Question: Q: Macbook pro with 8 or 16 GB ram? With video editing, it wouldn't require much RAM as you are basically just taking video already in your hard drive. However when it comes to rendering your video what is important is your CPU (i.e i5 or i7 and the number of cores the system has). Keeping a Mac clean and clutter.
Are you thinking about getting a new or want to upgrade your existing one? Do you want to make sure your current Hardware is strong enough for the type of editing Projects you might have planned or are working on? RAM is one of the most important Hardware parts for your video editing needs. I will tell you exactly how much RAM you need for Video Editing. But first lets look at some of the theory behind it:. RAM Prices RAM is expensive!
You have probably seen it already, but take a look at how Prices have come up over the past years. Image-Source: geizhals.de A 16GB DDR4 Kit used to cost 68€ back in 2016, and cost 195€ in 2018! There seems to be a downward trend in 2018 though, so there is still hope for sane prices on the horizon. You won’t want to spend too much, of course, but for that we will need to know how much RAM exactly to get: As so often, because it depends so much on what type of projects you are editing, there is unfortunately no definite answer to the question of how much RAM you need for general video editing. But we can narrow it down a good bit: Our Ultimate Video Editing RAM Goal Our ultimate goal is to have enough RAM for our Video Editing Software to run smoothly. Some popular Video Editing Softwares include Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Vegas Pro, Avid Media Composer / Symphony, DaVinci Resolve and many more. Additionally, any other typically needed Application running simultaneously should have enough Memory to not slow down your editing process.
After Effects comes to mind here and maybe Photoshop. In fact, consists of very similar parts as a Video Editing Workstation.
Let me say this: Your active Projects should always be able to fit into your memory. Because if they don’t, the Operating System will start swapping data, that doesn’t fit into your RAM, to your hard disk or SSD, and these two are a multitude slower than your RAM. Take a look at this comparison of Read & Write Speeds of a HDD vs. The RAM is about 10x faster than an SSD and 50x faster than a HDD.
A typical use case of an average Video Editor Now lets look at my typical Video Editing use case scenario: I have Win 10 running. I recently browsed the Internet with Google Chrome in about 10 Open Tabs and am listening to Music on YouTube. I have Photoshop running in the background for some Images I want to use in my Video as well as Outlook or Thunderbird opened for my Email. Lets see how our RAM usage looks at the moment: Win 10 uses about 3GB RAM just to start up, and will use more if it is allowed to.
Chrome is using roughly 2GB with all the opened Tabs, Photoshop is using 1,5GB and Outlook or Thunderbird is chewing on some 200MB of RAM. I am actually using 6,7GB of RAM without even having my Video Editing Software running. Now, of course I could close all those Programs down and switch to a different OS to use less RAM. Then I could only open up one program at a time, but let’s face it: It’s about ease of use and how motivated and unhindered you are when working on your projects. Nothing should stand in the way of your creativity.
And a slow Computer and Video Editing Timeline is the opposite of enabling creativity. Closing down my Video Editing Software every time I want to adjust an image in Photoshop, just isn’t something that will make me work more efficiently. So let’s set 6GB of System RAM usage as our baseline. With that said, will Adobe Premiere Pro or similar Video Editing Softwares work with 8GB of System RAM?
Well, it depends! It depends on your footage What footage resolution and bit depth are you working with, and what is your project set to? Why is this important? Because the main use case for RAM in a Video Editing Software (apart from making the program run) is caching preview files. Caching means pre-processing/calculating effects and layers, basically everything you input into your timeline, to a rendered preview.
This preview resides in the RAM, to be played back in Realtime, when required. This usually happens automatically (in Premiere Pro 2018 for example) as soon as you play back or scrub through your timeline. Now, a 720p 8bit preview will take up considerably less amount of RAM than a 4K 10bit video.
Think about the difference in color information: A single 720p 8bit Frame consists of about 2,7MB of RAW uncompressed Data, while a 4K 10bit Frame will need about 47MB. Resolution 8bpc 10bpc 12bpc 16bpc 32bpc 1280x720 2,7 MByte 3,4 MByte 4,1 MByte 5,5 MByte 11,0 MByte 1920x1080 6,2 MByte 7,7 MByte 9,3 MByte 12,4 MByte 14,8 MByte 4096x3072 37,7 MByte 47,2 MByte 56,6 MByte 75,5 MByte 151,0 MByte 8192x6144 150,9 MByte 188,7 MByte 226,5 MByte 302,0 MByte 604,0 MByte Of course there are quite sophisticated compression algorithms, that allow the various Video Editing Programs to use compressed data, but the difference is still huge. Also, the more you compress your Data, the more your CPU will have to work to compress & decompress the Data for fast viewing.
