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Mina.Daoud.Nicolas
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January 29, 2020
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Ryzen 5 1600 + gt 1030 for premiere & after effects?

  • January 29, 2020
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Hello,

I'm building a budget pc for video editing, the specs are:

Ryzen 5 1600

GT 1030

16 GB ram

SSD for system & apps 

1 tb HDD for media & project files

 

Will mainly work with 1080p 30&60 FPS files, 4k very occasionally

Software:

premiere pro (splitting & some colour correction) and after effects (visual effects & motion graphics)

 

What matters more to me is the fluidity of playback and preview quality of the project within the program. Render time isn't that important (unless the difference is drastic)

 

Will this setup be enough for my usage? 

And if I'm willing to spend a few extra, should I focus on upgrading the CPU (to Ryzen 5 2600) or upgrading the graphics card (to gtx 1650)

PS: if you are going to recommend another graphics card, please give your opinion first on the models I stated, because I'm not sure about the availability at the store I'm buying from

 

Thanks in advance

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RjL190365
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January 30, 2020

In your case, I would recommend an upgrade to a GeForce GTX 1650 or GTX 1650 SUPER. You see, the GT 1030 that you're considering has only 2 GB of VRAM - but Adobe now recommends 4 GB or more VRAM.

 

In addition, the GT 1030 comes in two different flavors: The original flavor with GDDR5 VRAM and a slightly cheaper but less powerful version with only DDR4 VRAM. The DDR4 version may actually slow down your new system's everyday app performance due to its memory throughput being significantly lower than that of the system RAM. And there's a fair chance that you may get a 1030 that's the really lousy DDR4 copy.

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    Mina.Daoud.NicolasAuthor
    Participant
    January 30, 2020

    Thanks for the reply

     

    I got your point.S if I couple the gtx 1650 with Ryzen 1600 will it be a good combo for my specified usage?

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    RjL190365
    Legend
    February 13, 2020

    Likely so. However, a GTX 1650 SUPER or (especially) a GTX 1660 SUPER (neither of which may be available for your system from the builder) would be an even better fit for that 6-core/12-thread CPU. The builder's original choice of a GT 1030, even with GDDR5 VRAM, would have been barely more powerful than the integrated on-CPU graphics on a late-model Intel CPU, making it a waste of money at any price these days. So instead of wasting money on the R5 1600/GT 1030 combo, you might as well save yourself the money by going with an R5-3400G and no discrete GPU.

     

    To put that into perspective, I tested my own Ryzen R7 3800X system that still has an older GTX 1060 6GB, and even that GTX 1060 is still underpowered compared to my 8-core/16-thread CPU! I found that out after running the "Standard" test suite from version 0.86b of the Puget Systems' Premiere Pro benchmark. I bought that GPU back in 2017 when I still had only a 4-core/8-thread Intel CPU in my main PC. While that GPU was a nice performance match to the quad-core CPUs that I was using back then, it could now no longer keep up with my main PC's upgraded CPU platform.

     

    I will now need to upgrade my main PC's GPU to restore that performance balance.

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