From Gaming to Video Editing. HELP!

arm1234

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I built my own PC almost a year ago. I am starting to get back into film making, particularly video editing/after effects. I was looking for some advice on how to beef up my system to stand up to video editing software like Premiere Pro and After Effects. My first thought was another graphics card, or easier more RAM? Maybe bump up my cpu? Large External hard drive to hold just video media? I am lost in this world of creating a good editing rig. Please help!

Specs:
Case : Fractal Design Define R4 Black windowed version
Mobo : ASROCK Z87 Extreme 4
CPU : i5-4670k, OC'd at 3.7 (Just to be safe, First overclock)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H90I (Closed Water Loop)
RAM : 2x4GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3
GPU : EVGA GTX 780 3GB Superclocked
HDD : Seagate 1TB 6.0GB/s
SSD : Samsung 128 GB 840 pro series SATA3
PSU : Seasonic M12 II 750 W Modular
Lights: LOGISYS Cold cathode lights
Drive: Asus Blu-ray, DVD drive
 

arm1234

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Would having a large external hard drive be a bad idea? I have this image of film editors with huge external drives. maybe Im wrong. How big of an SSD is acceptable for a "Working Drive"? @corroded

 

arm1234

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it really depends. I would say around 5 gigs tops. Mostly just short films so they dont take up a huge amount of space.
 
a second 120GB SSD would work then... Load the application and set the temp and working directories to the new SSD and keep the C drive SSD as just OS.

16 or more RAM for overhead, small page file set to C and new SSD, keeps most of the working memory in RAM