This means we are not really solving the Problem of a fast Timeline with low RAM usage by using a strong compression, we are just moving it over to a different Hardware Part (the CPU) to take care of it. Keep all of the above in mind when reading the following: The recommended amount of RAM you should target, when building a new system or are upgrading for specific Video Editing projects and use cases: How much RAM do you need for Video Editing. 8GB of RAM: Only if you are editing smaller than 1080p projects and are ok with closing down other Programs that are using up lots of your RAM in the background. 16GB of RAM: Good for editing 1080p – 4K 8bit Projects, with minor usage of background Programs. 32GB of RAM: Good for any type of editing with heavy use of background hogs, such as editing large images in.
64GB or more: This is recommended if you are editing 8K footage in 10bit or more and rely heavily on having several RAM-hogging Programs open at once such as. Now, you can usually make ends meet with less than recommended.
But it’s all about ease of use and not having to worry about your RAM all the time, right? So give it a good buffer zone there and make sure you have a bit more than is minimally needed. Since RAM is unfortunately quite expensive currently, you might want to settle for less, but be ready to upgrade in the future when prices come down. I’ll get into Future-Proofing your Workstation down below. Video Editing Rendering Speed A word on speed: RAM doesn’t really affect the Rendering speed of your Projects all that much, unless you don’t have enough and the OS has to swap to disk. Your CPU and GPU are responsible for calculating your effects, color adjustments, layer blends and video output compression and mainly responsible for your Video-Editing-Speed, Program-responsiveness. Having RAM run in single, dual or quad channel configurations is sometimes discussed as means of improving overall speed, but differences usually are within the margin of error of around 1 – 3%.
Shouldn’t Quad-Channel Memory be twice as fast as Dual-Channel? Although the Memory Bandwidth theoretically doubles each time (single, dual, quad), the Software (Premiere Pro for example) won’t make use of it, as there is no need for higher bandwidth. The RAM already has a transfer speed of 5GB/s. You don’t saturate this Bandwidth with normal 25FPS – 60FPS projects. The bottleneck here would rather be the copying of the Footage to the RAM when previewing. But almost never the Playback of the Footage from RAM in Real-Time. Lets look at an example: On a 25FPS Project this would mean you have “5GB per second possible RAM speed / 25 Frames” = 200MB per Frame.
Your RAM is able to play back Footage at 25FPS when a single Frame is under 200MByte. Now I don’t know about your Footage, but my Footage (except maybe some EXRs in 8k) doesn’t usually reach this size. Doubling the Bandwidth will do nothing for you except give you even more bandwidth headroom. The maximum number of Frames per Second you will ever need, to play back your Timeline in Realtime, is your Source Framerate. 25, 30, 60 FPS. One thing you should keep in mind though, are future upgrading possibilities: Future Proof What if you want to buy just enough RAM for your current projects (maybe because prices are so high at the moment), but you know you will switch to some bigger footage in the future?
Make sure your mainboard supports the amount of RAM you are targeting. Although in the past, upgrading your RAM was as easy as adding in more modules to the ones you already have, it does not always seem to be that easy nowadays: There might be issues with stability when mixing RAM Kits even if they are of the same type, brand and speed / timings. So, to be on the safe side, if you are thinking about upgrading to more RAM, see if you can sell your old Kit on eBay for example, and get a new complete RAM Kit with the desired amount of Gigabytes.
How much RAM do you need for your Video Editing Projects? Hey Alex, I’ve recently been having a problem with premire 2019 and GPU acceleration, and I want to know if this is a hardware or software issue. Basically, when working with any somewhat large project, premiere 2019 will freeze, and then the program monitor will go black.
