Optimizing my PC for Video Editing & Gaming !?

[Sibel_X]

Hello All I'm Sibel, So this is my first Post on the Forum and I'm here for your help...

I've compiled my system almost a year ago on(5/25/2014) and since then I've had issue with performance; Mind you I'm not very good with the links of the process(Optimizing).

My Specs and Componenets:

                  OS:                      Win 8.1
                  MOBO:                Asus' Ramoage IV Black Edition + OC Panel
                  CPU:                   Intel's i7-4930k OC'ed to 4.15Ghz 
                  GPU:                   EVGA's GTX 760 2GB Super Clocked Edition
                  RAM:                  Corsair's Vengeance 4x4GB(16GB) @1600Mhz(Enabled from Bios, Previously they operated at the default of 1333Mhz)
                  PSU:                   Cooler Master's V1000
                  SSD:                   Corsair's Force GS 128GB (For OS and Applications ONLY)
                  HDD:                   WD's Green 2TB < (Which would be my bottle neck, I'll explain)
                 CPU COOLER:      Cooler Master's Seidon 120V.

P.s.: I've ordered a 1TB Velociraptor which at this moment is still in transit ans should arrive within the week. YAY! 

Alright so my prime application usage for my system is Adobe's Premiere Pro Ver(8.2), and I always experience Source Monitor lag and Scrubbing lag on the timeline, I've sought help and found that WD's Green drive isn't the prime component for my required functions and the replacement for such tasks is on the way...
 
Back on topic, what can I do to avoid any latency when dealing with encoded footage such as H.264 with PremPro, Other than the HDD. What can I possibly tweak or customize for better performance ?
 
I'm in serious need of your aid because at this point I'm failing to properly utilize my components, which I'm certain should perform the task seamlessly.

Anything would be helpful organization,workflow or a collective or separate file assembly, I'm all ears here and I really need your help.

Thank you very much and I hope to hear from you soon.  

 

                  
 

[gollum99]

Lower the replayinjg resolution in the preview window, give premiere access to more ram via the settings, set you working drive to sth fast...

[euzen01]

You don't need to optimize. It's alredy great!

[techguru]

get a bigger ssd for your os...one that you can use for single projects

once the project is done..then transfer it and its files over to your storage

samsung 850 or crucial mx 100/mx 200

[Sibel_X]

@techguru I already use Corsair's 128 GB strictly for my OS and apps.

 

[techguru]

yea and I mean use the ssd for when you are working on projects to 

that will majorly help with speed

[Sibel_X]

@gollum99 Sorry I forgot to mention I always keep  the preview and source monitors @ 1/4 quality and I've allocated the max allowed amount of ram to Premiere pro which is 13GB from the whole 16GB...

[Sibel_X]

@techguru I've tried that but I only have 30GBs left on my SSD also I fear that write intensive H.264 encoding could damage it, But hopefully by this week I'll receive a HDD that will run @ 10,000 RPM and with transfer rates really close to my SSD so hopefully I'll see a huge boost in performance once that gets installed !

[techguru]

yea you need a bigger ssd..like a 500gb samsung 850 evo

[techguru]

"also I fear that write intensive H.264 encoding could damage it,"

 

it won't

[Sibel_X]

@euzen01 Thank You !

[Sibel_X]

@techguru Maybe someday I'll have enough to get four 1TB-SSD's and have them in a redundant RAID array for 2TB storage(Something I hope to achieve with this sytem)  but for now and with my budget the Velociraptor 1TB is my best option.
Besides It costs less than half of what most SSD's are for @193$ I found it was a great bargain ! 
Besides storage TechGuru what else would you advice to tweak on my system ? I'd really appreciate tips for power options or Nvidia's control panel options ?

