# Help me spce out a PC to run Adobe Premier and After Effects **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-spce-out-a-pc-to-run-adobe-premier-and-after-effects/621630 "2012-05-11T17:54:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-spce-out-a-pc-to-run-adobe-premier-and-after-effects/621630/1 "2012-05-11T17:54:47Z")
EDIT: Ack! Title meant to say “spec out a PC”… I need to build a PC for someone that is primarily meant to do heavy duty video processing. This machine is meant to be a powerhouse for video processing although, that said, not insanely so (price still matters). I am having a hard time determining where to focus though. - CPU? Lot of cores and fast? Dual core ok? - Video Card? An Nvidia CUDA card and if so which one? SLI? What is important here? - RAM? Lots and lots of it? Really fast RAM or more normal RAM? - Storage? Lots to be sure but is fast worth the money or just any-old hard drive? This will be a Windows machine. Don’t bother pointing me to a Mac solution. Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-spce-out-a-pc-to-run-adobe-premier-and-after-effects/621630/2 "2012-05-11T20:31:58Z")
FWIW I am not looking for someone to give me a full-blown parts list. More I am looking for a discussion on which parts are more important and should be focused on when making decisions on where money is best spent.