Is my laptop good enough for premiere pro?

Lenovo Flex 5 2-in-1 Laptop: Core i7-8550U

2GB NVIDIA GeForce 940MX Graphics

16GB DDR4 RAM

1.0TB Hard Drive + 256GB SSD

8th Generation Intel Core i7-8550U Processor

I just want to do light editing, but the playback is very bad and the programs will freeze at times.

I dialed back all the settings for playback. Is there anything else I am doing wrong?

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Also, PPro puts a LOT of strain on the CPU, so to avoid overheating you need to buy a 'fan pad'

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It is a slow processor and has a HDD, not SSD, for media.

You may need to use it with the power adapter attached for it not to throttle back the processor as it does when on battery only.

Depending upon the media and effects used, you may need more RAM.

Try using proxies and see if that helps:

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