Video Hardware

Hi,I'm a media teacher in our school and one of our students has asked for my thoughts on a couple of laptops suitable for Premiere Pro (and some of the other CC software)What do you think of his choices re Surface Book.https://www.harveynorman.com.au/microsoft-surface-book-2-13-5-inch-i7-8gb-256gb.html Bottom the one with 16 gb of ram and 512 ssd storage https://www.harveynorman.com.au/microsoft-surface-book-2-13-5-inch-i7-16gb-512gb.html Thanks,Matt

Hello, it is worth choosing what imac pro to buy for installation in the premiere:8-Core Xeon W 3.2GHz / 64Gb / 2TB SSD / Radeon Pro Vega 64 with 16GBor10-Core Xeon W 3.0GHz / 64Gb / 2TB SSD / Radeon Pro Vega 56 with 8GBwhich is better for the premiere? more cores or a video card?

Hello guys,I would like to buy a new PC setup ASAP to edit footage mainly from Phantom 4 PRO (2.7k/30fps) and Lumix G7 (1080p60fps/4k30fps) as well as some basic AE texts, logos etc... What do you think about this setup?https://pcpartpicker.com/list/GtPsKB I know that now is not the right time to buy a new PC (especially because of GPU but I really need it). I am also a student so this is little bit on a budget.I chose Z370 motherboard over B360 just because a big discount at local store with nice headset as a gift.Thank you for your answers.Best regards,Michael[Moderator note: moved to best forum.]

Hi,I work daily with Adobe CC, particularly AE & Ppro. I'm building the spec for a new pc to replace a 6 year old machine.I'd really appreciate some help - you all helped me build a laptop a couple of years ago that's been the best one ever!I'm happy (I think) with the Processor, memory & Graphics card here.Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™ i9 12 Core Processor i9-7920X (2.9GHz) 16.5MB CacheMotherboard Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 3 PRO: ATX, USB 3.1, SATA 6 GB/s - RGB ReadyMemory (RAM) 64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2133MHz (4 x 16GB)Graphics Card 11GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1080 Ti - HDMI, 3x DP GeForce - GTX VR Ready1st Hard Disk 500GB Samsung 860 2.5" EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)2nd Hard Disk 1TB Samsung 860 EVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)3rd Hard Disk 500GB Samsung 860 2.5" EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 550MB/sR | 520MB/sW)4th Hard Disk 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA PRO 3.5", 7200 RPM 128MB CACHEDrives: the 3rd hard drive is for the cache. Is this really worth

Hello everybody.I have an old HP Z400 to improve a little for Premiere use. I use this workstation not so much so I'm not planning to change it.I already upgraded CPU to 6-core Xeon W3690 and RAM to 24GB and mounted an SSD. Which graphic card could be a good choice for that configuration? I was thinking to buy a GTX1060 6GB; is a good choice or it's overkill?Thank you[Moderator  note: moved to best forum.]

Hi friends,I am having issues with really slow rendering in after effects and playback in both After Effects in Premier pro. In premier pro I thought it was the fact I am not using an edit ready codec (currently using GH5s 10bit 422 200mbs & 400mbs files), however I am now having issues with rendering in after effects a project that I also rendered a year ago with a far less powerful machine, its taking over 10 hours to render, compared to about 3 hours on the machine a year ago. Current Machine Specs:AMB Ryzen 7 1800X Eight Core 3.60 Ghz32GB RAMGTX 1080Ti 11 GB GPUFast SSD & nvme SSDsI have enabled the GPU for rendering in both programs, however am not 100% confident that there isn't a little setting that I am yet to enable, as I feel the performance I am getting is quite bad for the above specs. Thanks for reading, I know there are similar threads however haven't had any luck with them.Cheers,Sam

Good morning allFor the past months i have been working with 4K sdr and hdr footage. I work for a digital distributor and all the assets I work with comes from Studios. My job consist in mixing some footage from different films to create our own promotional content, a kind of monthly agenda with SDR content. We use to have problems with the renders on AP and AE: black frames, distorted frames, red frames (solved if I get the file with steady gop instead of variable). Additionally, we work with an external agency, apparently they are not having any issue while rendering SDR projects.I am wondering, what I am missing and why I am having these problems. My computer: Windows 10 poHP incIntel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v4 @ 2.10 GHz32 Gb RAM64 bitsNVIDIA Quadro M2000 (my workmate works with M5000 and also he has render problems)Can anyone please help me with this matter, or advice me if I should change anything on my computer or even in the render export settings? (we use to render in mp4)Thank