[runit3]

@Sibel_X

This is how I run my Premiere set-up:

Samsung 840 EVO SSD partial partition for sole scratch disk purposes (you set the scratch disk priority within Premiere)

 

Put your source file onto the scratch disk

 

Edit your video as normal, if you're experiencing real time rendering lag it is in all likelihood the GPU's fault (while editing there should be virtually no data being written to your HDD or SSD) assuming the Mercury Playback engine is functioning with your GTX 760, it is not on the list of supported GPU listings from Adobe:

https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html

If Mercury Playback is enabled, and you are experiencing playback lag, turn it OFF. If it is not on, turn it ON, however it still may not function with the 760. The Mercury Playback engine (GPU acceleration) ONLY applies GPU acceleration during the effects and editing portions, it does not accelerate encoding via CUDA or OpenCL. If the Mercury Engine is not active the entire processing load is placed on the CPU.

 

Once you have finished editing and are ready to export the file to your preferred format, export it to your SSD scratch disk.

 

Copy the completed file to your HDD storage bank and delete it from the scratch disk.

 

My GTX 770 could handle everything except 4k, my 2 GTX 580's had a severe amount of trouble editing 1080p 60fps files with heavy effects due to the 1.5GB VRAM limit -4k was horrible, my 970's rip apart anything I load up with any effects.

 

IMO the Velociraptor is not going to give you any appreciable performance increases. I would return it and upgrade your GPU to one on the supported list of hardware for Mercury Playback, as CUDA acceleration and a substantial amount of VRAM (3GB+) is the only thing that will give you a serious performance boost while editing videos and adding a large amount of visual effects.

[Sibel_X]

@runit3 I understand that my GPU isn't supported but I did find a "hack" if you will (from Studio1Productions) that lets Premiere utilize my GPU, Furthermore my Green WD drive has slow transfer rates, as slow as the 8 Yold 60 GB HDD that I salvaged from my ps3 that I use to save my project files, I Figured that my GPU was the bottleneck, But for scrubbing through the timeline on a trimmed clip, that couldn't be a GPU related issue, So I did some benches and consulted people, Two had an older series of my GPU and still maintained a fluid operation, it was not until I found a guy named Jeff that actually sorted me out with my issue and mentioned that my Green Caviar was to blame, and So I've ordered the Velociraptor, because as a Magnetic drive it could handle the rigorous read/write encoding process of compressed H.264 video.

The GPU can handle it I'm sure, Because the CPU rarely spikes beyond 45% when I used to encode before I found the "hack" 
I also realize that at some point I will have to upgrade GPU  but I'm considering a Quadro and a GTX in one system to fully appropriate effects and playback ! 
But at this point I cannot upgrade for many reasons that span beyond monetary, and so I went ahead and bought the Velociraptor.
The one good thing I did with my system is that I did not hold back with the PSU, I am considering upgrades but  only when I need them, and at this point and probably for some time I won't ever go beyond 1080p @60FPS with 50Mb/s, Which is a lot of data but it'll be able to handle it.

Now what I hope to achieve with your help is to properly optimize my software and hardware even if it means going beyond the mainstream grid and use commands to prioritize tasks, I'm fed up of being the guy that is always lacking, I really want to make this system on edge and as sharp as a razor but I find myself lacking so I'll hustle and hopefully I'll prevail...

This is something I'd like to share: Before I got my PC, I had this laptop{http://www.cnet.com/products/sony-vaio-vpc-cw17fx-w-white/specs/}and with only 2 core@2.20Ghz and 256Mbs of VRAM, I'd render h.264 at 20Mb/s video on Sony Vegas, using a Plugin to export to h.264, But It worked fine and I didn't face any latency while scrubbing not even when adjusting shaky video on the source or applying effects on the  SOURCE monitor , the only time consuming task was rendering which took about 1.5~2Hours to render a 24 min 29FPS1080p Video to the same 20Mb/s...Sony Vegas and Premiere Pro are not being compared here, But the case is that a previously owned system was pre-compiled and made a whole entity, whereas here I now stand many times the performance later on custom built machine yet I have issues trimming and scrubbing, therefore I still  don't think it's the components ASIDE  form that Green drive that I now regret purchasing, So yes I'm sure that getting the Velociraptor will hone things into a neat link for processing compressed video :lol: !  For now... 
But I'll get those GPU upgrades very soon + some more RAM along the way !