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August 1, 2019
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Trying to Upgrade my Hardware for Video Editing 1080p

  • August 1, 2019
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I bought a IBUYPOWER trace940. same as it was when I got it from Best Buy.

•intel core i7 8700 3.20Ghz 3.19Ghz

•16gb memory

•nividia gtx 1060 3gb

•120gb SSD

•1tb Hard Drive

•windows 10 (64)

i started making a music video in after effects that consists of over 6,000 drawn lines to make animations.

System started running really slow with rendering and just in general. So I tried to export  project so I can throw it in premiere pro and maybe get a smother editing experienc, but it gets about halfway through rendering and it says it fails at the same frame everytime. And also it will say my GPU ran out of memory and makes me switch to the system rendere instead of the CUDA so I can’t use gpu acceleration . I’m extremely new to gaming computers so I’m wondering should I upgrade my GPU? CPU? I’m not editing in 4K. Like I said Im nee to the scene so if I left any info out about my desktop please let me know and I can get the info. This has made my project come to a halt so any help will be appropriated!

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Warren Heaton
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Community Expert
August 1, 2019

This sounds like a source footage problem, not a hardware problem.

What file format are you working with?

Participant
August 1, 2019

Mp4

Warren Heaton
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 1, 2019

Since you mentioned that your export gets to the same point every time, take a look at which clip it's getting to and try replacing that source clip.

If that MP4 plays fine outside of Premiere Pro, then try transcoding it and replacing it. 

Is MP4 your only option for source footage?  For the next project I would try for Apple ProRes (LT).  You're looking at 700MB/minute, but it's a much better CODEC for editing.