Hello,

I work as a graphist and video editor. Back in 2017, my company gave me a limited budget to build my workstation and I could put together the following configuration :

- intel i5-7400 CPU @ 3Ghz

- GTX 1050 Ti GPU with 4Go video RAM

- 8Go DDR4 RAM @ 2400Mhz (2 x 4Go) Ballistix Sport (PC4-19200) CL16

- MSI B250M BAZOOKA Socket 1151 - Chipset B250 Kabylake motherboard

The PSU is an unreliable piece of crap relic, I won't even mention it as it is doomed to be changed urgently whatever else I do.

It was fine for years, but now, rendering complex videos takes me litteral hours with very limited real-time rendering possibilities to work whenever I thow in some effects layers and After Effets compositions. I cannot even have Premiere Pro an After Effect opened at the same time. The task manager performance tab kinda confirms everything is a bottleneck at this point.

My boss agrees to an upgrade or a complete overhaul, I suspect the budget won't go over 1000 $ but I don't know which way to go about it.

- Would you upgrade some of the components or change it all ? I feel 1151 socket will make me pay overpriced last-gen PCU if I upgrade, but a new MB isn't cheap either. Also, I don't know if the RAM is crap now or I can just complete it with another 8Go kit. As for the GPU, is there good options these days for video editing that would make my life easier ?

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Thank you very much for any input or help !