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Dodgerro
Dodgerro
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September 30, 2021
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Will my laptop be powerful enough?

  • September 30, 2021
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Hi,

I have a Lenovo Yoga laptop which is too slow to run AE effectively. I am not in a position to purchase a more powerful machine and am contemplating installing more ram and an external GPU to bump up the performance. It has 8GB of ram soldered to the board and I think it can only take another 8, although some sites say 16 and another site says it cannot be upgraded with more ram. After scannig my system Crucial offers two 8GB ram options. I can run to about 400 UK pounds for the EGPU.

 

Please see specs below. Grateful for your consideration.


Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.00 GHz
Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.82 GB usable)
Product ID 00325-96471-99997-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

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MarekMularczyk
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MarekMularczykCommunity Expert
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September 30, 2021

8GB of RAM is not enough for AE nowadays. You'll need 16GB otherwise, memory will fill very quickly and your machine will struggle.

I've been using this Surface Pro 6 for the last couple of years and it copes really well:

https://uk.webuy.com/product-detail?id=stabmics6i7512g16gb&categoryName=tablets-windows&superCatName=computing&title=microsoft-surface-pro-6-512gb-%28i7%29-16gb-no-pen-b&referredFrom=search

(that's where I bought it  😉  )

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    Dodgerro
    DodgerroAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 1, 2021

    Thanks Marek,

    Would the surface pro drive a 5K monitor?

    MarekMularczyk
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    MarekMularczykCommunity Expert
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    October 8, 2021

    4K monitor yes.  5K, I'm not sure, and can't check it for you. Sorry.

     

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    Dodgerro
    DodgerroAuthor
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    September 30, 2021

    Another option would be something like this 15" MacBook Pro from mid 2015.

    Any thoughts?

    MarekMularczyk
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    MarekMularczykCommunity Expert
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    September 30, 2021

    I would go for a Dell XPS 13 or 15 or Microsoft Surface Pro 😉

    I've been using these for all my PR and AE work and never had any issues at all 😉

     

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