choppy editing 4K on a powerful pc

[henryk75767830]

hey

I have recently built my self a new Computer specifically for video editing, I thought it would do the trick however 4K editing is still a bit choppy especially scrubbing even when I reduce the playback quality to 1\4.

The specs of my pc are as follows

CPU — core i7 8700k overclocked to 4.7 ghz

GPU — nvidea GTX 1060 6 GB

RAM — 16 GB ddr 4 coursair vengance pro rgb

SSD — 500 GB Samsung 950 pro

I use a nzxt water cooler to keep everything chilly and I also have a 3tb hard drive, however I copy all my footage over to the ssd when I am editing.

would love some help, maybe I’m expecting to much and this is normal with my specs

thnaks in advanced

[rodneyb56060189]

don't know what your source material is, but if it's compressed like h264 it can be a strain on cpu to do that stuff. Some people use proxies to edit with more friendly codec etc.

[excited_Genie16B8 · Accepted solution]

I recommend using Cineform proxies.  The performance improvement is substantial, especially once you start adding effects.

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