Minimum system requirment for Editing 4K video

[Chaofei]

Currently my system specs
- OS Win 10
- CVS 2018
- Intel I5 3570
- 16 MB memory
- Nvidia GTX 750
- 240MB SSD
- Asrock 1155 Mainboard

If i need to upgrade ?
Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated, thks
Best rgds,
Chaofei - Indonesia

[asik1]

It's all down to the type of editing.
Your system is ~10 years old, for simple trims it might be OK but for 4 overlays, FX's and graphics, who knows....
Rendering will be long and slow, but you know that already.

Updating hardware is always recommended once in a decade, I see you have GTx1050 it's OK for the moment.

[Chaofei]

It's all down to the type of editing.
Your system is ~10 years old, for simple trims it might be OK but for 4 overlays, FX's and graphics, who knows....
Rendering will be long and slow, but you know that already.

Updating hardware is always recommended once in a decade, I see you have GTx1050 it's OK for the moment.

Thks for your advices, my GTx1050 for my sons pc play games....hehe
Btw, any recomend for budget Intel or Ryzen specs ?

[pepegota]

The most power you can afford. This way it will keep you solvent over longer periods of time. I have an intel i9. AMD has some good options also.

[Davidk]

It's not all about "power" . . .
The hi-end gaming processors have multiple cores, threads etc - expensive - but video editing software (VS is not alone) rarely seems to use them. It's been a recurring discussion with VS for years and there's no indication that it is now or ever will be able to efficiently use those expensive multiple cores.
And for items requiring a lot of processing during edits, there is the proxy feature that any FHD and 4K/8k clips will have to use to avoid jamming up the edit process. Some hardware platforms are better than others and newer more 'featured' versions of the editor will not help (example: I ran an vsp with FHD clips in it's native form on X9, but with X10 on the same PC that vsp/clips had to have proxy files to be able to do anything with it); but for hi-res clips using proxy files naturally, you will twiddle your thumbs for a while while the proxy file(s) are generated, but after that all should be "normal".

Mostly, it's about reducing the processing times for complex tasks, like rendering. And what does affect processing time is the amount of RAM you have, and most of all the cpu clock speed of the processor you are using. More and higher respectively is better, even if it's older.
And little bit of work practice can be a significant help: rather than make long project files, break the task into sections, with the vsp for each one of which about 20 minutes or less long. Once edited and rendered, combining several final components into a single result is easy.

[tletter]

If i need to upgrade ?

Corel's VideoStudio 2022 Ultimate System Requirements are a good place to start. They are as fols:

• Operating system: Windows11, Windows 10, Windows 8, 64 bit only
• Processor: Core i3 or AMD A4 series for standard videos. Intel Core i7 or AMD Athlon A10 for HD and UHD videos
• RAM: 4 GB or higher, 8+ GB highly recommended for HD and UHD videos
• Graphics Card: Minimum display resolution: 1366 x 768, minimum 512 MB VRAM or higher recommended for hardware acceleration
• Sound Card: Windows-compatible sound card
• Hard drive space: Minimum 10 GB for full installation

Based on these minimum requirements, if you're rendering 4K videos, then your CPU would be considered as underpowered, but this only means that it'll take more time to render not that it won't render.

Undoubtedly the higher performing CPU and GPU in your system, the better off you'll be if rendering 4K video, but the question is when do you reach the point of diminishing returns. For example, I noticed no difference in VS performance between a system with an AMD Ryzen 9 3950X with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, and a system with an Intel Core i7-8086K with an NVIDIA GTX 1070. Undoubtedly because VS is unable to fully utilize the hardware.

tletter
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[tletter]

The hi-end gaming processors have multiple cores, threads etc - expensive - but video editing software (VS is not alone) rarely seems to use them.

The following image show VS2018 utilizing all cores in a 16 core CPU. The problem is that VS can't drive to cores to their maximum. However, it also leverages the GPU which helps speed rendering.

tletter
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