PC for Video Editing Help

[Andy_con]

I currently have a laptop i use for editing drone videos and its really starting to struggle with longer videos. its becoming unusable.

videos are 4k, about 1gb per minute and total length of a finished video might be 2mins. but it could be made up of several 1gb videos all editing together.

what sort of PC is recommended for simple video editing, i use filmora. would also need a 4k screen to go with it.

 

[Ben]

Does it have to be a PC? I’d be looking at a silicon chip Mac tbh.

 

[MarkCup]

I bought an MSI gaming laptop to do my editing on, crunches through hours of 4-track, 4k, 60 fps footage with ease.

i9 processor, Nvidia 3060 graphics card, only a 1080 screen but 144hz, works well enough for me.

Cost about £1400 IIRC.

 

[Andy_con]

Does it have to be a PC? I’d be looking at a silicon chip Mac tbh.

No apple, sorry

 

[Andy_con]

I bought an MSI gaming laptop to do my editing on, crunches through hours of 4-track, 4k, 60 fps footage with ease.

i9 processor, Nvidia 3060 graphics card, only a 1080 screen but 144hz, works well enough for me.

Cost about £1400 IIRC.

Way more than the money I have at the moment 😕

 

[Darren S]

What's the spec of the current laptop doing the editing?

 

[SharkyUK]

4K video is surprisingly heavyweight so plenty of RAM, plenty of fast SSD storage and a strong CPU/GPU combo is important.

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/desktop-pcs/video-editing-computers/

 

[Andy_con]

What's the spec of the current laptop doing the editing?

 

[Andy_con]

4K video is surprisingly heavyweight so plenty of RAM, plenty of fast SSD storage and a strong CPU/GPU combo is important.

https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/desktop-pcs/video-editing-computers/

jesus, i was thinking like what can i get for £500

 

[SharkyUK]

jesus, i was thinking like what can i get for £500

You're going to struggle at 500 quid, mate - especially if you want a monitor as well.

 

[Andy_con]

You're going to struggle at 500 quid, mate - especially if you want a monitor as well.

i know, budget never meets expectation.

it might be a case of computer now with cheap FB sales screen and then 4k monitor at a later date

 

[Mr Squashie]

Second hand gaming laptop/PC

 

[Andy_con]

Second hand gaming laptop/PC

I'm not a big computer person, like k me up

 

[Andy_con]

What about something like this?

 

[Andy_con]

 

[Daz...]

I imagine they wouldn’t be much better than your laptop tbh.

The second one would actually be worse with its 10 year old processor.

 

[Andy_con]

I imagine they wouldn’t be much better than your laptop tbh.

The second one would actually be worse with its 10 year old processor.

And this is why I need help 😬😬

I'm guessing a mini PC would be no good either

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CS6F9HN4/?tag=cliospnet01-21

 

[Mr Squashie]

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The first one would be the best, but I don't think it's worth £450

I imagine they wouldn’t be much better than your laptop tbh.

His laptop doesn't have a dedicated GPU does it? Both would be a huge improvement over integrated graphics

 

[Mr Squashie]

Have a look through eBay. Personally for that budget I'd be trying to find something with a Ryzen 3000 series/Intel 11th or 12th gen CPU and an RTX 3070 GPU or AMD equivalent.
This kind of thing https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/31557971...OkQRmE3Sey&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[Darren S]

Does it have to be a laptop?

There's a big compromise on options and capability of a laptop over a similar desktop. Most people think they need a laptop - and then proceed to never move it from their desk or table. In which case a desktop would have been far better.

I have a laptop for work - but don't really use it in terms of a screen to work with. It's into a docking station with 2x 27" monitors connected, and a proper keyboard and mouse. I just have the laptop's screen on for Outlook and little else. If work would let me, I'd swap that for a desktop in an instant.

 

[Andy_con]

Does it have to be a laptop?

There's a big compromise on options and capability of a laptop over a similar desktop. Most people think they need a laptop - and then proceed to never move it from their desk or table. In which case a desktop would have been far better.

I have a laptop for work - but don't really use it in terms of a screen to work with. It's into a docking station with 2x 27" monitors connected, and a proper keyboard and mouse. I just have the laptop's screen on for Outlook and little else. If work would let me, I'd swap that for a desktop in an instant.

Desktop is fine

 

[Andy_con]

Delete

 

[Andy_con]

If I can get the price down would it worth getting, by worth getting I mean a big improvement over my laptop?

 

[Mr Squashie]

If I can get the price down would it worth getting, by worth getting I mean a big improvement over my laptop?View attachment 1703376

How much are we talking? Just out of interest what software are you using for editing?

 

[Adey.]

Got mine out of the bin from work, got 2 actually. Dell precision 7740 i7 🤷‍♂️. Slapped a battery in one and 64gb of ram, run VSDC free. Seems ok. My other laptop just cooks itself when I try doing anything video related.

Edit scrap that, just checked ebay

 

[Andy_con]

How much are we talking? Just out of interest what software are you using for editing?

no idea, not messaged him yet, say i could get it down to 350??

i use wondershare filmora

 

[Andy_con]

The physical size of this looks great, but no idea if its up to the job

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CS6F9HN4/?tag=cliospnet01-21