So I am trying to troubleshoot a clients PC that I built strictly to work with 4k raw DNG files.  I have replicated the problem (much worse on my machine) so we know it is not a hardware failure.  We also reloaded windows and the only programs we have is Adobe.  Below is the scenarioMy client is shooting on a 4k Drone that uses DNG Files.  When we import these files into Adobe, even a 12 second video, the playback puts the CPU at 100% and starts skipping and and 4-5 second delay.  My personal system hard locked up.  Below are the specs:His PCAMD Threadripper 1950x4x16GB DDR4 MemoryEVGA GTX 1080 TI SCSamsung 960 Evo SSDWindows 10 ProMy SystemAMD Ryzen 5 1600x2x8GB DDR4 OC'ed to 2933MHzAMD RX 580 8GB GDDR5Offbrand 240GB SSDWindows 10 ProWhat is going on?

NVidia now has a whole family of NVidia Quadro cards ranging from the P1000 to the P6000.   I'm spec'ing a new PC and want to make an adequate choice for Premiere Pro.   It will probably be matched with a pair of  XEON Silver 4114's (so 20 cores).   I want true 10 bit output.   On my current (4-year) old PC my GPU is an NVidia 600 and my CPU is a Xeon E3-1240 (4 cores).I don't want to get more card than I need, but I want to get enough that the card doesn't become a big bottleneck.   Puget Sound did some benchmarks tests awhile back but they didn't include the newer, cheaper ones like the P1000 or P2000, which are among the ones I'm thinking about. https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Premiere-Pro-CC-2017-NVIDIA-Quadro-Pascal-Performance-938/   I'm worried that the P1000 is only 640 cores but I don't know how to tell if that's a bottleneck.Also, are the P1000 and P2000 10 bit?   I don't see anything in the

I've been editing videos (for Youtube channels) in Premiere Pro CC 2015 on my iMac 5k (base i5 model with a shockingly weak GPU) for over 2 years now. It suffices to say that Premiere's performance on a Mac is pretty disappointing if compared to Final Cut Pro X. My iMac can barely handle 1080p footage in 60fps in Premiere.  So I've been meaning to switch to Windows and build my own video editing machine. iMac Pro is not an option as even the base model starts at a hefty $6100 price in India. I am planning to go with an i7 8700 with MSI GTX 1080 Armor X Edition with at least 32GB of RAM and a Dell Ultrasharp 34 curved monitor. What I want to know is how good will Premiere Pro perform on the aforementioned configuration. I am planning to keep the new system intact for at least next 5 years and will mostly be editing 4k footage for Youtube channels and individual clients. Should I opt for even better hardware or will this one suffice?[Moderator note: moved to best forum.]

Hi, I have recently purchased a laptop with 128TB  SSD (nvme) + 1TB HDD, 8th gen i7, 16GB RAMI plan to install the following software:PhotoshopLightroom (main use)Premiere pro (main use)Cubase AIAntivirusMS OfficeBy taking into consideration of size of the SSD, i would like to ask what will be the best setup which the system will work more efficiently. Q1: where (SSD/HDD) should I install each of the above-mentioned software.Q2: suggestion for the stor of the following data, should it be in SSD or in HDD? - lightroom catelog, preview file, source photo/video, windows index, etcQ3: which drive should use as scratch drive?Q4: are there any other setup for the new laptop to  which can improve performance?Million thanks  

Hello!I am trying to find out if I can edit and export 10 bit footage 4:2:2 from a timeline in Premiere Pro, but with a Rig equipment with a GTX 1070 GPU ?My idea is to have the EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5  for editing and a Blackmagic Design DeckLink Mini Monitor 4K for previewing the footage while doing color grading.I know that with a GeForce GTX  gpu can´t display 10 bit colors in Premiere because Premiere uses OpenGL and GeForce GTX can only do it via DirectX and the display port. But can I render the final video at 10 bit if I have a EVGA GeForce GTX 1070?Will this setup work (GTX 1070 +  Blackmagic Design DeckLink Mini Monitor 4K for previewing the footage while doing color grading.) and is it a wise decision, taking into consideration the high price of a decent Quadro GPU ?Thank you in advance.

