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So I'm going to be building a new rig for video editing, and I have a few questions before i order parts. It'll replace my 2012 Macbook Pro with an Ivy Bridge i7-3820QM @ 2.70 GHz and a Nvidia 650m w/ 1gb of VRAM. I'm planning to get an i7-4790k @ 4 GHZ and a Nvidia 970 (I know the 970 is overkill for video, but I want to do some gaming too) for the new desktop... Will the new setup be significantly faster? Or might it it be a better deal to go for a cheaper CPU? Would overclocking the CPU to around 4.6 GHZ help too?
I'm gonna be buying a 170 mbps HDD, which will be a huge step up from my old stock apple one which was only about 60 mbps... but would exporting the videos onto an SSD speed it up even more?
My last question is about software.. It looks like I'll go for either Adobe premiere or Final Cut Pro, any word on which is faster/ better? (I'm going to install hackintosh and do most of my work in OS X)

I know this is alot but thanks in advance for helping!
 
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I can't comment on Final Cut Pro as I haven't used it in quite some time and then only once or twice. I do use Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 on an older processor (i7-2600K) with 16GB of RAM and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. I realize these are a bit dated now but Premiere still functions well. I also run it on a MacBook Pro (late 2011) but don't have the specs handy. One major difference, price wise, is that Premiere Pro CC is a subscription based model whereas you pay a one time fee (price) for Final Cut Pro. As far as either one goes it really comes down to your preference. Some people will use only one or the other. As far as an SSD goes I use one for the OS and programs and two HDDs for storing files (one for the source files and...
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I can't comment on Final Cut Pro as I haven't used it in quite some time and then only once or twice. I do use Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2014 on an older processor (i7-2600K) with 16GB of RAM and a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580. I realize these are a bit dated now but Premiere still functions well. I also run it on a MacBook Pro (late 2011) but don't have the specs handy. One major difference, price wise, is that Premiere Pro CC is a subscription based model whereas you pay a one time fee (price) for Final Cut Pro. As far as either one goes it really comes down to your preference. Some people will use only one or the other. As far as an SSD goes I use one for the OS and programs and two HDDs for storing files (one for the source files and another for exporting the files). Using scratch drives will decrease overhead and generally it is not recommended you store the source files on the same drive as the OS and programs. I use the HDDs because they are less expensive and video can eat up a lot of drive space. I have no complaints with the speed of the drives. I'm not saying it wouldn't be faster on the SSD but it would be less expensive to use HDDs for storage and exporting files.
 
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