"Puget Systems" är företag som specialiserat sig på att sälja arbetsstationer, bl.a. till Adobes produktportfölj. Detta är var de säger om det optimala systemet för Premier Pro
"Q: Does having more CPU cores improve Premiere Pro performance? Should I get a dual Xeon system?
A: Premiere Pro does a decent job at utilizing multiple CPU cores, but there is a steep drop in performance gain after around 8-10 CPU cores. In the past, using a dual Xeon workstation with multiple CPUs made sense as that was the only way to get more than a handful of CPU cores but today you can hit near maximum performance in Premiere Pro with just a single 10-core Intel CPU. In fact, due to the extra overhead associated with having multiple physical CPUs, a dual Xeon system will be slow in most cases than even a cheaper single CPU workstation."
Huvudpunkten att ta med sig här: fler än 8-10 kärnor är meningslöst. Vilket man också kan se i deras test av Skylake-X och ThreadRipper i just Premier Pro.
Beroende på exakt vad du upplever som största flaskhals är det kanske inte alls en SKL-X du bör skaffa utan i7-8700K. Senaste inkarnationen av Adobes produktportfölj har fått relativt bra GPGPU-stöd, något som än mer än tidigare lägger vikten på hög enkeltrådprestanda då det som skalar väl med trådar normalt körs på en GPU. Kvar för CPU blir då de saker som kräver maximal prestanda på få kärnor.
Detta är vad Puget Systems säger om i7-8700K som CPU för för Premier Pro
"An additional consideration is the fact that these CPUs are limited to 64GB of RAM. That is plenty for 1080p or 4K footage, but if you are a professional that is planning to use 6K or 8K footage in the future then 64GB is likely not enough. This RAM limitation is the main reason we would not recommend these CPUs to most video editing professionals, but for more of a hobbyist or those just dabbling in Premiere Pro, the Core i7 8700K would be an excellent choice."
Och rent generellt då antalet kärnor blivit en digital längdpissartävling är det väldigt viktigt att förstå sitt egen användarfall, då detta blir allt mer sant:
"This is the unfortunate reality as we get into higher and higher core counts - most software out there is not able to effectively utilize a high number of CPU cores. Since a higher core count typically means lower operating frequencies, this unfortunately doesn't even mean that you simply are not getting your money's worth, but rather that you are actually getting worse performance than if you had purchased a less expensive CPU. As a workstation provider we have had to deal with this for years on dual and quad Xeon systems, but this is now something that has to be taken into account by a much broader range of users."