Hello everybody:I'm a Creative Cloud Photography Plan user and I'm about buy a new pc because my current one is showing its age. I'm almost determined to buy one of the latest Intel NUCs with the AMD Radeon RX Vega M. I'm not a gamer and I don't plan to game with it (too old for that). Beside the Adobe apps I woukd like to do some light video editing with footage taken with my cameras: Nikon D750 and Olympus TG-5. I won't use Premier but something lighter (and  cheaper).My doubt is if I should get the less powerful one, the NUC8i7HNK with Vega M GL, because the most powerful NUC8i7HVK is only worthwhile for gamers and will bring negigible benefits for Lightroom, Photoshop and the video editing I plan to do.Thank you for your help 

I'm thinking of getting an NVMe PCIe X2 drive for my scratch. In particular (this MyDigitalSSD 256GB)[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077GZ7449/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?tag=slicinc-20&ascsubtag=a84b54f06d2e11e8834ceef2e093f6790INT&smid=A3ISMVC1FTQD6C&psc=1#customerReviews] looks pretty tempting. It's got great sequential, but the 4k read/write (37/180) doesn't look that impressive compared to my 850 Evo (38/150). I'm guessing as a scratch, we're not really writing large chunks at a time so 4k would be more important? So there really is no advantage to go the route of this SBX vs my old SATA EVO? Some youtubers out there recommending NVMe for scratch saying it gives great performance boost are probably talking about something like the 960 pro is that right?

I hope it worked out for you! I currently have a Dell T7600 as well. It's running well with Dual Xeon E5-2667 and 64GB of RAM. Along with a Samsung Evo 850 256GB SSD for OS and programs and other mechanical hdds for storage.I was wondering about my RAID controller as well. Windows 10 doesn't see my 850 EVO as an SSD, which I thought might be a bit of a problem.....:(. For whatever reason, it can't see past the RAID controller to recognize it as an SSD, and also Crystal Disk Info can't see it either. Meh, I suppose it's a minor concern, but it is still annoying.Anyway, my RAID controller does let me run the drives in Non-RAID, thank the LORD! I didn't know about that issue before hand though, so I could have ended up like you!

Hello...looking for a shared storage recommendation.  We run 4 edit suites (Mac Pro, iMac Pro, 2 iMacs) all running Adobe CC.  We shoot almost exclusively 4k res.  We've been editing off external drives that are backed up nightly to a NAS.   The goal would be for all editors to access all media on the storage device and edit on the same project at the same time. Apologies if this has been answered before...first time on these forums.Thank you!!

hi all,I’ve been going back or forth on whether to buy this AIO desktop or to do custom built for video editing. I’m pretty new at this so custom built seems a bit daunting and i wouldn’t know exactly what to get. Can someone chime in if the HP Envy would be adequate for Adobe Premier? Below are the specs for this desktop:Intel® Core™ i7-7700T (2.9 GHz, up to 3.8 GHz with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology, 8 MB cache, 4 cores)NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 950M (4 GB GDDR5 dedicated)16 GB DDR4-2133 SDRAM (2 x 8 GB)Hard Drive : 2 TB 5400 rpm SATA2nd hard drive: 256 GB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD This would be a refurbished computer for $1600. That’s around the budget I would like to stay around. Thanis in advance!!

I’ve been offered an iMac 2011 27” base model it looks like for free. Runs El Capitan right now, 4gb ram, i5, etc. I need to run CC 2018 apps since I’m a graphic design student. My plan was to upgrade memory to 16 or 32 g (I understand this is the true max). With the new Mojave OSX coming this fall, high Sierra is the last OS this 2011 iMac will run, is it worth me sinking any money into upgrading ram? Will the CC apps runs on it with high Sierra now? I’d like to get 2-3 years out of this running Adobe apps, but not sure it’s possible.Of course, I know it’s be best to shell out the $ for a new iMac so I know adobe apps works. But...Is it Worthwhile to put a bit of money into upgrading ram to make 2011 iMac work better or would it be a waste and it’s simply a glorified display now? Any advice is appreciated. 

