The Best Hardware for After Effects & Motion Graphics

In this video, we cover the most important hardware components for Motion Graphics, running Adobe After Effects, and smoothly running the Adobe Creative Suite. Whether you're building a PC or picking a shiny Mac, this information will help you choose which is right for you. CPUs, RAM, GPUs and SSDs will all be covered. :)
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[@SiempreAndres]

2:28 CPU 3:10 RAM 3:40 Storage 4:55 GPU

[@corn-flake]

thank you for saving my time! (geniune)

[@gabethecool]

Based

[@user-di6yb9ui3w]

​@@corn-flakethanks for saving my time

[@bunbunmaruu]

You’re the goat thank you so much🙏🙏🙏

[@Eden_GT]

Because people stare at me in horror when I tell them I work on a mid-range laptop. :elgato:

[@BenMarriott]

Please I'll need a warning before you scare me like that. But really, it will make you stronger. Like Goku training with weighted clothing. :)

[@HarishBabuM]

What is elgato?

[@PyroProject]

An orange cat meme @@HarishBabuM

[@ourporter]

This is not discord bro

[@Eden_GT]

@@ourporter I only put that in as a joke.

[@justin_lawrence]

Thanks for sharing this. When I was researching a good build for 2D animation and After Effects, there were basically no videos on what parts to pick. Always insightful to watch your videos.

[@DeathlyTilt]

I recently added 32 gigs of ram to the 16 I already had for a total of 48, and it’s crazy to see the performance difference. I’m not sure how I ever did anything before. I thought 48 would be overkill but I’m constantly using 40+ while in AE

[@echofxx]

Been using 48 gigs of ram as well and did the same upgrade as you and the improvement is huge! I'm personally going to upgrade to 64 or 128 since ae is such a ram hog

[@anasyukr]

For my projects, Premiere + AE take up to 60GB of RAM from 64GB. So I think upgrade to 128GB is normal for heavy AE users.

[@mohamedalimezghani9747]

glad i watched the video and read the comments i don't have alot of knowledge about after effect and i was expecting 16gb ram to be more than enough i am planning to buy a new laptop guess i ll be considering getting one with 32gb ram

[@legacylegacy2603]

thats plenty, but i think thats how the machine would stable running this app

[@kickcloudstv]

@@mohamedalimezghani9747prolly super late but you can generally install ram after the fact in a laptop. You might find 32gb ram laptops being way more expensive but you can find a good deal on one with 16 and then spend ~100 to buy another 16gb stick and upgrade depending on the configuration. Do your research first but I’ve added ram to two laptops already and it was pretty straightforward

[@benlaorg5807]

Great vid BUT something that always is overlooked is: get the fastest RAM, and go BIG on it when you do a lot of AE work. Im talking 128gb and at least 3200 mhz. It will feel so much snappier!

[@masonthompson3284]

Did the same thing this past year from 32 and WOW The pcs at my job have 256gb + threadripper CPUs and my life hasn’t been the same since

[@MyP1n]

Same got my new workstation 2months ago and invested in 128gb ram. Great choice and worth the extra bucks

[@yyxmi]

what is 3200 "mhz"?

[@masonthompson3284]

@@yyxmi the speed of the RAM. 3200-3600 is great higher is of course nicer

[@ManoToor]

This is a myth. Pick the best for your motherboard and CPU. Some cap at 2667hz and you can't get any use of the 3200hz... read the compatibility first. Also 64gbs is more than enough. You won't ever touch 128gbs unless you're running a server

[@dean.mathers]

John is officially the nicest, most helpful human in the biz! He should be nominated for Australian of the year.

[@smooshworkstations3809]

Haha your the best. I can’t believe you just said that. Thanks for the kind words champ.

[@DeanRockne]

Having a dedicated m.2 SSD as an AE media cache is a huge help. I set aside over 400gb for it. It's especially nice when you're bouncing between multiple projects.

[@Prevailmedia_]

Can you tell me how this works? What do I have to do? I’m new to pc and trying to run AE the most efficient way.

[@DeanRockne]

@@Prevailmedia_ the settings are under Edit > Preferences > Media & Disk Cache. You want to pick a location on a high speed ssd that has a lot of free space. Once it's set up, AE will cache frames that it renders for previews to cut down repeated rendering. It will even keep that cache between sessions.

