What processor is best for video editing?

[bdgrayless]

I am new to video editing and graphic design and video editing.  I am getting by for now but as I get more into video production I am planning on getting a new computer with more power.  I get lost in the comparison between AMD and Intel sometimes and am looking for some advice on which will run Adobe suites better.  Do you have any tips, advise, or statistics that could help me out?

[STRMfrmXMN]

1 minute ago, bdgrayless said:

I am new to video editing and graphic design and video editing.  I am getting by for now but as I get more into video production I am planning on getting a new computer with more power.  I get lost in the comparison between AMD and Intel sometimes and am looking for some advice on which will run Adobe suites better.  Do you have any tips, advise, or statistics that could help me out?

The Adobe suites can hardly take advantage of more than four real cores (I think 6 is the max that you should ever buy for content production on Adobe software) and an i7 6700k would do you nicely as the multicore and single threaded performance of any Intel i7 is going to be drastically better than any AM3 CPU. You never mentioned a budget however. What are you willing to spend.

[aisle9]

5 minutes ago, bdgrayless said:

I am new to video editing and graphic design and video editing.  I am getting by for now but as I get more into video production I am planning on getting a new computer with more power.  I get lost in the comparison between AMD and Intel sometimes and am looking for some advice on which will run Adobe suites better.  Do you have any tips, advise, or statistics that could help me out?

If you're willing to spend for the best, an i7-6700K or i7-5820K would be at the top of your list. Maybe an i7-6800K, but I'm not sure what those cost relative to 5820's and not sure they're worth the price increase.

[ClobberXD]

1 minute ago, bdgrayless said:

I am new to video editing and graphic design and video editing.  I am getting by for now but as I get more into video production I am planning on getting a new computer with more power.  I get lost in the comparison between AMD and Intel sometimes and am looking for some advice on which will run Adobe suites better.  Do you have any tips, advise, or statistics that could help me out?

This topic might get a lot of bad attention, better change the name of the topic - it's against the community guidelines to post topics that conceptualize the following:

• Intel vs AMD
• NVIDIA vs AMD
• Windows vs Mac

If you genuinely have a question based on such topics, clearly frame a suitable name of your topic and your actual question. I did the same a few months ago, and the thread was locked within minutes!

 

Coming back to your question, all Adobe suites rely heavily on the CPU, and are also heavily multi-threaded workloads. You would be fine with Intel, specifically the Core i7 series (i7-6700, i7-6700K). If you have bit more money to spend, you can even get the Core i7 6/8 core workstation CPUs, like the i7-6800K, i7-6850K, i7-6900K, or even the 10-core behemoth i7-6950X!

[ARikozuM]

A nice GPU with CUDA will help most of them tremendously. 750 Ti is usually the best bang for the buck when it comes to Adobe but anything later with more VRAM will do better.

[bdgrayless]

I am currently a student and I have managed to get a few small clients for a small marketing business that I am starting.  Right now I don't have a lot of money so I would deffinetly like to stay under $2000 for a whole system. I was thinking about purching the Mac Mini with a i7 processor 16GB of RAM and 256GB PCIe-based Flash Storage.  I think that whole bundle is somewhere around $1500

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, bdgrayless said:

I am currently a student and I have managed to get a few small clients for a small marketing business that I am starting.  Right now I don't have a lot of money so I would deffinetly like to stay under $2000 for a whole system. I was thinking about purching the Mac Mini with a i7 processor 16GB of RAM and 256GB PCIe-based Flash Storage.  I think that whole bundle is somewhere around $1500

No. Will post build in a few.

[Darel321]

1 minute ago, bdgrayless said:

I am currently a student and I have managed to get a few small clients for a small marketing business that I am starting.  Right now I don't have a lot of money so I would deffinetly like to stay under $2000 for a whole system. I was thinking about purching the Mac Mini with a i7 processor 16GB of RAM and 256GB PCIe-based Flash Storage.  I think that whole bundle is somewhere around $1500

If you want to get the most out of your money.. then you should stay away from apple... build your own system, Im sure someone will link a build for you

[ARikozuM]

13 minutes ago, bdgrayless said:

I am currently a student and I have managed to get a few small clients for a small marketing business that I am starting.  Right now I don't have a lot of money so I would deffinetly like to stay under $2000 for a whole system. I was thinking about purching the Mac Mini with a i7 processor 16GB of RAM and 256GB PCIe-based Flash Storage.  I think that whole bundle is somewhere around $1500

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/CNZPnn
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/CNZPnn/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B150 PC Mate ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($81.88 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($73.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 3TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($75.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $761.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

You need an OS, case, and peripherals. Feel free to upgrade the GPU to a 960 4GB or 1060 as CUDA and more VRAM helps Adobe.

Let me know what you think and if you need anything else.

[Dresta]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($344.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Nepton 240M 76.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($119.07 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($144.99 @ NCIX US) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($124.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($68.11 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1070 8GB G1 Gaming Video Card  ($429.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case: NZXT S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($95.98 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($83.89 @ OutletPC) 
Monitor: LG 29UM58-P 29.0" 75Hz Monitor  ($249.98 @ Amazon) 
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K65 Compact Mechanical Gaming Keyboard Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Mouse: Logitech MX Master Bluetooth Wireless Laser Mouse  ($67.99 @ Newegg) 
Headphones: Audio-Technica ATH-M30x  Headphones  ($69.00 @ Adorama) 
Total: $2001.95
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-31 02:31 EDT-0400

 

A full system,$1 over your budget,be free to change the keyboard,mouse,headphones or case to whatever you want

 

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[bdgrayless]

Thank you all very much for your help!