Upgrading for Video Editing. Am I on the right forum?

[Noel Moore]

Most enquiries here relate to gaming, but I guess that this is also the place to go for a video editing upgrade.
I use my desktop computer for general home use and video-editing using Blackmagic Davinci Resolve (Free edition). The free edition renders using the cpu rather than the gpu.

My current computer which is 8 year old has the following spec:

P8Z77-V LX Motherboard

Intel Core i5-3570K @3.4GHz processor

16GB DDR3 SDRAM PC3-12800 800 MHz Memory

AMD Radeon RX480 Video Card

Chillblast Basic 700W PSU

Cooler Master Elite 334U Case

250 GB SSD

2 x 2TB Hard Drives

I wish to upgrade this at minimal expense, mainly to improve the video editing performance, and want to stay with Intel. My budget is about £350 to £400.

A local dealer suggested this spec:

Does this sound reasonable and within my budget?

Intel H410 Chipset Motherboard

Intel core i5-10400F Processor

16GB DDR4 3200MHz RAM

250GB M.2 NVME SSD

Noel

 

[Noel Moore]

If you are not in a rush then wait a few weeks and see if the non 'K' Alderlake cpu's and B660 boards release.

With not even thinking about upgrading for years, I am totally out of touch with current motherboards and CPUs. I was unaware of the Alderlake release until you mentioned it. I think that the release coincides with CES 22 next week. This seems to be worth waiting for. The big difficulty might be deciding which one to go for. I see that Custom PC has done some features so I will swot that up. Thanks everyone for your advice.