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November 26, 2016
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Best mid-range laptop for Premiere Pro

  • November 26, 2016
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Hi Everyone,

I built my PC 4 years ago with an Intel i5-3570K and an NVidia GTX660ti, it has been fantastic until the recent release of PP2017 and now it is starting to show it's age.

I have decided I am doing to retire my PC for a Video Editing Laptop.

My budget is around €1500/$1500, this laptops primary job will be for Video and Photo Editing with the Adobe CC Suite.

The laptop I am currently closest to choosing is the Asus Zenbook Pro, UX501VW.

Spec:

15,6 inch 4K Full HD-display, Intel Core i7-6700HQ, 16 GB, 256 GB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M - 2 GB

My biggest fear is that this machine will be unable to keep up with the software in future releases in the coming years, so I would like to try to buy something that will be good for 4-5 years. Do I have to upgrade to something like a GTX1060 for that sort of future-proofing??

I would appreciate any other suggestions for video editing laptops in my budget. !

Thank you for your opinions and help.

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4 replies

Legend
November 27, 2016

I feel the proper starting point for a Premiere Pro editing system is multiple, internal hard drives at a 24" 1080p screen.

Since it's just not possible to achieve that with any Laptop, there is no good Laptop for editing.

Build you own desktop.

Computer Parts, Laptops, Electronics, and More - Newegg.com

shooternz
Legend
November 27, 2016
Do I have to upgrade to something like a GTX1060 for that sort of future-proofing??

Get a Desktop if you want a degree of future proofing.  Laptops are hard and expensive to upgrade and customise.

Bill Gehrke
Inspiring
November 27, 2016

Get a GTX 1060 for more performance and the fact that you can easily and safely overclock the GTX 1060 for Premiere and you cannot with the GTX 960M. 

Warren Heaton
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 26, 2016

Report back on what you purchase!

R Neil Haugen
Legend
November 26, 2016

Best informed audience for total gear questions like this is really the PrPro's Hardware forum ...

https://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/hardware_forum

Neil

Everyone's mileage always varies ...