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Sandsii
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August 10, 2023
Question

Are these new PC specs good for After Effects

  • August 10, 2023
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Looking to start working in After Effects and other DCC programs professionally and am looking to upgrade my PC. 

Not incredibly knowledgable about components so wanted some advice on whether this build is value for money (up to £3k), efficient, can handle any tasks I will encounter on the app and is future proof for the next few years.

 

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i9 24-Core Processor i9-13900K (Up to 5.8GHz) 36MB Cache

CPU cooler:

CORSAIR H100i ELITE RGB High Performance CPU Cooler
Motherboard
GIGABYTE Z790 GAMING X AX (DDR5, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
64GB Corsair VENGEANCE RGB DDR5 5200MHz (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card
16GB ASUS TUF GEFORCE RTX 4080 OC EDITION - HDMI, DP
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
8TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Sound Card
ASUS Xonar SE 5.1-Channel Gaming Audio Card
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS

 

Thanks for your time and any feedback.

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ShiveringCactus
Community Expert
Community Expert
August 11, 2023

PC specs always confuse me, but looking at that stack I'd say you'd be set for a while.  If you can, I'm tempted to suggest upping your system RAM to 128 Gb.  Only because PC makers tend to fill all slots, so when you do upgrade RAM later on, you'll have to pull out the existing stuff.

I'm certainly no expert and am not affliated with this company, but here's where I bought my last computer from.  They have a workstation build for After Effects and most of their specs match yours:

https://www.novatech.co.uk/workstation/media-and-entertainment/video-editing-and-post-production/