Clock Speed Question

[Millerjs]

Quick question on processor clock speeds and how it affects 4k editing. I work at multiple locations and we have workstations at each building, my home computer recently failed and I am running a back-up computer just to get by.

A computer tech that I work with all time has several HP 440's that's were pulled out of service and I can have one of those if I like. The HP440 is fine for at home because 90% of what I do at the house is Photoshop and Indesign. Sometimes I do need to edit some 4k footage on the weekend but very simple stuff and it's all from a Sony camera running their internal codec.

He has one 14 core machine but the clock speed is only 2.6. Is that trouble to get playback with 4k? I was under the impression that you need a fast clock for playback. I have a GTX 970 that I can throw in for the graphics card.

Thanks in advance.

[John T Smith]

I don't do 4k, but there is lots of information here

This includes 2 recommendation links from Puget Systems... copied from Peru Bob
https://community.adobe.com/t5/video-hardware/premiere-pro-hardware-articles-to-read-before-you-buy-...

[Andy 1968]

Nvenc and Quick Sync can hep playback some variations of the Sony H.264 video codecs.  The GTX 970 would have terrible Nvenc support and a 14 Core CPU would lack Intel's Quick Sync. That being said the system will propably work decent but not great. You can also opt for 1/2 resolution during playback.