Help with possible upgrade for video editing

storm45 · 9 Mar 2019 at 21:56

Hi all,

I've recently got into photography and also shooting a few video clips.

I use Lightroom and Premiere Pro for editing but these programs run sluggishly as you would expect with my current aging setup listed below.

Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (overclocked to 4.4ghz)

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz (only 4gb I know..)

Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Do you think an upgrade to 16gb ram and a graphics card would do it? Or am I looking at a motherboard and cpu upgrade too?

Any help will be much appreciated, thank you.

storm45 · 10 Mar 2019 at 10:38

Thanks guys for the input.

I'm looking at 1080p videos for the moment to see how I get on.

I have a SSD drive and the one large mechanical drive for storage and like you said the SSD definitely helps.

For now i'll just get the 16gb Ram and the 1050ti and see how it goes, I don't really want to splash the cash until I know what i'm doing.

Ah that's great, i'll do some research on Davinci resolve and see what it's like.

thank you

storm45 · 10 Mar 2019 at 18:45

Thanks Donnie,

I'll give the free version a go and see how I get on once I've upgraded.

storm45 · 10 Mar 2019 at 21:20

Hi all,

Does anyone know if the hyperx genesis ram will fit under a Thermalright Silver Right CPU cooler?

Thanks