Processors and what version of Resolve for a 10 year old PC

Hello,

Am new here, but not totally new to editing as I've used 2 other editors (NLE) and cut my teeth in the late 80's on tape (Sony BVE 900/3/4" format linear editor) so understand the basics at least of editing.

That said, I was using another editor that got bought out and recently the forums were shut down and now am needing to move on and am thinking of DaVinci Resolve and am currently looking to build, preferably a new PC as the one I have now is getting really long in the tooth.

Research is saying to use the Core i7 or its Ryzen counterparts for the CPU, but some Creators on YouTube are saying you can get by with a Core i5 (13th gen in some cases). The CPU I am looking at is the 12th gen, 12700 Core i7 processor, with cooling fan, MB is the Gigabyte Z790 ATX Arous Elite AX with 32GB of DDR5 memory and the Nvidia RTX 3050 with 8GB VRAM. Would this be adequate for a later or the latest version of Resolve (editing in 1080P, and eventually will move to 2, or 4K).

Also curious, is there an older version that will work OK in 1080P, for now of Resolve for a 10 year Dell Optiplex SFF with a Core i5 (4570, 4th gen) processor, 16GB RAM and a punky but equally as old Nvidia Geforce GT 610 graphics card at 1G on it to begin to explore around the software until I can make the upgrade, of which I'm in the middle of researching?

Thanks!

Any 8 GB GPU will not be fully up to 4K, but fine with HD. For future proofing, get at least 12 GB.

Regarding your current machine, you could try version 15 (scroll down on the support page) and keep the timeline resolution at 1280x720. But I doubt it’ll be a smooth experience (if it works at all).

Thanks!

I only ask as the info can be conflicting and am aware that Davinci relies more on the GPU than most other editors do but am also trying to keep the budget reasonable, and yet still be beefy enough to move up. Tried to move up on the current box, but the graphics card I had bought ended up not working as one, it does not physically fit due to the SFF. Two, the 12V rail is at best 14A, the card, the GT 760 at 2G would have preferred to see 20A so am stuck, for now.

Mind you, I'd be doing the free version to start with and realize it won't utilize the graphics card as much as the paid version.

I don't even think a 760 is supported by the latest versions of Resolve.

One thing. If you get an I7 spend the extra $30 and get the version with the IGPU. F chips don't have the media decoder. At least I don't think so.

The media decoder will decode some otherwise challenging files.

I don't even think a 760 is supported by the latest versions of Resolve.

One thing. If you get an I7 spend the extra $30 and get the version with the IGPU. F chips don't have the media decoder. At least I don't think so.

The media decoder will decode some otherwise challenging files.

Thank you for that I will look into it. BTW, the 760 had to go back as one it didn't work on my old PC anyway, could only output video on the DVI-D port, the old VGA port was not seeing any video and it physically would not fit anyway.

I figured it would probably buy time until I could get an all new PC, but that was before I discovered the problems with my current editor that was recently bought out and now have to switch software.

To use the GTX 760 with CUDA you will need Resolve 16.2.6 or earlier. After that the supported CUDA version changed from 10 to 11, which the GTX 760 does not support.

I recommend upgrading that 8GB 3050 to a 12GB 3060.