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Hello!
I had a PC custom built soley for editing with Premiere by a local computer shop. However, I feel the setup isn't quite working on a day to day basis. I often has software crashes (Premiere), slow playback (stuttering etc) and it's generally not as reliable as Macs I've worked with in the past.
Here is the setup:
My question is, is the above spec good? Can it be improved with extra memory? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance
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Might want to read this first before ordering the parts.
Adobe Premiere Pro CC System Requirements
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Thanks, I've checked them but I'm specifically wondering if anybody has experience with PC setups and what they think of my current build
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Specs look fine, what version of Windows are you running? What Nvidia driver version? Do you have the Intel GPU enabled? What media are you editing? When does it crash?
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It could use more RAM and a better processor, depending upon the media you're editing.
Have you tried proxies?
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/how-to/proxy-media.html
Also:
Try resetting the preferences:
FAQ: How to reset preferences in Premiere Pro?
If that doesn't work, try resetting the Workspaces:
Reset a workspace
Reset the current workspace to return to its original, saved layout of panels.
from here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/workspaces.html
If that doesn’t work ,try updating or rolling back your graphics driver directly from the video card manufacturer’s site.
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I find the cpu so so (needs to be an i7) and and a spinning drive............
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Don't expect much out of that PC, as currently configured:
Despite the i5-8400's six cores, it lacks hyperthreading. Therefore, its CPU performance is merely competitive with a previous-gen (Kaby Lake) quad-core i7 with hyperthreading. Why settle for that level of performance when video resolutions become higher and higher and encoding codecs become much more complex?
Second, no 1 TB HDD, even at 7200 RPM, can ever attain a sustainable transfer speed (throughput) of even 200 MB/s, let alone the 500 MB/s that a good SATA SSD regularly achieves. And it feels worse than that because all NLEs, Premiere Pro included, decompress display video on the fly, which can severely impact editing performance (not editing quality), especially as more and more effects are applied.
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I have an i7 with 6 physical cores and 12 hyper threading virtual cores, and 32Gig of ram
I have "acceptable" performance with 1920x1080 24fps and 1280x720 30fps video from my Canon SX510
I don't have, and would not attempt to try and edit 4k video
My personal opinion is that an i5 with 16Gig is BARELY enough to edit high definition video
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I can't believe everyone is telling you that a 6 core processor with an M.2 drive, a 7200RPM hard drive, and a GTX 1060 isn't sufficient for editing. That's absolutely rediculous and not based in fact.
Your system will be entirely sufficient for editing HD video with that setup. Your crashes are probably a result of driver or configuration issues. If you wanted to edit 4k, just upgrade the RAM to 32GB. Don't expect to do real time RAW debayering, but mirrorless camera footage should be fine. You've got plenty of hard drive space to make proxies I hope?