Laptop for video editing and ryzen or intel???

[Any Tech]

Hi, i am looking for a new laptop. i have been through 3 laptops so far and they have all been very problematic. i am looking for one with preferably at least 256gb SSD, 8gb ram, core i5 or better.i dont know much about ryzen, but apparently ryzen 5 is good for video editing, and i will be doing video editing on it. i have a low bugdet at around £500 (GBP).

So,

1. should i get a ryzen or intel and what generation?

2. wich laptop should i get?

Many Thanks!

[zeusthemoose]

Ideally you would get 4th gen ryzen. But that depends on what country you are located in and what your budget is.

[Any Tech]

3 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

Ideally you would get 4th gen ryzen. But that depends on what country you are located in and what your budget is.

sorry about that, i forgot to include that in the description. i edited it now, if you could read it.

Thanks a lot!

[Boomwebsearch]

3 minutes ago, Any Tech said:

Hi, i am looking for a new laptop. i have been through 3 laptops so far and they have all been very problematic. i am looking for one with preferably at least 256gb SSD, 8gb ram, core i5 or better.i dont know much about ryzen, but apparently ryzen 5 is good for video editing, and i will be doing video editing on it.

So,

1. should i get a ryzen or intel and what generation?

2. wich laptop should i get?

Many Thanks!

 

Hi @Any Tech, I would be more than happy to help you find a laptop that meets your needs, could you please include your budget and what country you are shopping from within this thread?

[Any Tech]

2 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

Hi @Any Tech, I would be more than happy to help you find a laptop that meets your needs, could you please include your budget and what country you are shopping from within this thread?

hI @Boomwebsearch 

sorry about that, i forgot to include that in the description. i edited it now, if you could read it.

Thanks a lot!

[zeusthemoose]

Ryzen 4000 would be best, but I dont know of any good ones in that price range. I would go for a used thinkpad. Either a thinkpad x1 carbon or t series.

[Any Tech]

1 minute ago, zeusthemoose said:

Ryzen 4000 would be best, but I dont know of any good ones in that price range. I would go for a used thinkpad. Either a thinkpad x1 carbon or t series.

Hi @zeusthemoose , thanks for your helo, but its way out of my price range... i actually found this laptop on laptopoutlet: Lenovo V155 on laptop outlet

thanks a lot for your help!

[boggy77]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B089BJZ8T7/ref=asc_df_B089BJZ8T71594447200000/?tag=pjuk-amazon.co.uk-21&creative=22374&creativeASIN=B089BJZ8T7&linkCode=df0&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

[zeusthemoose]

5 minutes ago, Any Tech said:

Hi @zeusthemoose , thanks for your helo, but its way out of my price range... i actually found this laptop on laptopoutlet: Lenovo V155 on laptop outlet

thanks a lot for your help!

I dont have any experience with that nor have I heard of it before now. That said, the reviews seemed solid. An issue though is that the screen isnt great which might be bad for your video editing.

[Boomwebsearch]

1 minute ago, Any Tech said:

hI @Boomwebsearch 

sorry about that, i forgot to include that in the description. i edited it now, if you could read it.

Thanks a lot!

 

Thanks for the additional information, currently Ryzen processors hold the lead over Intel when it comes to multi-threaded performance which you are really going to want for video editing. AMD Ryzen 5/7 3rd gen or 2nd gen processors are likely the best options within your budget.

 

I would overall recommend this laptop (considering budget, battery life, processing, RAM, storage, etc):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-VivoBook-X412DA-Processor-Windows/dp/B081NKW4MS/ref=sr_1_3?crid=18Q5A0K977TGH&dchild=1&keywords=asus+vivobook&qid=1594649643&refinements=p_89%3AASUS%2Cp_n_feature_fourteen_browsebin%3A8322506031&rnid=8322536031&s=computers&sprefix=asus+vi%2Caps%2C275&sr=1-3

[Any Tech]

6 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B089BJZ8T7/ref=asc_df_B089BJZ8T71594447200000/?tag=pjuk-amazon.co.uk-21&creative=22374&creativeASIN=B089BJZ8T7&linkCode=df0&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Thanks a lot for that  its a bit out of my price range, and not in stock and i really need one soon but i will look into it on other websites and consider it. for the meanwhilst i will look at what other people might suggest.

Thanks a lot for your help!

[Any Tech]

8 minutes ago, zeusthemoose said:

I dont have any experience with that nor have I heard of it before now. That said, the reviews seemed solid. An issue though is that the screen isnt great which might be bad for your video editing.

Okay thanks a lot for your time and help!

[genexis_x]

At this budget it's hard to find a new, decent model. Fine with used/refurb options?

[jaslion]

2 minutes ago, Any Tech said:

Thanks a lot for that  its a bit out of my price range, and not in stock and i really need one soon but i will look into it on other websites and consider it. for the meanwhilst i will look at what other people might suggest.

Thanks a lot for your help!

I would spend the extra 50 as well there is just not a intel alternative at that pricepoint. We are talking about a ryzen 5 4500u which beats their best low power cpu which is a i7 10710U with 6 cores too but a lot more expensive.

[Any Tech]

10 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

 

Thanks for the additional information, currently Ryzen processors hold the lead over Intel when it comes to multi-threaded performance which you are really going to want for video editing. AMD Ryzen 5/7 3rd gen or 2nd gen processors are likely the best options within your budget.