This has been happening for months, but it’s been no big deal because I can just close and re-open premiere in less than 30 seconds. However, upon re-start up recently Ppro has started to crash and cause the computer to do the Blue screen of Death. For some reason going to task manager and ending task on premiere (instead of closing out of it normally) seemed to stop the BSOD issue for some reason, but after a day or two the issue was back. My Specs: 16GB DDR4 RAM (2 8gb sticks, duel channel) GTX1050 2gb vRam – 417.35 driver version AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core processor Windows 10 Education edition Premiere is installed on an SSD, but my footage is located on a separate internal hybrid drive. SOME THINGS TO NOTE: This happens qutie frequently when rendering or trying to export using GPU acceleration. The reason I am led to believe GPU acceleration is the issue here is because: (A) Online, other people with similar issues said turn GPU acceleration of to fix it. (B) When I’ve turned it off in the past, the project successfully (if slowly) renders (but that’s not an option now as per my paragraph below).
(C) When I export, I often get a “GPU acceleration related” error (I don’t have screenshot, i can provide one if needed). I know I can just turn off GPU acceleration, but this is not an option recently, as for my current project it makes nested layers have incorrect motion properties, especially when the Basic 3D effect is applied to the nested seququence overall. This is also the first time I am working in conjunction with after effects; however, instead of doing a dynamic link(? Is that the name?), I’ve been importing the footage of certain shots into AE, and then exporting it to.avi file, which I reimport back into premire. I did this because I thought it was the AE link creating the issue, but once I did this the issue remained. I am running the most recent version of premire. I know doing so is not recommended, but the initial switch from 2018 to 2019 saw a significant increase in reliability and initial stability for me, and online I also read that when running into a similar problem, updating premiere could fix it.
I also tried updating my Nvidia GPU, but doing so yielded no change. I’ve only had this issue with PPro, AE seems to be fine.
I’ve read this is often a Nvidia issue. Is there a recommended stable driver and/or known stable version of premiere I should be using? Will getting more ram fix the issue? Is it the GPU or CPU’s fault?
Hey Joseph, Sorry about your problems, I feel with you! Never great to have an unrealiable system.
Of course remote diagnosys is always difficult but if you say, swapping out your gpu for a stronger one yields no results, rule out the gpu. Of course it an still be the gpu driver or a combination of other parts in your system. Did your BSOD inform you about any kind of driver or file that was responsible for the crash? It usually does or dumps that info into a crashdump that you can take a look at. If its some kind of nv.xx.dll nvidia driver, you might be coser to solving this.
Check your RAM load when exporting to see if it is full. Then the system swaps to disk and that can make things very unstable, especially on a hybrid drive that might even add to the instability. Did you try exporting the project on a friends pc, and see if it is the project structure that is giving you problems? Might be some Layer/Effects combination that premiere just doesnt like. Exporting AVIs from AE instead of dynamic link is fine.
Dynamic link can introduce problems of its own. Hope you can resolve this! Hey Alex I have the H110M-PRO-VD motherboard running a skylake i5-6500, and i want to install new ram in it, which is the: G.Skill F4-2400C15D-16GTZR (the one that you’ve used as an attached image of the topic) But i can’t find GTZR in the compatibility list of the mobo. My questions are: – Will the motherboard work fine with G.Skill F4-2400C15D-16GTZR?
– If not will this one work? —- HX424C12PB3/16 —- -My video editing work consists mostly of 1080p resolution / 12 Mbps bitrate, but sometimes i need to have 3 Adobe softwares open at the same time, (Premiere Pro, After Effect, Photoshop), alongside with my browser and spotify. All i want is a real smooth experience; so what should i do? I’m planing on buying Ram+SSD: – 1×16 DDR4 2400MHz C14 + 860 EVO 2.5″ (500 Go) OR -2×8 DDR4 2133MHz C13 + 860 EVO 2.5″ (500 Go) Or maybe i should get more than 16? Thank you in advance. Hey Amine, Having more than one RAM Module lets your ram run in Dual mode, that will give you some additional performance, so better to have 2×8 than 1×16.
16GB is good already, but if you knew that your projects need more than 16, 32 would of course be better. Can you check your current projects and see how your RAM is being utilized? Is it at 100% full always? You of course don’t necessarily need the RAM I displayed here. The Gskill LED RGB Ram is ram that is nice to look at, but also is a bit more expensive because of this.
If it’s just performance you want and not appearance, any of the other RAM modules on the compatibility list will do just as well. I would expect the G.Skill F4-2400C15D-16GTZR though to also work with your mainbaord. The Lists are not updated indefinitely, so mabye the RAM is just to new to be inluded on the list, but if you want to be on the safe side, get a Kit from the list.
The MHz will not impact performance all that much, if at all, so feel free to go with a 2133 Kit if this fits better into your price budget. Hope this helps! Cheers, Alex.
