Lone-wolf Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 I only use a laptop so a desktop base station is not happening. I am using a Lenovo X260 i5 with at least 8gig ram and 500gig SSD, its a good solid browsing lappy but of course it struggles a bit processing/editing rc video`s, i could upgrade to an i7 with 16gig and at least 500gig ssd, this would be another used Lenovo my budget would be £300 max, question is would i see a good improvement with editing, my current Lenovo manages but the cooling fan is going ten to dozen and it does take a while to sort a 5-6 minute edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajadre Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 will render and encode faster with a multi core i7 and more memory brother tbf depends what software you use am using the built in windows app video editor does most things slo mo etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted September 1, 2023 Author Share Posted September 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, Bajadre said: will render and encode faster with a multi core i7 and more memory brother tbf depends what software you use am using the built in windows app video editor does most things slo mo etc Im using Openshot free editor is there an editor on win 10 that i did not know of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajadre Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 use to have movie maker on windows 7 brother not sure if its on 10 anymore but with the Apps now theres plenty you can download and install 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted September 2, 2023 Author Share Posted September 2, 2023 no movie maker is gone, not on win 10, another option might be to upgrade the ram from 8gig to 32gig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redback Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Lone-wolf said: no movie maker is gone, not on win 10, another option might be to upgrade the ram from 8gig to 32gig You can only go to 16gb on a single ddr 4 dimm Usally a dedicated GPU will improve video editor performance vs the inbuilt intel hd graphics that share the os resources. You cant upgrade the GPU nore can you desolder the i5 chip. I use shotcut a free open source video editor since win 10 lost movie maker. Like buying budget crawlers vs the element, You wont see a good performance increase unless you increase your budget. Dedicated GPU and i7 with 16gig of DDR 4 is atleast 800£ Edited September 2, 2023 by Redback Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted September 2, 2023 Author Share Posted September 2, 2023 3 minutes ago, Redback said: You can only go to 16gb on a single ddr 4 dimm Usally a dedicated GPU will improve video editor performance vs the inbuilt intel hd graphics that share the os resources. You cant upgrade the GPU nore can you desolder the i5 chip. I use shotcut a free open source video editor since win 10 lost movie maker 😞 I think shotcut is very similar to openshot, so really its back to getting a more powerful laptop unless i could fit an external graphics card of some kind but not sure if i can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redback Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Lone-wolf said: I think shotcut is very similar to openshot, so really its back to getting a more powerful laptop unless i could fit an external graphics card of some kind but not sure if i can The caddy for a external gpu is more than your budget, then you need another 400£ for the gpu card itself. Your laptops also dont have the supporting thunderbolt socket. https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkPad/ThinkPad_X260/ThinkPad_X260_Spec.PDF I custom built a laptop for 3d art and game development, 4 years ago, dedicated gpu, 16gb of ram. i7 cpu. Cost 1000£ worth the investment considering its still high end to this day. Edited September 2, 2023 by Redback 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted September 2, 2023 Author Share Posted September 2, 2023 2 minutes ago, Redback said: The caddy for a external gpu is more than your budget, then you need another 400£ for the gpu card itself. Your laptops also dont have the supporting thunderbolt socket. https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkPad/ThinkPad_X260/ThinkPad_X260_Spec.PDF I custom built a laptop for 3d art and game development, 4 years ago, dedicated gpu, 16gb of ram. i7 cpu. Cost 1000£ worth the investment considering its still high end to this day. Appreciate the reply Red, i think decision made keep an eye out for a refurb X270-280 or even T 480 with min 16g ram and i7 i can do this sub £300. Lenovo has ALWAYS been really good for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bajadre Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 yeah your right about movie maker gone wolf also from yesterday that video editor seems to have gone from apps too 😢just opens up windows photos now lol grrr so i downloaded one called CAPTCUT now free version does what i need etc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted September 2, 2023 Author Share Posted September 2, 2023 12 minutes ago, Bajadre said: yeah your right about movie maker gone wolf also from yesterday that video editor seems to have gone from apps too 😢just opens up windows photos now lol grrr so i downloaded one called CAPTCUT now free version does what i need etc the openshot i use does all i need but it hammers the laptop, i think for now my best option is upgrade ram to 16gig that will only help things in general and maybe save a bit to see if i can spend a little more and get a faster more powerful laptop at a later date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cactus Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 How did this go? I edit between 3-6 video's a week between 10-45minutes long for both of my YouTube channels and I use Premiere Pro on a MacBook Pro Specs are... MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Prosessor 2.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Graphics Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB It takes around 17minutes to render a 45minute long video with little to no effects. If I've added lots of music and effects it'll be around 25minutes. I'd be interested to know what you ended up doing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone-wolf Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 On 26/11/2023 at 14:19, Cactus said: How did this go? I edit between 3-6 video's a week between 10-45minutes long for both of my YouTube channels and I use Premiere Pro on a MacBook Pro Specs are... MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) Prosessor 2.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Graphics Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB It takes around 17minutes to render a 45minute long video with little to no effects. If I've added lots of music and effects it'll be around 25minutes. I'd be interested to know what you ended up doing! so far all i did was upgrade the ram to 16g not that it made much difference, at some stage i will get an i7 lenovo just not in a rush as this i5is still going strong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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