Didn't we discuss this in another thread? Are you editing 4K H.264, BRAW, Pro Res? If you are editing H.264 at 1920 X 1080 I imagine that system would work OK but I am not sure if it is the best bang for the buck. I posted a video demonstrating the benefits of Nvenc and Quick Sync if you are editing H.264. Even if you don't edit H.264 but you export to H.264 having Nvenc and Quick Sync would be worth price of admission. I myself would not want the system you picked out but that doesn't mean it cannot edit H.264 at 1920 X 1080 but you should at least upgrade the RAM to 32 GB.
If anyone else is buying a new computer the video below demonstrates Nvenc and Quick Sync in action. That is why I would recommend the Alder Lake CPU and an RTX 3000 series GPU. Can the RTX 3060 or the i5 Alder Lake CPU edit 8K H.264? I don't know. 8K might still be a challenge.
I know you are new but you don't seem to want to take people's advice. It would be in your best interest to get new hardware because support for older hardware could end at anytime. You might find a computer at Best Buy with a 12th generation i5 CPU and RTX 3060 GPU. It would not be as good as a 12th generation i9 CPU and RTX 3080 but it should be better than the Dell. Having said that if you want to get an Intel Core i9-10900X no one can stop you. In the end you will have to make the decision yourself.
I would not expect you to know what Quick Sync and Nvenc are because you are new to NLEs. That is why I posted a video that demonstrated how Premiere Pro can make use of Intel's Quick Sync and Nvidia's Nvenc. Both Nvenc and Quick Sync are good to have when using Premiere Pro and many other NLE systems. As I stated it doesn't seem like you want to take anyone's advice nor do you appreciate them trying trying to give you helpful information to help you understand computer hardware and how it can benefit Premiere Pro. Having said that most people would agree CUDA acceleration, Nvenc and Quick Sync are all nice features to have but you did not even bother to watch the video I posted. Why ask for help if your not going to listen to what people have to say?
AMD makes very good CPUs but Intel might be your best bet if you are editing H.264. Even the cheap $300.00 Alder Lake will outperform the 12 core AMD CPU if you are editing or rendering to H.264. You would know that if you had bothered to watch the video I posted.
I wish I could edit my posts and the title as I am not looking just at Dell anymore. I have a Lenovo build now, quite expensive but I want to do this once.
I don't expect a medal but I don't expect people to be rude and obnoxious when I am helping them out. You should take your own advice Pete and work on your people skills. That being said if you noticed not many people offered to help you on this thread. Why do you think that is? You should be thankful for few the people who stopped you from purchasing an antiquated system.
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