Hey Jean, I don’t currently have an Article on Video Editing Laptops yet (it’s in the making) but I do have one on buying the best Computer for Video Editing here: As almost everything also applies to Laptops too, there is much you might be able to learn on finding the right components in a laptop that will suit your needs. It’s basically this: You need high Core Clocks and a fair amount of cores, but a lot of cores won’t make a difference. Its high-core-clocks # of cores.
Get a fair amount of RAM, 32GB Absolutely get an M.2 PCIE NVME SSD (be sure the Laptop has one) The Laptop Screen should be an IPS Panel Monitor. These are the main points. I have written an Article on finding Laptops for Animation that have some Laptop recommendations at the bottom of the Article.
These Laptops for Animation are very similar to Video Editing Laptops, so you might want to check those out: Let me know if this helps! Cheers, Alex. Hey Leo, It’s difficult to troubleshoot slow rendering performance of course without actually seeing your project and macbook, but having 16gb ram might very well make the difference. With 8GB you might run into full RAM and the System caches to disk that can slow things down. I think with a better cpu, more RAM and a discrete gpu from nvidia for example of course you would be on the absolute safe side, though I understand that you can’t upgrade everything on a macbook pro. Let me know if this helps.
Cheers, Alex. Ok, so here’s my question. We edit mostly 1080p footage and usually have over 10 tabs open on Chrome. I’m looking at getting the 13” macbook pro. Since I’m on a limited budgetif you had to choose, would you upgrade the processor from “2.3GHz dual-core 7th-generation Intel Core i5 processor, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz” to “2.5GHz dual-core 7th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, Turbo Boost up to 4.0GHz” for $300 OR Would you upgrade ram from 8GB 2133MHz LPDDR3 memory to 16GB 2133MHz LPDDR3 memory for $200?
Assuming you can only choose one. Also, I edit with Premiere Pro. Can you tell me why you would choose the ram upgrade option instead? I know you said that it’s the processor that makes the big difference when editing and rendering. But, perhaps you think the processor I mentioned is powerful enough for what I’m doing but the ram is kind of on the edge? And, the extra ram would benefit me with other intensive multitasking activities on the laptop as well, right?
With my current 7 year old macbook air, the fan starts to kick in and the thing gets exhausted when visiting news sites that have ads on the sides. Those sites drive me crazy! I need some advices. I give you detailed information on my specific use as an amateur video shooter and editor in watershoot surfing and water sports. I would like to know what best system for buck I’m better to buy in the year to come.
Thanks if you read all and answer me. The hardwares I hesitate to choose at the bottom line.
For the video sources: I use a lot of 1080p footage at 240fps and 4K 120fps footage. For the softwares: I use Adobe Premiere Pro and need to often use After Effects at the same time, with sometimes Adobe audio encoder at the same time and often with one or two web windows opened.
I don’t use Photoshop a lot but I will use it more to put some pics in my movies. The type writing soft of Adobe is also something I will have to play with a lot while running Pr Pro. On my projects: As I have to shoot a lot in 4k 120fps and 1080p 240fps for surfing and water sports, I can’t have the perfect light or angle as the priorities are conditions and actions. So I need to make a lot of slow motion and to keep same tones and exposure on some clips, use a lot color, exposition, balance corrections, often wrap stabilization on 4k 120fps. I also need to use After Effects a lot, especially to upscale 1080p to 4k. AND VERY IMPORTANT: I will work with a lot of rush due to the fact that shooting actions and waves are subject to a lot of footage with a waiting time to not miss the 3 to 4 golden seconds where you’ll show the beauty by puting the very close to the cam action in slow motion.
My clips will be for the moment from 3 minutes to 20 minutes in 4k. It doesn’t mean that I will not do longer videos in the future. So I have a GTX 1070ti I’ll keep. I also wanna use my computer for sims like P3D and Xplane 11 as I’m a pilot having spent some bucks in softs and josticks etc I don’t wanna leave.
I hesitate between: – an i9 9900k or i7 9700k with 64gb of RAM – an i7 9800x to come for sell with the possibility of 128 Ram and quad channel ability. I will have 2 HHD in raid and 2 Sata SSD and one NVME. Windows 10 64 bit of course. My main hesitation is concerning the RAM. I know the i9 9900k is a monster for Pr Pro. The most important for me is live playback. Will my kind of work really require more than 64gb of RAM and as I keep configs for almost 7 years, is it better or not to have the possibilty to add more than 64gb or save money to stay with a powerfull i7 9900k and these 64gb of ram for the 6 – 7 years to come?
