Extremely long pre-rendering times for short clips

[Flanabolic]

Hi all,

I'm brand new to Premiere, and while I love the capabilities of this software, I cannot deal with the extraordinarily long render times for small, :30 second clips with no effects on it whatsoever. On average, for a basic mp4 video that's :30 seconds long with no effects on it, it takes me 1 hour to render. 

My specs:  i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz 

16 gb ram

nvidia gtx 970

I've tried every Quicktime preview setting, I've lowered my bitrate as low as possible. I'm frustrated and out of options. I could only imagine how long a video with effects that's 5 minutes+ would take me (probably days).

Any help woulid be appreciated.

[Ann Bens]

It takes a long time because your machine is fossil. (its nearly 10 years old)

It's way under powered to run Premiere properly,

Adobe Premiere Pro System Requirements

The only way to solve this is to get a faster computer.

[Flanabolic]

I ran the trial and rendered 3-minute long videos with effects in under a minute. Something changed in my settings when upgrading from trial to real version and I'm not sure what.

[Flanabolic]

I also meet the recommended requirements under the very link you provided from Adobe, so not sure what you're talking about.

[Ann Bens]

I also meet the recommended requirements under the very link you provided from Adobe, so not sure what you're talking about.

By @Flanabolic

No, you don't with that system, unless you are willing to use proxies.

[Peru Bob]

I also meet the recommended requirements under the very link you provided from Adobe, so not sure what you're talking about.

By @Flanabolic

The Core i7-4790K is based on Intel's fourth-generation Core architecture

The system requirements for Premiere Pro:

Processor

Intel® 6th Gen or newer CPU – or AMD Ryzen™ 1000 Series or newer CPU

Intel® 7th Gen or newer CPU with Quick Sync – or AMD Ryzen™ 3000 Series / Threadripper 2000 series or newer CPU