Is it worth upgrading my video editing system?

Scykoh

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Hey all,

what I mean exactly by "is it worth upgrading" is will there be a significant performance increase over my current build, enough that it would be worth sinking the money into a new system now versus waiting another year or two or even upgrading my current system.

My primary use is video editing using Adobe Premiere Pro CC so most of my performance concerns are based around software responsiveness, render times, etc. I do also game, stream, record, but they're secondary to video editing.

[Current Specs]
CPU: i7-3770k
RAM: 16GB DDR3 (unsure of speed, but it was cheap)
GPU: GTX 670
PSU: 650W
Storage: 120GB SSD system drive, 1TB HDD working drive.
Motherboard: Whatever was cheap back in 2012.

If more specifics on any spec are relevant let me know and I'll figure those out.

Thanks a ton for any help! This is largely a subjective situation I understand, just looking for feedback or perhaps knowledge on how much of an improvement I'd see. Money isn't a big issue, but I don't like to be wasteful if the improvements are small.
 

firefoxx04

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If you are happy with gaming performance, keep your current GPU.

If you want faster render times, a faster CPU (more GHZ or more Cores) will greatly benefit you. Adobe also uses CUDA so a new GPU might benefit render times as well, however, I would probably go with a different CPU before buying a new GPU unless the goal is to get better gaming performance as well.

The ram is fine unless you are maxing it out as stated above.


If you want faster render times, I would move to an X99 build with a 6 or 8 core i7. The 6 cores can clock high for gaming while providing 12 threads for rendering. It would be an expensive move though, you have to really want it. Nothing about your current system is "slow" or terribly outdated.