Thanks if you reply. Hey Bonbon, If its quick turnaround you are looking for, the i9 9900K should be the way to go, as it is excellent in both ae and pp especially with effects applied to your footage. It should handle the footage you spoke of well.
The trade-off 9800X 128GB RAM vs 9900K 64GB RAM, would probably be in favor of the 9900K. I am saying this because you spoke of fast turnarounds and don’t seem to work on quite as large projects. You will just have to make sure to clear your ae and pp caches a bit more often but will be rewarded with faster work speed, which should be benificial to you if you depend on fast turnarounds. Buying for the next 6-7 years of course I can’t really recommend specs based on that as the hardware changes so fast. Especially with AMD upcoming CPUs, the CPUs you buy now MIGHT be overtaken by far within the next few months. But that is only speculation.
Cheers, Alex. Hey David, In Video Editing, the GPU is not as important as the CPU and the SSD or Discs and RAM.
There are some Effects and Features that are accelerated with a higher-tier discrete GPU though. The Adobe Programs, and also Premiere Pro usually make good use of the Nvidia GTX Series such as a Nvidia GTX 1060 or 1070, 1080 and so on. Putting those into a Mini ITX Build though could get quite hot. On a side note, you always need a GPU to see anything on a monitor, though your CPU probably has a lower-tier one built in already. Cheers, Alex. Hi, thanks for this very informative article! I’m thinking of getting a portable ultrabook laptop right now (Lenovo Yoga 920) for video editing while travelling.
It only has 8gb and I only shoot 1080p. I wasn’t clear from your article whether that would be enough?
Does it depend on the type of editing I do? If so I only do very basic edits such as transitions and overlaying captions of clips no more than 15mins, no special effects or 4K videos. Would it also be able to handle a tab on YouTube in the background (kill time while rendering)? Hey Steph, Although the Memory Bandwidth theoretically doubles each time, the Software (Permiere Pro for example) can’t make use of it as there is no need for higher speed. The RAM already has a transfer speed of 5GB/s. You don’t saturate this Bandwidth with normal 25FPS – 60FPS projects.
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The bottleneck here would then be the copying of the Footage to the RAM. But almost never the Playback of the Footage in Real-Time. On a 25FPS Project this would mean you have 5GB/25 = 200MB per Frame. I don’t know of any Footage (except maybe some EXRs in 8k) that would reach this size. Doubling the Bandwidth will do nothing for you except give you even more headroom. Cheers, Alex.
Modern memory including the very RAM pictured in the article header (Gskill Tridentz RGB) does NOT support mixing memory kits even if they are precisely the same speed. Here’s the Gskill FAQ: Soooo. You can’t “just add more”, you need to buy a whole new kit (entire set of however much total memory you want in the computer).
Mixing memory kits is a primary source of instability, see this post from an ASUS representative: In the good old days we could mix memory kits but that is simply no longer the case. Please update the article so nobody loses hundreds of dollars to this costly mistake!
I get this question a lot: “What is the best computer for video editing?” It doesn’t matter if we’re talking YouTube videos or GoPro videos, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with computers! Solid State Drive! RIGHT?! There are so many options from laptops to desktops and Macs to PCs, and none of them are inexpensive. So, in this post, I want to talk about what to look for if you’re in the market for updating your computer for video editing. ( The links in this post are affiliate links, and we will be compensated when you make a purchase by clicking our links.
Read my.) Best Computer for Video Editing I should tell you now that I really, really like video editing. But, to back up a little bit, I want to make sure you know what we’re talking about with “video editing”. You don’t have to edit videos at all you can upload them straight to social media as is–Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, whatever. But if you want to do more with your videos, like string multiple clips together into one video, maybe add a title or some transitions that’s video editing. It doesn’t matter if it’s just for fun as a hobby, family vacations, YouTube videos, or marketing videos for your business.
You can do some video editing on your phone or tablet, and I covered some of them in Lesson 24 of. But personally, I edit all of my videos on my computer because it’s faster, easier, and I can a LOT more with a computer. I explain this a lot more in, but continue reading for direct links to computers that I’d be looking at if I was in the market for a new computer for video editing.
