Video Editor's Review Of The Dell Precision 5680 - Best PC Laptop For Editing Video in 2024

The Dell Precision 5680 is one of the best PC laptops that I’ve ever used for video editing! I’m gonna be reviewing this laptop from the perspective of a video editor, so if you are someone that is looking for a powerful video editing laptop and you have a healthy budget, keep watching!
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0:29 Comparing To The XPS 15 and 17
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[@BrendanYoungMusic]

I'm a Media Production Lead for a large property management company, and I'm using a XPS 15 with the Core i9 processor, and it handles everything we've thrown at it flawlessly, even 4k without using proxies :) so yes, people, the Intel i9 works great for editing. You just need to make sure you have enough RAM

[@MrPeterJMilner]

Hey Matt, I am long term follower of you and use your settings in both my A7SIII's. I recently bought an XPS17 9730 from 2023, it is a 13 Gen i9 with 64Gb Ram, 2Tb NVME and a second 8Tb NVME (yes, it does work). I really didn't want a 16" or smaller screen, particularly for editing. What I do is use a separate Uperfect O OLED 15.6" portable monitor as a preview for grading as its accuracy is second to none in the world of portable monitors. I also have a second Uperfect UFilm A17 true 4K 15.6" portable monitor as a media bin on the left side. I also use a Loupedeck CT. This is my mobile editing studio. Take care, Peter.

[@David-Dumont]

GJ. But is the new deck material better or worse compared to previous carbon fiber waved deck?

[@agiverreviga4592]

The trackpad click intensity can be changed in the settings. The default is 50% I believe which indeed is weak, but 100% is good enough.

[@memorylaneprocductionsllc]

Hi Matt, I'm not computer savvy so your videos are such a huge help for me, so thank you. The link you for this computer you provided only has a 512 GB. Is this the correct amount your suggesting? I ask because most of your videos in the past always recommends upgrading to around 1TB of storage. Just curious as I'm shopping for a laptop and thinking about purchasing the one you remember here. Thanks.

[@whoismatt]

If you have the budget I would go with 1TB, but 512GB is okay as long as you edit from an external SSD or expand the storage later yourself.

[@cfldriven]

This is my employer's edit machine, and while it has no issues editing HD and 4K my issue is with the hardware. No USB A port, only 3 USB C, no numeric pad, no separated home/f11 and end/f12 keys. Personally, I don't not consider this laptop video editing hardware ready. With the add on of a Dell media dock and Dell U3223QE monitor I can work quickly, but this is not the laptop I would have bought for my own projects.

[@ChukkieB0Y]

What would you have bought

[@cfldriven]

@@ChukkieB0Y In the laptop world the Puget Systems Mobile Workstation for Premiere Pro.

[@cinemakinglive]

Interesting review Dells in general All have battery problems, they do perform well.

[@InspectorZiak-b8d]

Hi kind of beginner of making content on KZbin do you think it's good for editing bit more medium videos on dell latitude 5400 i5 8th generation 16gb ram ddr4 256gb ssd what do you think of it

[@Amit.Shrestha]

I m pickin m2 pro 12core cpu 1tb ssd 16gb ram in 2024 what about you

[@IqraaFamilyProduction]

Great review 😊. Looking forward to get an XPS .

[@HDRPC]

Sir, please bring Intel Core Ultra laptops like Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i 2024, DELL XPS 14/16 2024, etc, etc.

[@monicam8408]

It's amazing how the Mac fanbois flock to Windows reviews. Good review, thank you.

[@sisyphos-or2lx]

I love your videos Matt but have to be honest on this one. Even you trying cannot hide that for video editors the best advise is to switch to Mac. I finally did it after 20 years and will never look back to the bad noise, heat, battery performance. I don’t know what you get from Dell but this review takes some credibility from your other product reviews. No offense, just wanted to be honest with my thoughts and feelings. Cheers mate

[@whoismatt]

Thanks for the feedback! Macs are great, but I made this review because there are a surprisingly large group of editors out there on windows that don’t want to switch to Mac, and if they want a laptop, I think this is one of the best options on the Windows side of things.

[@johnhpalmer6098]

@@whoismatt Agree. I'm not a Mac guy, far from it, and recently picked up a used 2018 Dell Latitude laptop, while not as beefy as the Precision, it's a workstation grade laptop, though it has the 8th gen Core i5, 4 cores, 8 threads processor. Have not tried it with Davinci Resolve 16 on it yet. Be interesting if I can do basic stuff with it. As is, it's been fairly good. Sadly, it's SATA only, but is the 2n1 as it can double as a tablet when needed.

[@sharp_focus]

For the same price you can get the Apple - MacBook Pro 14" Laptop - M3 Pro chip - 18GB Memory - 18-core GPU - 1TB SSD

[@BrendanYoungMusic]

14 inches is WAYYYYY too small to even consider editing on, though

[@russellwright9961]

@@BrendanYoungMusic Right!

[@whoismatt]

Yes you could, but I know there are people that don’t want to edit on a Mac, which is why I made this review. 😊

[@himanshuthakker7087]

I am Revit user. So no options to go for Mac. And this looks best.

