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The best PC components for your
custom video editing computer
PC Components
Buyer’s Guide
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The best PC components for your
custom video editing computer
How to choose the right components for your video editing computer
There’s a lot to consider when upgrading your editing system — or building a new
one from scratch. First, let’s take a look at four key components that impact system
performance, then we’ll highlight our picks for the best PC components available today.
B
uying the best components
for your needs means under-
standing how the CPU, GPU,
RAM and storage options
work together to enhance overall
performance. Let’s go over those key
factors so you know what to expect
from your new system.1. CPU
The base of any computer is the Cen-
tral Processing Unit (CPU). The CPU
does all the computational and pro-
cessing work within your computer.
Early CPUs were simple one core sys-
tems that were able to run programs
but did not allow for multitasking.
Today, CPUs come in many differ-
ent confi gurations including multiple
threads and cores. Some computers
even offer multiple CPUs within one
system. CPUs with multiple cores or
threads can easily outperform CPUs of
one core with the same clock speed.
Multiple cores mean that one chip
has multiple central processing units.
A quad-core processor, for instance,
has four processing units and is seen
by the operating system as four physi-
cal cores. This allows for a faster sys-
tem because it allows your computer
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