FabSwingers.com forum: Computer advice re memory

By *sm OP Couple
over a year ago

Liskeard

Ok I have the usual side hustles with porn sites. Earning some nice cash. I have a dedicated laptop for this. But ! It struggles to process the clips .

I need to be able to run editing software and to change the format and my current one can't handle it..

Whats the easiest solution?

In non techy language if possible . Thank you ??

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By *ecadent_DevonMan
over a year ago

Okehampton

What editing software are you using?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's really going to depend on the laptop, how old it is and whether it has the capacity to be upgraded.

Laptops tend to be less capable of running as high levels of memory as desktops and a lot of them don't have expansion slots to be able to add more.

For example, my current laptop, is only about 3 years old, has 4GB of RAM and is not upgradeable, but it can handle Adobe Premiere (though I'm running a fairly old version now) and HD media.

My desktop, on the other hand, I purpose built for producing 4K video, has 32GB of RAM and a AMD Ryzen processor and I use DaVinci resolve on it.

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By *thfloorCouple
over a year ago

Hove

"I need to be able to run editing software and to change the format and my current one can't handle it..

Whats the easiest solution?

In non techy language if possible . Thank you ??"

If you're editing/rendering videos then your CPU is likely to be the biggest bottleneck, with memory after that. If it's a laptop then unfortunately it's not really possible to upgrade the CPU, and upgrading the memory is often difficult to do also. Your best bet would be to get a new laptop as you'll get more bang for your buck than trying to upgrade. Any midrange new laptop (a decent brand like Dell or HP) should be able to do this without issue

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

In addition, does it have an ssd drive? That will make a difference. Like others have said though, really depends on age of the laptop. Also there are a few tweaks to speed up Windows. Youtube guides are available to do this as no room here!

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

Laptops & off the shelf PC are not designed for editing video , get a Mac or a custom built PC.

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"It's really going to depend on the laptop, how old it is and whether it has the capacity to be upgraded.

Laptops tend to be less capable of running as high levels of memory as desktops and a lot of them don't have expansion slots to be able to add more.

For example, my current laptop, is only about 3 years old, has 4GB of RAM and is not upgradeable, but it can handle Adobe Premiere (though I'm running a fairly old version now) and HD media.

My desktop, on the other hand, I purpose built for producing 4K video, has 32GB of RAM and a AMD Ryzen processor and I use DaVinci resolve on it."

this is what you need , 32Gb. Plus with a desktop you can usually for extra redundant fans pointing at the CPU , running that on a laptop it will cook.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Something else to bear in mind, if considering replacing the laptop, is that the market has got a lot more confusing in recent years, thanks in no small part to the success of the ipad, in that there are a lot of products out there that are little more than web browsers with no RAM to speak of and a paltry 32GB or 64GB of storage. It really has become something of a minefield

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Doing it off a laptop can be problematic, I use Adobe premiere and final cut on my 2015 iMac and it takes a while when processing but to get stuff ready for OF or anything like wouldn’t take forever half hour max or you have done something wrong, my iMac cost me 500 quid and yes it’s not portable like a laptop but it saves all the not powerful enough headaches

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By *hedark_knightMan
over a year ago

Edinburgh

New laptop or desktop might be your best bet. Laptops typically aren’t always the easiest to upgrade. You could maybe update the RAM but that might not yield the results you’re after. As someone suggested looking down the Apple route might be your best bet.

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By *thfloorCouple
over a year ago

Hove

Just to chime in on the Apple topic, if all you want to do is to change the format of your video, and you're not producing high resolution (e.g. 4k) content or doing other complicated editing work (i.e. you're mostly just changing the format of your video), then you don't need a high spec PC/laptop or Apple hardware. Yes it might take a few more minutes to complete the task with a new average spec machine, but the savings are worth it. Apple hardware is massively overpriced and not worth it in this case (it's overkill), and you might not even need to use full video editing software if all you want to do is change format - there's dedicated conversion programs out there that could do the conversion with less demand on your hardware.

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford

My advice is to keep and use the laptop for other stuff, As for editing buy a cheap pc.

It wont grind to a halt or slow down as much like the laptop does.

Whilst a laptop cant be upgraded a pc base unit can and you can do alot more than video editing on it.

most base units will connect to the lcd screen

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Without knowing the platform your uploading to and don’t say as it’s against the rules

Really hard to recommend specs as

Most get killed in comparison anyway

If your just doing 1080p I will give you two grate places

That’s been hidden buy the YouTube tech community for years

Laptopsdirect refurbished game pcs

Refurbished Punch Technology MG120 Ryzen 5 5600G 16GB 500GB SSD

bargainhardware is a LLT staple off old data center and server stuff for workstations and such

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Turn it off then on again

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just to chime in on the Apple topic, if all you want to do is to change the format of your video, and you're not producing high resolution (e.g. 4k) content or doing other complicated editing work (i.e. you're mostly just changing the format of your video), then you don't need a high spec PC/laptop or Apple hardware. Yes it might take a few more minutes to complete the task with a new average spec machine, but the savings are worth it. Apple hardware is massively overpriced and not worth it in this case (it's overkill), and you might not even need to use full video editing software if all you want to do is change format - there's dedicated conversion programs out there that could do the conversion with less demand on your hardware."

500 quid for a pic is not overpriced and even the free editing software you can get on a Mac saves valuable time and is easy to use, I have mine because it’s a tool that saves me time, my time is worth a lot to me, it’s an easy decision

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