Upgrades for 1080p / 4k video editing

[Mark101]

Hi guys, got a quick question about upgrading my PC for 1080p video editing. Premiere Pro can be slow both to preview and to render. Specs are:

• i5 6500 @ 3.20GHz
• 16GB RAM
• no videocard currently
• OS on an SSD, rest on HDD

I'm buying an SSD to store my footage but wondering what the bottleneck will then be. RAM, GPU, CPU? It seems my current motherboard is only compatible with Intel chips up to 7th gen.

My video editing always involves multiple videos from different sources at once (putting together music videos) so a decent amount of colour grading which I believe can be GPU accelerated. But I'm not sure it's worth getting a GPU if my CPU will still bottleneck.

 

[Mark101]

Depends how much you want to spend - a good GPU will transform your rendering speed

I'm going to spend ~£100 on a 1TB SSD for footage. If it made a noticeable difference I'd be up for spending another £300/400 on parts. I've looked at an RX570 8Gb for about £140; a further 16GB RAM; or a CPU upgrade (but to be compatible with my mobo -- MSI H110M Gaming -- it'd have to be a 7th gen or earlier chip, so an i5-7600(/K) or an i7-7700(/K))

 

[Mark101]

It seems the i7-7700K is still about £340, £60 more than the i5-10600K which seems to be way faster but would require a new mobo https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compar...l-i5-6500-vs-Intel-i5-10600K/2874vs2599vs3735. Does it make sense to sink more money into an outdated board - am I paying a premium due to the fact that the i7-7700 is older?