drive priority for adobe premiere with 3 ssd and 1 sata

Is it better to edit in Premiere with an Uncompressed file, or a Lossless Codec? :p Color fidelity and image sharpness, especially during high-motion periods, are particular concerns for me.Įxamples of problem codecs I’ve read about are x264 (many, many issues) and Lagarith Lossless (choppy/laggy playback). Which is horribly useless and subjective, I know, but maybe you still get what I’m saying. However, my true concern is image fidelity/quality, so I’m open to ‘lossy’ options as long as they don’t, like, ‘look’ lossy. I’m looking for options that are as lossless as possible (preferably true lossless) because I will be doing a lot of tinkering and editing with the material and would like to keep the highest quality possible during the editing period. Can anyone recommend “safe” codecs that PP will handle smoothly during extensive editing projects? I’ve read a lot of grief about people trying to import this-or-that file/encode type into PP only to have blackscreens, desync’d audio, ultra-choppy playback, etc. What Lossless/high-fidelity codecs are recommended for working with PP?

HDDs to be determined based on a final understanding of PP data principles I’ll do what is appropriate to minimize or eliminate I/O conflicts in the workflow.

2 SSDs, 1 for OS/programs & 1 for Media Cache/Scratchdisks.

Two SLI GeForce 780ti, 3GB VRAM (6GB VRAM, if rumours of that upcoming release are true) (CUDA benchmark example here).

i7 4770K 4.2-4.5 GHz (depending on OC’ing luck) (quadcore hyperthreaded CPU).

Adobe CC workflow (can’t beat $30/mo :p).

System reference (since this is probably important for answering some of these)

I’m hoping someone can just give me the straight dope about some basic stuff. So, I have done a lot of Google’ing and ended up with a lot of conflicting / confusing information about what does and does not work in PP. And to do that I’m trying to sort out what my best creative workflow should be, and work backward from there to the correct storage and bandwidth requirements.

To that end, I’m trying to learn as much about Premiere editing before building as possible, to reduce HW regrets later (under or overpowering).

My last major stumbling point is sorting out what my storage structure should be. Hi guys! I am currently building myself a new PC (been saving up forever) so I can finally get into editing in a serious way after years of being held back by a low-performance system.

Drive priority for adobe premiere with 3 ssd and 1 sata