Video editing on DDR3 1333?

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RenegadeNinja

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I'm working on putting together a new machine for video editing. I already have 8 GB or DDR3 1333. I want to go to 16GB, but does it make sense to use the RAM I already have and get 8 more GB to go along with it, or is 1333 MHz RAM too slow today for video editing?

I'm on a budget, and really trying to pinch pennies, but at the same time I want solid performance (not necessarily great performance, but respectable).
 
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Can build using the 1333 and plan to upgrade when you can, but wouldn't skimp on new parts, i.e. try and get good parts as you buy them so you won't have to replace later
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Thanks for the response. I've had a time getting any around here.

I'm still in the planning stage and the motherboard and CPU for the new machine are undecided. If I can get the money together, I'd love to splurge on the i7-4790K, but there's a real possibility I'm going to have to go the budget route and settle for the FX-8350 (or even 8320).

I did my best to peek into my system and it looks like the RAM is Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz. According to CPU-Z I guess I'm running at 1333 so I guess my RAM is being hampered either by the mobo or CPU? Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H and the CPU is a Phenom II X4 840.

 
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That's my guess as well (at least in part), which is why I'm looking to build a new system.

I'm asking about carrying over my RAM from this machine to the new one.
 
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RenegadeNinja

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Well it's like this. . .

Coming up here shortly I may have about $1000 to drop on filmmaking stuff. If I build the system I want to build, it will take all of that money. If I try to cannibalize my current machine and save as many parts from it as I can then I may have some money left over to buy a used camera, sound recorder, microphone, etc all of which I'd have to rent otherwise.

So that's the dilemma I'm facing: Do I build a kick ass video editing system and accept that I'll just have to drop money into renting equipment when I need it, or do I cobble together a "good enough" system and then be able to own a few pieces of equipment beyond just my computer.
 
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