Dear community,I am buying a second hand desktop for video editing on premiere (mainly 1080p, maybe 2,7k and 4k later). I've got two offer for same price, with config as written in title, and not sure what would be better.What do you think? Should i go for the better graphic card but with less ram, or the other way around?Thank you all in advance,

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ToinouIceland

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Ryzen5 1400/gtx1050/24gb or I5-7400+gtx1060-3gb/16gb?

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March 4, 2020
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Dear community,

I am buying a second hand desktop for video editing on premiere (mainly 1080p, maybe 2,7k and 4k later). I've got two offer for same price, with config as written in title, and not sure what would be better.

What do you think? Should i go for the better graphic card but with less ram, or the other way around?

Thank you all in advance,

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RjL190365

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In this case, then go with the Ryzen 5. Although the i5-7400 has slightly better single-core performance, it does not have enough threads to efficiently handle anything higher than 1080p. And although I would have normally paired up that R5 1400 with a GTX 1060 6 GB (or better still, a GTX 1660), you do not want the CPU to bottleneck a higher-end GPU (as that i5-7400 might bottleneck even a GTX 1060 3 GB, let alone an RTX 2080 Ti).

Relatively speaking, the GTX 1050 is a bit mismatched to that R5 1400, but not as badly as my previous GTX 1060 6 GB was to my now-upgraded R7 3800X. Thus, I had to make the upgrade to an RTX 2060 SUPER for my PC. And as I told others, you do not want a CPU to bottleneck a higher-end GPU - but at the same time, you do not want a seriously underpowered low-end GPU to bottleneck a given CPU. Following that, given a choice between an R7 3700X/GT 710 DDR3 combination and an i5-9400/GTX 1660 SUPER combination at the same price point, I'd pick the latter since in this particular comparison the GT 710 is severely mismatched to the CPU.

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ToinouIcelandAuthor

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Thank you for your feedback!

Actually, sometimes it's good to wait. I got an offer today for a ryzen 1600X (6 cores) with a gtx 1060 6Gb and a nvme ssd, for just 600$. I think that solves all my previous questions, as this combo seems pretty well balanced and efficient for my use. Don't you think?

Thanks again 🙂

Peru Bob

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I would go with the fastest processor and add RAM if needed.

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ToinouIcelandAuthor

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Thanks a lot.

One last question though : the difference of graphic card is not that important compare to cpu?

The Intel is with a GTX 1060 3gb, and the ryzen with a GTX 1050 2 gb (And apparently the CUBA score for the 1060 is 2x better than the 1050).

Peru Bob

Community Expert

Generally, CPU is more important than GPU.

Peru Bob

Community Expert

Either one will need more RAM and proxies to edit 4K.

What are the processor speeds?

What are the hard drives (how many, what kind, what is on each, and how full)?

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ToinouIcelandAuthor

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Let say it will be only for 1080p (as you said 4k would require more cpu, gpu and ram).

_ processors:

I5 7400: 3 ghz (up to 3.5), 4 cores, 4 threads

Ryzen 5 1400: 3.2 ghz (up to 3.4), 4 cores, 8 threads (and no graphic card included).

_hard drive, on both there is one ssd of 500go (i would format it and use it for storing project and putting cache on), and i would add another one of 256 for the OS. And i will also use an external 1to where i store all the files. I dont need that much though, it's not for professionnal use.

I hope you have more infos now.

And Thanks for your feedback again!

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