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Mike_Rushby
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December 20, 2016
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Intel Core i5 for XAVC-S?

  • December 20, 2016
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Hi all - the Premiere Elements 15 system requirements say:

Intel Core i7 required for XAVC-S

Does this mean that with the following Core i5 I will just be slow or that it will not process?

Intel Core i5-6402P

16Gb DDR4 @ 2133MHz

250Gb SSD

Win10 Home

I don't understand why a lack of hyperthreading would kill this dead rather than just making it run slower... and what does that mean as a requirement anyway? Required to read mp4? Required to output in mp4?

I'd appreciate a quick reply as I still have the chance to change the system spec if I act quickly. Thank you so much!

-Mike

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Steve Grisetti
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December 21, 2016

I always recommend that people use the excellent benchmark tests at PassMark to determine the power of their processor.

In my books, I recommend a rating of 8000 or higher for editing 4k video. Your processor rates 7600, so you should be in pretty good shape for basic editing with 4K -- but margin for more intensive editing of larger 4K projects.

PassMark Intel vs AMD CPU Benchmarks - High End

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    Mike_RushbyAuthor
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    December 21, 2016

    Thanks Steve - the CPU is clocked from 2.8GHz to 3.4GHz so I assume it'll end up over that threshold. Thanks for your help with this one.

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    Bill SpragueCommunity Expert
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    December 20, 2016

    My understanding, which is not always reliable, is that XAVC-S is related to and needed for 4K editing.  I don't think it comes into the workflow with 1080p.

    I had an i5 computer like that until I broke it!  It worked well enough for 1080p  It did not work at all well with 4K.   4K needs an i7, plenty of RAM and a fast disk.   I doubt that any editing system for 4K would work well without a relatively speedy i7.

    Good luck!

    Bill

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      Mike_RushbyAuthor
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      December 20, 2016

      Thanks Bill - good to know!

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