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azqwert
azqwert
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June 27, 2015
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i3 it is enough? cc14 or cc15

  • June 27, 2015
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i3 3220 and 2gb ram it is enough?

Hi everyone.

My budget is very low so I would like ask if my configuration is adequate to work with 1080p footage of Canon 510 and gopro?

I know that i need to improve my memory ram. I will work only with premiere and after effects. Which GPU do you recommend?

Thank you.

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    RjL190365
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    June 27, 2015

    Regrettably, no. The footage from both of the cameras that you mentioned are extremely CPU-intensive to begin with. A quad-core, eight-thread i7 CPU or higher is strongly recommended for this video material. Your CPU, however, has only two physical cores and four threads. And no such CPU will perform as fast as even a quad-core i5 without hyperthreading, let alone a multi-core i7 with hyperthreading. With such a CPU as the one you currently have, expect to spend two to three times longer than if you had even a mediocre quad-core i5 just to perform basic editing tasks.

    And even if you had upgraded the amount of RAM in your machine, if you're still going to continue to use that i3 despite my warning, don't go with any GPU higher than a GTX 750 (non-Ti) for that machine. Anything higher than that will be a waste of money because such an overkill GPU will be forced to wait for the CPU to catch up.

    Remember, balance is very important in a PC that is to be used for editing!

    azqwert
    azqwertAuthor
    Participant
    June 27, 2015

    Ok thank you for your feedback. I will try config a new desktop.

    Which hardware do you recommend for my cameras? CPU? GPU and Memory Ram? The other hardware I can handle it.

    Thank you.

    daring_Ripple98BC
    daring_Ripple98BC
    Known Participant
    July 1, 2015

    First I would recommend that you read all of the articles on Harm Millard's Tweakers Page.

    http://ppbm7.com/index.php/tweakers-page

    I am not sure what your budget is but here is a budget "critical component list" that should be well balanced.

    http://pcpartpicker.com/p/W8sHt6

    As Rjl190365 said, your footage is CPU intensive so it would be nice to have a better CPU like an i7-4970k, but that may be out of your budget.  If AMD gets their act together with their new CPUs they might be something to look at per Redsharknews.com. I wouldn't count on it though as they have stuck to the lower end of the market so far, and Adobe software really needs the "firmware" that Intel has.

    http://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/2402-can-amd-s-new-processor-exploit-intel’s-delays

    The GPU should go on sale for around $100 sooner or later. You could also buy an MSI or Gigabyte if they are on sale.

    You will need a Z97 motherboard like this one versus an H97 if you want to overclock

    It is a very important to have multiple hard drives.  At least one for your OS and paging file and one for your project files, raw media, Premiere Pro's cache, etc..

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