[@engineerrehman6821]

A laptop with no full keyboard

[@sutv6754]

Matt I have to laugh at this review. I bought the Dell Mobile Precision Workstation 7670 CTOG about 3 months ago loaded. It was a dog for video editing. I put the 3rd super fast SSD in as well. I am experienced in setting up a work station. When I called over and over the top tear expensive tech support (which were basically people who googled your concerns while on the phone with me} When I reported the computer, they wanted to send a guy to my house and I said great. The guy call me and said Save yourself, return it. He said if he came then it turns into a circus. Just send it back and run. He told me That these machines in the precision line up are junk and that is all he does 6 days a week is try and fix them. Dell in 2023 was nightmare and I'll never buy another Dell. This Co. is dead in the water across the board. I never bought a mac before as a professional video editor. After the dell, I bought the Leveno 9i rtx 4090 also did not cut it at all video editing wise, it was just OKt but even the upgraded screen was not all that. After 3 PC laptops I tried a the macbook m2 pro max. Night and Day difference. Don't get me wrong Matt I spend a lot of time on your channel and I have learned so much from it and you. That being said I have to wonder about you and this claim comparing the mac to pc for video editing. I speak from experience galore that they are not even close. Please video editors read below, this which I posted last week. Run from PC when it comes to video editing. VIDEO EDITORS READ THIS: After buying 3 windows laptops in the last 6 months for video editing I landed on MacBook pro max with 48GB ram. I bought the $4000 dollar Dell precision which I returned as it was a dog and riddled with problems. Then I bought 2 Lenovo's both loaded with 64gb of ram, one with the RTX4080 and one with the RTX4090. Sent them both back. I thought if I'm going to spend this kind of doe, I better be in video editing heaven. It was far from it heartbroken and in disbelief. No way I thought I am giving up. I'm going to try one more time and I ordered a Mac M2 pro max refurbished. I never wanted to learned a new system (is was easy), but I thought what the hell, give it a try. It was the best decision I ever made as using this MacBook was indeed editing heaven. NIGHT and DAY. I was so blown away I ordered the M3 max and I had them both together for 2 weeks. I was a madman studying and testing and figured out MEMORY PRESSURE on my own with the help of tech support and other videos. I had to figure it out on my own. The M2 had 64GB of Ram as opposed to the M3 with 48GB. Performance wise I found the M2 to do very well and similar to the M3 performance. With the M3 for a number of reasons the Max version is a much. Both kicking butt. I ended up sending the M2 back and there is no comparison to windows. A joke in my mind. The very top of the line windows laptop cannot even sit in the same room as a MacBook Pro max. I am very experienced and took the time for a decade or more trying to find the ultimate editing station. For video editing (I never game) If you hear KZbinrs trying to say differently, they are BS ing and most likely self serving. I am far far from a Mac fan boy. Just telling you the experience I had. I took all this time to write this to help some poor Bast__d like me avoid the 6 month nightmare I endured. But in the end I won. :)

[@sisyphos-or2lx]

Have to agree on this comment 100%. Tried different Win Laptops including Dells best and noise, heat, battery is a nightmare. Then finally after 20years switched to Mac. I don’t like the system software for a lot of things but hardware is just unbeatable. And honestly I thinks Matt knows it too and you can hear it between his words. This review still takes his credibility and it’s sad that it makes me not trust his other reviews anymore

[@sutv6754]

@@sisyphos-or2lx Well its not only Matt. My experience with this over the last 6 months is that often we cannot rely on our big channels with out most beloved hosts. Other channels I've learned and lived on have said crazy things too. For once in my life I did it right. I returned 3..., 4 grand plus laptops and that took a solid 3 months. I am pro and I do have lots of experience. A WINDOWS MACHINE CANNOT compete when it comes to video editing. I have a major Windows i9 desktop and it's a joke compared to this Macbook I have. I feel like I out smarted the powers that be. :). Notice Matt has not responded, WHY? because he's a good biz man and he knows to just leave it alone and most likely won't see these posts. . But yes of course he knows and he's looking after his family. Hallelujah. Reviews can not be trusted on face value. Thanks for the comment @sisyphos

[@sisyphos-or2lx]

@@sutv6754 yep I understand all that. appreciate your comment too! all the best for you :)

[@sutv6754]

@@sisyphos-or2lx so true, there are many little things that drive me crazy about Mac software. And in someways, I miss windows for those things. But it’s not even a question if you’re editing video you’ll live with that. Because the performance is night night night and day. I’ve had the machine several months now and it still blows my mind on a daily basis. And all that nonsense with windows and the 3SSD workflow. OMG, not on my Mac doesn’t care about that

[@vladimirtalijan]

Windows PCs still exist? :)

[@edwinfcapidos]

Yup. It's being used in Apple production line.

[@hadid90]

i would not recommend an intel cpu .. sorry

[@jordanbey870]

Too much money for a laptop..a technology any phone has today..

[@BrendanYoungMusic]

Clearly you're not a Media professional 😂

[@russellwright9961]

@@BrendanYoungMusic 🤣

[@sukeyd.artist]

Hi, I'm looking for a laptop that I can render using drawing apps like Photoshop, play games like Sims4 and edit my KZbin videos. 🥹 Can someone please help me.