Help choosing a Video Editor Desktop

Question

I'm tired of the choppy, slow video editing response of my video editor when using my Dell laptop (Dell Vostro, I7, 2.6 GHz, 16G Mem).
I'd like to get a desktop video editor and keep my laptop for everything else. A desktop because I think it may be more flexible and able to have more capable video cards.

Can you suggest a Dess desktop model and configuration that would be great for editing 4K video or even a link with recommendations for current hardware?

Any tips are appreciated!

redxps630 · Accepted Answer

XPS8950 (just released) https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/new-xps-desktop/spd/xps-8950-desktop/xd8950adl30h?configurationid=d2f5ff2b-9598-4a14-816b-b852313e9d09

cpu i7 or i9 12th Gen. CPU – 12 cores
Memory 32 GB RAM or 64 GB best

AMD Radeon™ RX 6600 XT 8GB GDDR6 included

2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD (Boot) + 2TB SATA 7200RPM HDD (Storage) included

rkruz3 · Answer

that would be awesome. Thanks Would I have a noticeable improvement choosing a i9 vs the i7, or would it be worth the $300 more?

redxps630 · Answer

Re: Would I have a noticeable improvement choosing a i9 vs the i7, or would it be worth the $300 more?

best 4k video editor system requirement recommends two cpu,12 core each. In this sense, a single cpu w as many cores as possible would help. The i9-12900k has 16 cores, while the i7-12700k has 12 cores.

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/guides/workstation-adobe-4k-guide.pdf

PS

On the higher end, the Mac Pro is Apple's most powerful machine offering (up to) an astounding 28 core-processor with up to 1.5TB of RAM - yes, 1.5TB of RAM, not storage - and up to 4TB of SSD storage.

With a price tag starting at $5,999 (without monitor)

speedstep · Answer

You need a GPU not a brand spanking new CPU.

Thats where the bulk of the $$$$ should go.

Specifically PNY RTX 4000 with 8 gigs GDDR6

My current setup spent $1000 for the GPU and less than $200 for the CPU that meets NVIDIA's Spec for VR.

vr ready systems

Dell Precision T1700 with optional 365w power supply.

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FPS:	355.7
Scores:	8960
Min FPS:	151.7
Max FPS:	689.1

Hardware

Binary:	Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system:	Windows NT 6.2 (build 9200) 64bit
CPU model:	Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1220 v3 @ 3.10GHz
CPU flags:	3092MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 30.0.14.7141 4095Mb

rkruz3 · Answer

thats helpful.....thank you

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