Best CPUs for Video Editing

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i want to upgrade my pc, but i confused with "which one should i choose"
i have around 350 usd (my max budget is aroung 450-500 usd), i want you to recommend me the CPUs, Motherboard, and RAM.
i usually use my computer 60% Video Editing, 35% Gaming, 5% Daily use.
 
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$350 for all three items? You will probably want a Ryzen 6 or 7 (6 cores & 8 cores). you will be hard pressed with just $350 though.
 
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hmm, i alr have ...
the case, the HDD, my current mobo and current cpu, rams, a gpu, and peripherals.
and i want to upgrade my mobo, proc (and ram if necessary)
 
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so how about ryzen 4 1400 ? if that worth it ? or should i choose i5-7400 ?
in my country their prices is not very different
 
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it's just my current money tho...
how about i'm raising it to $450 ? is that much enough ? (by the way, i'm just a freelancer, so my money is so thin :D)

 
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you could do this, though unless your PSU is brand new you should probably get it upgraded as well.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M Pro4 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($63.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $373.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-15 12:46 EDT-0400
 
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hmm, i think 16 gibs of memory is just "too many" for me, cab i make it to 8 gibs, or is it necessary ?
 
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Actually, for video editing, The more ram, the better. I would consider 16GB a minimum.

 
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you can drop down to just 8 if you want, though 16 is recommended these days. That board is the cheapest 4 RAM slot one I saw, which is why I picked it so room to expand up later on. Please also note this board does not support overclocking. If you want that you need to tack on another $40 or so for a "B" motherboard.
 
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oh.. i see now, so the 16 Gibs of ram is the recommended for these days. Thanks for the information, and about the overclocking... i don't really care about it, because i can't do it as well :D
 
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i'm sorry but what is the effect ? it's just make you can "do" something else behind the program or is it an effect ?
(sorry i'm so noob :D)
 
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It will depend on the size of the video you are editing. The longer the video the more ram required. If you run out of ram, you can continue to edit, but performance will become much slower, as part of your video will be "swapped out" to the HDD.
How fast do you want your editing to be?

 
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It can also depend what you're editing. Is it basic clip cutting in premier or SVP, or is it advanced editing with lots of heavy effects and color-correction? Either way, coming from a video editor myself, I do heavy editing with lots of effects and even 16GB doesn't cut it, but for basic editing which I sometimes do, it goes over 8 but stays under 16GB. You would still maybe want to have some programs in the back like chrome so having that ram would help you multitask and do not-too-advanced editing. Tell us what you're doing :)
 
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