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grandadfatboy
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Hi everyone,
I hope you are all stay safe and well.
My apologies for the long post, but I felt that the more information I can give, and what I'm trying to achieve, the easier it would be for you to advise me on upgrading/replacing my ageing pc.
The new pc will mainly be used for editing video, photos and music. With this in mind, I'm considering the latest versions of Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements. My logic is (rightly or wrongly), that the UI for both would be similar in their layout, and somewhat familiar, as I used Photoshop Elements 5 many years ago. Not having done any editing for some considerable time, I'm expecting quite a steep learning curve, not that that will be an issue, as I have now retired and have more time on my hands.
As far as video and photo editing are concerned, I'm not looking to be performing “professional level” editing. With video editing I'd be looking to trim videos, add transitions/captions/titles, add music track(s) etc. With regards to photo editing, I'm looking to remove red eye, remove skin blemishes, add/remove backgrounds, remove unwanted objects, adjust colours, contrast etc. That said, I'm sure I will look for greater improvements as I become more familiar with each programme and what can be achieved with it.
I've been doing a little research and found the system below as being a “budget” spec system for video editing, to which I added a 2nd Seagate 1TB HDD. My budget is £500 - £700
Processor: Intel i5-9400F
MB: MSI B460M-A PRO
Memory: 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4
GPU: 2GB Nvidia Geforce GT 1030
Storage Drive 1: 256GB Samsung 860 EVO SSD
Storage Drives 2: 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA3
Storage Drives 3: 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA3
PSU: Corsair 550W
O/S: I intend to install Win 10 Pro 64bit
Questions:
I hope you are all stay safe and well.
My apologies for the long post, but I felt that the more information I can give, and what I'm trying to achieve, the easier it would be for you to advise me on upgrading/replacing my ageing pc.
The new pc will mainly be used for editing video, photos and music. With this in mind, I'm considering the latest versions of Premiere Elements and Photoshop Elements. My logic is (rightly or wrongly), that the UI for both would be similar in their layout, and somewhat familiar, as I used Photoshop Elements 5 many years ago. Not having done any editing for some considerable time, I'm expecting quite a steep learning curve, not that that will be an issue, as I have now retired and have more time on my hands.
As far as video and photo editing are concerned, I'm not looking to be performing “professional level” editing. With video editing I'd be looking to trim videos, add transitions/captions/titles, add music track(s) etc. With regards to photo editing, I'm looking to remove red eye, remove skin blemishes, add/remove backgrounds, remove unwanted objects, adjust colours, contrast etc. That said, I'm sure I will look for greater improvements as I become more familiar with each programme and what can be achieved with it.
I've been doing a little research and found the system below as being a “budget” spec system for video editing, to which I added a 2nd Seagate 1TB HDD. My budget is £500 - £700
Processor: Intel i5-9400F
MB: MSI B460M-A PRO
Memory: 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4
GPU: 2GB Nvidia Geforce GT 1030
Storage Drive 1: 256GB Samsung 860 EVO SSD
Storage Drives 2: 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA3
Storage Drives 3: 1TB Seagate Barracuda SATA3
PSU: Corsair 550W
O/S: I intend to install Win 10 Pro 64bit
Questions:
- Do I need the level of spec in the system above, considering what my photo and video editing requirement are?
- Storage Drive 1: Do I go for a 2.5” standard drive bay SSD model, or do I go with M.2? What are the advantages/disadvantages?
- Storage Drives 2&3: Is it possible for each drive to be mirror copies of one another, so in the event of a HDD failure my data would be safe on the mirrored drive, and how would I go about setting that up?
- Given what I'm trying to achieve, should I be looking at other photo and video editing software?