiere pro works good with more number of processor cores and AE works good with faster cpu speed.. with this I need to buy a processor that has good cpu speed but has decent amount of cores. For this i've the following processors in mind - intel's i7 8800k/7700k or i9 9900k

I also will be getting a Samsung Evo NVMe 970 250GB/500GB SSD, for GPU i am thinking of 1070ti or 1080, I had also thought of rtx 2070 but I think I might not need to spend that much on GPU.

So please let me know if my present PC config is good for editing in both premiere and after effects, if yes then how can i solve the preview render problem, if no then please suggest me where do I need to invest my money on to build a PC suitable for editing.

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RjL190365
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May 11, 2019

Officially, you will need a new motherboard if you're going to upgrade to an 8th- or 9th-generation CPU. This is because although they use the same physical socket as the 6th- and 7th-generation parts, the electrical pin assignments differ between the two. So you will need an Intel 300-series chipset (specifically, the Z390) if you're going to upgrade to an 8700K or 9900K.

If you're going to stick with your current motherboard, on the other hand, you will be officially limited to a 7th-generation CPU such as the i7-7700. The i7-7700K is multiplier unlocked, which none of the B150 chipset motherboards permit. Therefore, the i7-7700K will behave exactly like any other multiplier-locked CPU on your motherboard.

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    suechiAuthor
    Participant
    May 11, 2019

    Yes I forgot to mention that I will also be changing the mother board according to the processor. Also I compared my processor with the i7 7700k processor and the only difference is in the Ghz and the number of threads Intel® Product Specification Comparison

    So i was a bit confused if the 7700k would make much difference from my 6500 (i mean it would but how much of a big difference would it be) cost wise.

    Also could you tell me what is causing problem with the live preview? is it my whole PC or it has to do with some other thing?

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    RjL190365
    Legend
    May 12, 2019

    In the case of Premiere Pro, CPU rendering (which is what most of your workflow involves) takes significant advantage of the number of threads - up to around 16 to 20 threads (effectively). I have personally tested my own systems with both an i5-6500 and an i7-7700 (non-K), and the amount of time that it takes for a given CPU-only render was a rather sluggish 785 seconds with the i5-6500 versus around 470 seconds with the i7-7700. In fact, the i5-6500 is actually substantially slower and weaker than even a Haswell-generation i7-4790K that ran at its stock speed, and is almost three years older than Kaby Lake. In fact, you'd have to go all the way back to the first-generation (Nehalem) i7 line of 2009 to find a hyperthreaded quad-core CPU that's as weak overall as your current i5-6500.

    After Effects, on the other hand, relies heavily on CPU clock speed alone. In the case of single-core speed, your i5-6500 once again falls short for After Effects because its single-core turbo speed is only 3.6 GHz versus 4.2 GHz for the plain i7-7700 and 4.5 GHz for the i7-7700K.

    Thus, your current system is, relatively speaking, sluggish in both Premiere and in After Effects because your system doesn't have enough processing threads and runs at a relatively slow all-core Turbo clock speed (3.3 GHz for your i5-6500 versus 4.4 GHz for the i7-7700K). And all that is because your i5-6500 is in a very tough spot: Too few processing threads and too low of a maximum turbo clock speed.

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