So I get this “best computer for video editing” question a lot from folks who are new GoPro owners or new to creating videos who find that their computer isn’t really “up to speed” for video editing. Video Editing takes a LOT of power you’re crunching a lot of data through a tiny machine! Looking for a Mac? This MacBook Pro 15″ with 16GB of RAM from Best Buy is a good option if you’re looking to go with a laptop. My current computer is a 13″, which is a laptop that I hook up to a huge 27″ Thunderbolt Display.
It has a 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5 processor, with 8 gigabytes of RAM. But what does that even mean? Is that what you’re thinking? ? Size At 13″, my MacBookPro is really tiny, to be honest.
So I hook it up to a 27″ external monitor (Apple’s Thunderbolt Display). This setup works really well for me because the laptop itself is pretty powerful for such a small machine, but it is small so the huge external monitor is amazing for editing videos and doing every-day stuff. It’s the best of both worlds: mobility with a big screen option. If you’re looking to invest in a laptop, and you’re not planning on using an external monitor, I highly recommend you get a 15″ or 17″ laptop. 13″ is really too small for editing (in my opinion). Check out from Amazon or from Best Buy.
Check out this HP Envy with 32GB of RAM from Amazon.com Speed When it comes to other speed, I like to say buy the fastest computer you can afford. By fast, I’m talking about the processor and the RAM (also referred to as memory). RAM stands for Random Access Memory and it’s like your computer’s short term memory. For video editing, RAM is one of the most important things to look at.
My computer has 8GB of RAM and I really wish I had gone for 16. I would recommend anyone buy a computer with at least 16GB of RAM no matter what kind of videos you are editing. I would recommend anyone buy a computer with at least 16GB of RAM no matter what kind of videos you are editing. In a dream world, I’d go for 32 but the higher that number, the more you’re going to pay. As far as processors, my MacBook Pro is a couple years old, so it has an i5 processor.
Newer computers should have an i7 processor anywhere between 2.3 GHz and 3.5 for laptops, and up to 4 GHz for desktops. Storage Hard drive size isn’t as much of an issue since you can easily use an external hard drive at any point in the future if you run out of actual storage space. My hard drive is 512GB and I have a 4 Terabyte External hard drive made by G-Technology. This is like the external hard drive I use with my Mac, and has a whopping 4 terabytes! (amazon.com) When you shop for computers these days, you may notice there are two different types of hard drives available: HDD (Hard Disk Drive) and SSD (Solid State Drive). Typically, HDD will be less expensive, but the trade off is that they are slower than an SSD. In fact, writing this post reminded me that on my old MacBook Pro, I actually upgraded my old Hard Drive to an SSD and replacing it was pretty easy. I’d recommend you get at least 500 GB of storage though, whether you go for HDD or SSD.
A LOT of laptops on the market come with 128GB and they are affordable, but you will run out of room if you are doing anything other than emailing and surfing the internet. Photos, videos, games, etc you’ll need more than 128GB for that! Fun Fact: my first computer was a Blueberry iMac with a 10GB HD. Graphics Most of the computers on the market these days that meet the above specs (lots of RAM and a fast processor) probably have a decent graphics card, and it may not even be anything you need to look for specifically. If you truly have no idea about computer specs, I highly recommend you go to an Apple Store or Best Buy and tell the salesperson what you’re planning to do with the computer (video editing) and let them steer you in the right direction.
In short, there is no such thing as the BEST computer for video editing, but rather the best computer for video editing for you. Desktop For even more speed and RAM, consider getting a desktop computer.
You can get an iMac with 64GB of RAM and a 4.2 GHz processor! You can really get more “bang for your buck” with a desktop, whether you looking for a Mac or PC. Obviously, you can get a bigger monitor as well, which is really helpful for video editing.
Desktop for video editing? Look at the Dell XPS Desktop from amazon.com Mac vs. PC I was raised on a PC at home, and Apple computers at school so I’m equal opportunity when it comes to computers.
The brand of computer you buy is really nothing more than a personal preference. Personally, I prefer a Mac for video editing, and everything else, but I also own a PC and I’d use it for video editing if I had to.
Just remember: when it comes to editing videos, don’t cheap out on your computer. The name of the game is not “cheapest computer you can buy” it’s “fastest computer you can afford”. Buying a computer for video editing is a big investment, so it’s SUPER important to make sure you’re spending that money on the right thing. Please pin this post on Pinterest so your friends and family will benefit from this info too!