Good cpu for hd editing?

Birdman7 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 07:18 PM

I just bought a sony sr11 and was going to put together a computer for video editing. I was curious which processor would be best for editing hd videos and watching them. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Alan Mills · #2 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 07:49 PM

For what its worth Adobe have these system requirements for Premiere Pro CS4

2GHz or faster processor for DV; 3.4GHz for HDV; dual 2.8GHz for HD

Birdman7 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 08:17 PM

That actually helps a lot because I plan on using Premiere Pro. Do either of these sound like a good fit. Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 or Intel Core i7 -965 Extreme Edition.

Mark W · #4 (**permalink**) 01-06-2009, 08:43 PM

Given that thay are both amongst the fastest cpus money can buy - the latter probably is the fastest - thay will be just fine.

Bill_FL · #5 (**permalink**) 01-08-2009, 10:08 AM

I just bought an HP quad core 2.5Ghz with 8GB of ram. IT handles HD video editing very well. I also splurged and got the HP 24" wide screen HD monitor.

Alan Mills · #6 (**permalink**) 01-09-2009, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by Bill_FL

I just bought an HP quad core 2.5Ghz with 8GB of ram. IT handles HD video editing very well. I also splurged and got the HP 24" wide screen HD monitor.

not attacked HD but my new 8Gb quad core (4 x 2.83) can edit HDV in realt time i.e. no delay oin scrubbing and playback. And in my early tests I can export using the mpeg blu ray setting in better than real time. I was well impressed. Possibly a false test though as I'll not actually be using that preset.