Hardware For Video Editing Software Fully Support

These video editing builds are based on the components weve recommended for our best workstation computer builds, but weve modified them in key areas to optimize the builds specifically for video editing.

Further, the hardware must also be either reviewed by us or highly regarded by the computer hardware community to ensure that your video editing computer will not only be top performing, but is also the best value as well.

Also keep in mind that this build guide is for reference only as hardware pricing and availability may change.

We also highly recommend doing your own research and asking questions in the community forums so you can further customize each build to perfectly suit your needs.

The idea behind this build is something for people who want to simply add some transitions, add a few titles, do a voiceover, and render the video rather than those wholl be spending most of their time in After Effects working on motion graphics.

The mid-range has plenty of power for video editing and will suit both those who need something for basic edits along with those who want to work with motion graphics, effects, color correction, and more.

The reason for this is because graphics compute such as Nvidia CUDA or OpenCL didnt really become very mainstream until just several years ago.

Hardware For Video Editing Software Fully Support

As such, all video editing software fully support every function on the CPU, but with the GPU, some software only support a certain functionality such as just rendering or just previewing, or oftentimes GPU acceleration can be very buggy and unstable.

Because of this, if you had to choose one, always favor the CPU a bit more.

As video editing is heavily multi-threaded, either option is very good although you may find that the AMD Ryzen mid-range builds can outperform Intel mid-range builds due to their higher amount of cores.

That said, some users my instead opt for the Intel system for specific use case scenarios where certain applications may strongly favor Intel.

That said, support and compatibility with most video editing software will still be best when using workstation graphics cards, but those looking for mid-tier or entry level video editing builds will find the best value in gaming graphics cards.

All you have to do is visit our forums, register, and post in the appropriate section.

Mac Hardware For Video Editing