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In the near future I am planning on working with and buying the Panasonic GH5. It has 4k footage and I was wondering if my computer was able to handle the files. I downloaded some files and things went even worse than expected. I couldn't even play an unedited clip without stuttering in Premiere Pro.

My build right now:
I5 2500k (4Ghz)
8gb 1333 RAM
AsRock P67 Extreme 4
2x GeForce GTX 460
I think I built this system in early 2012.

Working from the internal disk or an external USB 3 disk didn't seem to make any difference and the task manager showed my CPU and memory at high percentages.

I know my system is outdated but I thought it would still be able to handle those clips at least. Anyways. Problem is I really don't have much of a budget. If it will make a difference I might have maybe 250-350 laying around somewhere, so I'm hoping I can do some trading.

I guess the main question is:
What is the smartest move?

I am willing to buy second hand parts but still...
Should I sell parts?
Should I get more ram and a new 1155 CPU?
Is it even smart to keep the motherboard?
Should I sell the whole thing?
Is it even possible with such a tight budget?

I live in Europe (The Netherlands).
 
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You could try a used i7 3770K or a Xeon E3-1275 V2 both requires the latest BIOS for the motherboard and get 32 GB of memory. 4K is a real ah heck.

This is about what is required to work in 4K and get decent performance.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($248.49 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($88.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($214.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon)...
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not only more ram, faster ram

16 gbs should be your minimum and ddr3 1600mhz if the mainboard supports that speed, each extra mhz counts here

the gpu for some video edition tasks matter so you should at least have a gtx750ti, 780, something like that

how many hard disks do you have?

i would get a cheap ryzen pc or a i7

that would mean get rid of the i5, the mainboard and the ram

the gpu as i mentioned if the video editing tool you use requires nvidia for their cuda cores, get a newer one

also remember that 16 gbs is really necesary so the system doesn't have to be checking hard disk each moment, the more ram the better but 16 gbs is quite decent for this purpose, some apps will easily use 12 gbs while encoding or adding effects, play files unedited can use lots of cpu and you i5 is a bit weak for this 4k purpose
 
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I have 2 internal disks and an 3 external disks.
I'm really wondering what will be enough to at least be able to play the unedited clips..
Thinking about it, maybe i should try to convert the files before editing?
 
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to work with 4k you need better hardware

external hard disk , via usb 2 or 3 are somewhat slow sometimes, it is preferred to have internal ssds on sata or nvme to have faster acces, those go with a fast cpu, a big gpu and 16 gbs of ram
 
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You could try a used i7 3770K or a Xeon E3-1275 V2 both requires the latest BIOS for the motherboard and get 32 GB of memory. 4K is a real ah heck.

This is about what is required to work in 4K and get decent performance.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($248.49 @ OutletPC)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H60 54.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($88.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($214.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.78 @ NCIX US)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB Windforce OC Video Card ($140.86 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($66.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $1017.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-29 10:46 EDT-0400

Of course more money would get better performance like a small SSD for a scratch drive, more memory, better card that supports GPU rendering.
 
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i would go for a r7, not a r5 and faster ram

no extra hard disk, he already has those, perhaps another ssd to store the project and the hrd disks as a target drives to store finished projects?

what app do you plan to use for this 4k video editing? there is a great guide on what to buy and setup to work with adobe and a gtx here

https://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5-2.htm

some information is surely outdated, but generals are still applicable

if budget is a concern, the xeon sounds interesting, but you do need 16 gbs of ram to work well with this kind of load
 
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