What is needed to edit/render vidoes

I need info so that I can edit and render videos faster. I currently have 16gb 2666mhz of RAM and a i7 8850h processor clocked at 4.4ghz/6 cores, with a Nvidia 1080. To edit/render videos do I need more RAM or faster RAM, and how about the HD space. Will SSD help with editing/rendering videos.
I planning to use Vegas Pro. Specs of my laptop are below.

I have a AORUS X7 DT v8
i7-8850H
16gb of 2666mhz DDR4
Nvidia 1080
2tb 2.5 inch HD 5400rpm, 2tb SSD m.2
17.3" IPS FHD 1920x1080 144Hz

 

how are you running 4.4GHz?

In any event, using an NVME ssd will definitely be faster than a 5400rpm hard drive. Other than that, it depends on your work load. Some high resolution projects may demand more than 16GB of RAM, but you may not need that much, so it doesn't equate to faster performance automatically. I also don't know if your laptop supports RAM faster than 2666MHz.

 

The processor is slightly overclockable with intel extreme utility

 

the 8850h has few free bins.

@yosv211
Video rendering is mostly CPU intensive, there isn't much you can do. Only thing you could to to improve is getting a desktop.

 

Kinda hard to do on a semi truck. And I dont like desktops, I have been pure laptop person for over 9 years now.

 

Then I'm afraid u'll have to live with what you got. Only way to improve is to get a proper CPU, which notebooks simply cannot offer.

 

I'm not complaining with what I have, a i7 8850h is still very good processor running at 4.4ghz. I'll just add another 16gb of RAM.

 

Wonn't do you much if anything.

Sadly rendering is 99.9999% CPU. Except for very few instances of 3drendering where quadro cards are being used properly.

 

Could you post Cinebench R15 results from your 4.4GHz overclock on all cores? Thanks.

 

a bit of misinformation. Most modern video editing utilities offer GPU accelerated rendering. If he is doing 4k videos with color correction, there is a chance he is using more than 16GB as well. Additionally, By using two SSDs instead of one you can usually shave a few minutes off of export times.

 

The thing is the GPU doesn't mean much, as long it has enough Cuda cores, a 1080 won't much faster than a 1050 for instance. But yeah, a dGPU can improve rendering times on 4k footage, while certain effects are more demanding and could shave off a little amount of time, for most people there won't be a difference.

I don't think raid will make a difference, since the SSD won't be a bottleneck. You won't render faster than the SSD can write.

 

you can render faster than an ssd can read and write at the same time, especially a sata one. I have a 8750h and have done several tests on this. Can do another later if interested (one nvme ssd for everything vs one nvme plus one sata ssd).