Video editing uses both the CPU and the GPU differently than gaming and simple media playback. Video editing is still heavy on the CPU (utilization-wise), meaning that you really need a beefier CPU in order to achieve best performance. Unfortunately, that i5-7400 CPU is too wimpy on both processing power and clock speed these days: It has only 4 cores and 4 threads, whereas video editing software typically needs a 6-core/12-thread or better CPU (8-core/16-thread CPU or better is recommended) in order to function at its best.
And LGA 1151 v1 is a dead socket: The only meaningful performance upgrade for the first version of LGA 1151, an i7-7700 (K or non-K), still costs too much money to justify even that level of performance increase. The 8th-Gen Intel Core CPUs, which introduced 6-core CPUs into the mainstream market segment for Intel, require a newer chipset as the socket (LGA 1151 v2) that it uses is physically compatible but electrically incompatible.
With that stated, I would dare say that even a GTX 1660 SUPER is overkill for that CPU. The CPU will still bottleneck anything above a lesser-performing GTX 1650 SUPER.
And if you were to buy a Mac Mini M1, I would wait a while longer: Current versions of Premiere Pro have some teething issues when running on macOS 11 (Big Sur) regardless of the CPU platform that Mac uses. In fact, no current professional-level NLE outside of Apple's own Final Cut Pro is certified compatible with macOS 11 yet.
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