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Hi all - the Premiere Elements 15 system requirements say:
Intel Core i7 required for XAVC-S
Does this mean that with the following Core i5 I will just be slow or that it will not process?
Intel Core i5-6402P
16Gb DDR4 @ 2133MHz
250Gb SSD
Win10 Home
I don't understand why a lack of hyperthreading would kill this dead rather than just making it run slower... and what does that mean as a requirement anyway? Required to read mp4? Required to output in mp4?
I'd appreciate a quick reply as I still have the chance to change the system spec if I act quickly. Thank you so much!
-Mike
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My understanding, which is not always reliable, is that XAVC-S is related to and needed for 4K editing. I don't think it comes into the workflow with 1080p.
I had an i5 computer like that until I broke it! It worked well enough for 1080p It did not work at all well with 4K. 4K needs an i7, plenty of RAM and a fast disk. I doubt that any editing system for 4K would work well without a relatively speedy i7.
Good luck!
Bill
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Thanks Bill - good to know!
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I always recommend that people use the excellent benchmark tests at PassMark to determine the power of their processor.
In my books, I recommend a rating of 8000 or higher for editing 4k video. Your processor rates 7600, so you should be in pretty good shape for basic editing with 4K -- but margin for more intensive editing of larger 4K projects.
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Thanks Steve - the CPU is clocked from 2.8GHz to 3.4GHz so I assume it'll end up over that threshold. Thanks for your help with this one.