 

I would overall recommend this laptop (considering budget, battery life, processing, RAM, storage, etc):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-VivoBook-X412DA-Processor-Windows/dp/B081NKW4MS/ref=sr_1_3?crid=18Q5A0K977TGH&dchild=1&keywords=asus+vivobook&qid=1594649643&refinements=p_89%3AASUS%2Cp_n_feature_fourteen_browsebin%3A8322506031&rnid=8322536031&s=computers&sprefix=asus+vi%2Caps%2C275&sr=1-3

Hi, thanks i didn't see this post a minute ago. that seems like the best option so far! thanks a lot i will definatley consider it! also i am just quite nervouse about getting ryzen as i have never had one before, would you recomend it for multi tasking and video editing?

[Any Tech]

4 minutes ago, genexis_x said:

At this budget it's hard to find a new, decent model. Fine with used/refurb options?

Preferably not.

Thanks a lot for your time and help, i really appriciate it!

[Any Tech]

3 minutes ago, jaslion said:

I would spend the extra 50 as well there is just not a intel alternative at that pricepoint. We are talking about a ryzen 5 4500u which beats their best low power cpu which is a i7 10710U with 6 cores too but a lot more expensive.

I think this one is the best option so far: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-VivoBook-X412DA-Processor-Windows/dp/B081NKW4MS/ref=sr_1_3?crid=18Q5A0K977TGH&dchild=1&keywords=asus vivobook&qid=1594649643&refinements=p_89:ASUS,p_n_feature_fourteen_browse-bin:8322506031&rnid=8322536031&s=computers&sprefix=asus vi,aps,275&sr=1-3&tag=linustechtips-21

thanks a lot!

[SupaKomputa]

By today's standard, AMD 4th gen APU clearly destroyed Intel in every corner.

For $1000 you can get the top end 4800h, 8 core 16 threads monster.

At the lower end you can get 4500u with 6 cores for less than $600.

More than enough for video editing.

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, Any Tech said:

I think this one is the best option so far: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-VivoBook-X412DA-Processor-Windows/dp/B081NKW4MS/ref=sr_1_3?crid=18Q5A0K977TGH&dchild=1&keywords=asus vivobook&qid=1594649643&refinements=p_89:ASUS,p_n_feature_fourteen_browse-bin:8322506031&rnid=8322536031&s=computers&sprefix=asus vi,aps,275&sr=1-3&tag=linustechtips-21

thanks a lot!

Oh no for sure not. This one is the best option by faaaar.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B089BJZ8T7/ref=asc_df_B089BJZ8T71594447200000/?creative=22374&creativeASIN=B089BJZ8T7&linkCode=df0&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=linustechtips-21

 

You pretty much get double the cpu power here. The vivobook is super avoiding of listing it's exact cpu but in fact it is the old ryzen 3000 which is far worse than the 4000 series.

[Any Tech]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Oh no for sure not. This one is the best option by faaaar.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B089BJZ8T7/ref=asc_df_B089BJZ8T71594447200000/?creative=22374&creativeASIN=B089BJZ8T7&linkCode=df0&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=linustechtips-21

 

You pretty much get double the cpu power here. The vivobook is super avoiding of listing it's exact cpu but in fact it is the old ryzen 3000 which is far worse than the 4000 series.

thanks, i will consider that also, although i dont know much about CPU, and it does cost a bit more. and its out of stock. i will see,

Thanks so so so much!

[genexis_x]

9 minutes ago, Any Tech said:

Preferably not.

Thanks a lot for your time and help, i really appriciate it!

Can consider Ideapad 5 14ARE05, even though it's slightly above your budget. Or Honor Magicbook, Huawei Matebook D15

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, Any Tech said:

thanks, i will consider that also, although i dont know much about CPU, and it does cost a bit more. and its out of stock. i will see,

Thanks so so so much!

Pretty much your want to avoid the ryzen 3000 series in mobile. So things like the 3500u, 3700u, 3550h, 3750h,... A lot and I do mean A LOT of sellers on amazon abuse the fact that they can just put ryzen 5 in the title and be very scarce with details about the actual cpu tricking you into thinking you are getting a new ryzen 4000 series cpu whilst you are just getting the old one. I cannot recommend the last gen 3000 series when the 4000 series exists as it's just so much better.

[SupaKomputa]

3 minutes ago, Any Tech said:

I think this one is the best option so far: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-VivoBook-X412DA-Processor-Windows/dp/B081NKW4MS/ref=sr_1_3?crid=18Q5A0K977TGH&dchild=1&keywords=asus vivobook&qid=1594649643&refinements=p_89:ASUS,p_n_feature_fourteen_browse-bin:8322506031&rnid=8322536031&s=computers&sprefix=asus vi,aps,275&sr=1-3&tag=linustechtips-21

thanks a lot!

No, don't get that one, it's not clear which ryzen you're getting, only says R series. Could be 3500u. 

[boggy77]

https://www.box.co.uk/laptops/sort/1/refine/46562~191219$46562~191220

[Any Tech]

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Pretty much your want to avoid the ryzen 3000 series in mobile. So things like the 3500u, 3700u, 3550h, 3750h,... A lot and I do mean A LOT of sellers on amazon abuse the fact that they can just put ryzen 5 in the title and be very scarce with details about the actual cpu tricking you into thinking you are getting a new ryzen 4000 series cpu whilst you are just getting the old one. I cannot recommend the last gen 3000 series when the 4000 series exists as it's just so much better.

oh, thanks for that. so i am really not sure, maybe i'll just pay an extra 50 for the other one if you really recomend it.

thanks!