Thanks in advance for any help.I'm using a reasonably powerful laptop which has a dicky drive that I have to replace so wondered if as its been going a few years if other improvements could be made at same time to enhance performance. my main areas of work are large size photo editing  and video editing.Grateful for any suggestions.here is the specOS Name             Microsoft Windows 10 ProVersion                10.0.17134 Build 17134Other OS Description     Not AvailableOS Manufacturer             Microsoft CorporationSystem Name    DESKTOP-IT4S1LFSystem Manufacturer    Dell Inc.System Model   Precision M6700System Type      x64-based PCSystem SKU        Precision M6700

Since my the playback of the clips has been very slow, I experimented with a few different scenarios... but still can't figure out what is the best way to maximize performance. Currently I'm working with two internal drives (Intel NVMe 960 Evo M.2 SSD and a 7200rpm HDD).Have my OS and PP installed on the SSD. Experimented with having all the cache on SSD vs the HDD... couldn't really see a difference. Having the actual clips on an external HDD was the slowest. However, yesterday I had an external SSD plugged in and had the project files and the footage on there and everything was WAY faster. Why is this ?The internal m.2 is faster than the external one over USB3. I am getting a new Macbook soon, with an internal SSD and an external SSD. What would be the best setup in this case ?

Hi all CPUI am currently running the hex core Intel I7 5930 extreme CPU and I was wondering if it's worth going a higher. My PC is two years old and I'm looking at adding some extra bits and pieces. I always looking at at the 5960 8 core which I can accommodate on my current motherboard.Any advice would be welcomeThanks

Hello everyone, so I wanted to upgrade my older late 2012 iMac as my backup computer for video editing. I was just curious to the performance aspects of an external ssd vs internal ssd(specifically Crucial MX500 1TB SATA 2.5-inch 7mm Internal SSD vs Samsung T5 1TB external SSD). As far as the read and write speeds they are pretty similar. As far as the connection, I'm not sure how that may impact the performance(usb 3 vs thunderbolt vs sata). I don't care about any other aspect of the drives except performance! Which one will perform better/faster for video editing in Premiere Pro? Thank you in advance, please help!

Anyone have an words of wisdom?. Price difference of $800 AUD argh!My last gtx 970 4gb was hopeless with premiere, the gtx 1080 has been a lot more stable (Which i put down to the amount of memory, rather than anything else).Will the 1050ti be usable, is it stable (I do lots of lumetri effects)?

Currently attempting to test the differences in performance between my main rendering rig, and a new rig I've built as a test bench to see how much better PP works on an Intel platform.  I work in a retail computer shop, so I have access to additional components, and all items were tested for stability before the test bench was put together.Main rig:AMD 1800XMSI x370 Gaming Pro Carbon32GB Corsair LPX 3200MhzMSI GTX 1070 Gaming XSamsung 960 Evo 500GB M.2 (primary)Samsung 950 Evo 250GB Sata SSD x 2This rig has consistently given weird performance problems, and refuses to play back anything 4K smoothly unless my playback is run at 1/8.  I've done the proxy thing, would really rather not have to do it ever, but I understand why it's there.  Just seems weird that this machine *cannot* play back even 1/4 res without dropping chunks of video during playback.  Easily 10-20 frames dropped at a time while viewing 4K .MOV files from a Panasonic GH4.Anyway, typical project file

Hi ThereAsking a question for a friend who is trying to update/reconfigure an old editing system.  I'll be using it so he's asked for my advice - and here I am asking for the forums.He wants to run Premiere Pro - and Creative Suite, mainly AE, Photoshop - on a PC. It needs to be able to play and edit 4K. He's got an old HP Z400, and it looks like it's cheaper to replace the motherboard, graphics card, RAM, than to buy a whole new 4K compatible PC.Neither of us are massively technical, but in theory this should work, right? I'm assuming we could get PCI cards for USB 3 and perhaps Thunderbolt compatibility. But would there be any potential obstacles to putting a new, powerful motherboard and graphics card in an old crate?If you need any more detail please ask, and thanks in advance for any advice anyone can give.ThanksJack