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Intel vs AMD for light video editing
September 5, 2022 at
10:27 AM
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I'm in need of a new laptop and I'm trying to determine whether there is an advantage between Intel and AMD for my use case.
A lot of the work I do is completely web-based publishing work that doesn't necessarily require the latest and greatest specs, but I do have a tendency to have a lot of tabs open (and often multiple browsers -- like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and sometimes also Opera and/or Vivaldi). I don't exaggerate when I say that I sometimes have 100-200 tabs open at once (bad habit, I know, but as they say about bad habits, hard to break).
The one semi-resource-intensive thing I do is some light video editing. I use Cyberlink Power Director to stitch together mp4 video files with wav audio files and add some titles and maybe some transitions here and there. Producing some of those videos does take some resources (I have to do one such video weekly that is about an hour long and it takes about 30 minutes to produce with my current computer, specs referenced below).
I'm looking to go as light and thin as possible while still having the guts to handle the video editing (and preferably a screen that I won't mind watching a movie on now and then). Great battery life is a big plus. I'm more concerned with figuring out what would handle it best and then finding a deal on that than I am with setting a specific budget, so my question isn't really about what deal is best as much as what specs would suffice.
My main question is whether I should be considering any difference between AMD and Intel for my use case. I've always had Intel machines and my last couple of computers have had dedicated graphics cards rather than integrated, though obviously thin and light and long-lasting battery life tend to lean toward integrated graphics.
Current specs:
-Intel Core i7-10510U (10th gen) CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz
-16GB DDR4 RAM
-512 GB SSD
-NVIDIA GeForce MX330 (2 GB RAM)
I've tentatively ordered this:
https://www.costco.com/asus-14%22...21074.h tml
But I'm wondering whether I'd be just as well off with something that has one of the latest chips and integrated graphics (whether AMD or Intel?).
My reason for replacing is that my HP Sceptre seems to have a faulty Flex cable (screen is black with some rainbow bars on the left; if I press in just the right spot at the bottom, the screen works fine and if I am plugged into an external monitor (as I am right now as I type this), it's fine. But I brought it to a few repair shops that said they couldn't get the parts and that even a full new screen (which they all seemed to agree I didn't need) wouldn't come with that flex cable. Trying to fix via HP means mailing it to uBreakiFix. I've had a bad past experience with them and at this point I'd rather keep this as a desktop and buy something else, particularly because I have some upcoming travel and can't have it stop working during the trip.
Anyway, happy to hear any advice in terms of Intel vs AMD and integrated vs dedicated for my limited video editing needs.
A lot of the work I do is completely web-based publishing work that doesn't necessarily require the latest and greatest specs, but I do have a tendency to have a lot of tabs open (and often multiple browsers -- like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and sometimes also Opera and/or Vivaldi). I don't exaggerate when I say that I sometimes have 100-200 tabs open at once (bad habit, I know, but as they say about bad habits, hard to break).
The one semi-resource-intensive thing I do is some light video editing. I use Cyberlink Power Director to stitch together mp4 video files with wav audio files and add some titles and maybe some transitions here and there. Producing some of those videos does take some resources (I have to do one such video weekly that is about an hour long and it takes about 30 minutes to produce with my current computer, specs referenced below).
I'm looking to go as light and thin as possible while still having the guts to handle the video editing (and preferably a screen that I won't mind watching a movie on now and then). Great battery life is a big plus. I'm more concerned with figuring out what would handle it best and then finding a deal on that than I am with setting a specific budget, so my question isn't really about what deal is best as much as what specs would suffice.
My main question is whether I should be considering any difference between AMD and Intel for my use case. I've always had Intel machines and my last couple of computers have had dedicated graphics cards rather than integrated, though obviously thin and light and long-lasting battery life tend to lean toward integrated graphics.
Current specs:
-Intel Core i7-10510U (10th gen) CPU @ 1.80GHz 2.30 GHz
-16GB DDR4 RAM
-512 GB SSD
-NVIDIA GeForce MX330 (2 GB RAM)
I've tentatively ordered this:
https://www.costco.com/asus-14%22...21074.h
But I'm wondering whether I'd be just as well off with something that has one of the latest chips and integrated graphics (whether AMD or Intel?).
My reason for replacing is that my HP Sceptre seems to have a faulty Flex cable (screen is black with some rainbow bars on the left; if I press in just the right spot at the bottom, the screen works fine and if I am plugged into an external monitor (as I am right now as I type this), it's fine. But I brought it to a few repair shops that said they couldn't get the parts and that even a full new screen (which they all seemed to agree I didn't need) wouldn't come with that flex cable. Trying to fix via HP means mailing it to uBreakiFix. I've had a bad past experience with them and at this point I'd rather keep this as a desktop and buy something else, particularly because I have some upcoming travel and can't have it stop working during the trip.
Anyway, happy to hear any advice in terms of Intel vs AMD and integrated vs dedicated for my limited video editing needs.
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https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/com..._i7_10510
Looks like you are moving up a little but not that much
I found this at the Dell outlet 16" monitor 32 Gb RAM 6Gb video card for
just over a grand you will give up some battery life but will be moving up in the RAM category for all of your tabs
https://www.dell.com/en-us/dfh/sh...-deals-dfh
Price is close and you could trade in an old laptop to lower the price very light and great battery overall.
I actually own one that i purchased for travelling. It uses the S Pen which helps keep the touch screen clean!
https://www.samsung.com/us/comput...0XED-KA1US
they have both 13.3 and 15.6" models with 16GB RAM and 512 SSD.