[@yungcrossfit]

@@DeanRocknedo you check that box that says “cache before playback”? I have a dedicated fast SSD that I cache to yet it often has to re-render parts of the timeline even if it’s played it back before.

[@DeanRockne]

@@yungcrossfit I do not. I really want my playhead moving right away when I hit the space bar. Having to recache some part of the comp is common, but it still should go much faster if you're using a dedicated media cache. Also be sure that older versions of AE aren't eating up your cache space.

[@BryanSchultzitis]

This is a great video and definitely really helpful! ***A note to anyone out there who wants to get into motion graphics but is on a tight budget***: I used an M1 Mac Mini - the absolute base model which can be purchased for ~$600 - and did 2d motion graphics/explainer videos professionally and didn't really have any headaches at all and it handled it surprisingly well - especially after Adobe started rolling out the Apple Silicon optimized apps*! The only reason I stopped is because my company bought me a beastly computer and I would rather keep my work stuff and personal stuff separate anyways. *The last time I used the silicon Ae, FX Console didn't work. They may have fixed this by now, but if you use that it may be worth trying out the older, pre-silicon AE to see if that works enough for you.

[@Celeste-sp9ir]

Awesome

[@TabletsAndTemples]

Ben, have you seen Pwnishers community 3d render challenges? You should run a similar community motion graphics challenge.

[@BenMarriott]

Yes I'm a huge fan of what Clint's doing with those :D I'd love to one day. Something similar is definitely on the cards for the future!

[@remigiogonzalezardanaz5676]

@@BenMarriott If I could, I would upvote this exactly 1337 times

[@WaterShowsProd]

Keeping your system disk and project files disk separate was always the mantra, since the 1990s. When people started working on laptops (in particular MacBooks) and self-contained, smaller computers like iMacs, I was surprised to see how people seemed to begin ignoring that credo. So, it was nice to hear confirmation that I wasn't mad for thinking it should still be the same. Interesting information.

[@smooshworkstations3809]

I’m so glad to hear that I’m not the only one who follows this rule. It’s definitely an integral structure to put in place in a production environment.

[@abramjessiah]

I would imagine since the rise of fast SSDs that mantra is not really so useful.

[@smooshworkstations3809]

@@abramjessiah not everyone can afford a gen 3 or gen 4 nvme m.2 ssd. Sata SSD’s or Sata M.2 SSDs will still bottleneck with general 2d or 3d work. Most people don’t realise the difference between the SSD tier set unfortunately.

[@mohammadelgayar]

Idk if its a stupid question or not but separate as in kept in different partitions within the same SSD or do I have to get a second SSD for it?

[@smooshworkstations3809]

@@mohammadelgayar, not a stupid question at all! a completely seperate ssd would be best.

[@worldisending]

John is the man! He has helped me so much with all my hardware.

[@Bloodnick]

One thing to consider nowadays regarding GPUs is After Effects' multi-frame rendering option. It gobbles up VRAM, even my 3080 can't keep up if I add something as simple as Red Giant's Optical Glow on an animation.

[@BlurryPuzzle]

Huge fan from India. 🥰🥰🥰

[@Geloyart]

I thought I just rendered something on the background with the sound effect you added there. Good one!

[@OKAMI_CD]

2:45 not true, with the latest update to after effects it uses all the cores with multi frame rendering

[@rachmanda4094]

Which version use this ? And multi frame rendering means previewing in the timeline or the final render ?

[@OKAMI_CD]

@@rachmanda4094 not sure which version exactly but it was introduced 8 months ago something like that

[@Jottagelado]

@@rachmanda4094started at V22. and both preview and final. But if you had to choose between less faster cores than slower multiple cores go for the first.

[@rintinrina]

Me who is LITERALLY buying PC parts this week for a new pc build. what are the odds??? geat vid thanks

[@michellegal5258]

Ben, I am surprised that more cores did not equal faster rendering with multi-threading being out for After Effects since the Fall. Prior to the introduction of multi-frame rendering, After Effects used a single core, making clock speed much more important than core count. However, MFR changed that by allowing multiple frames to be rendered at the same time... as long as the system has sufficient resources (available cores, memory, and GPU time / VRAM). I don’t think this was mentioned/covered well in this video so a bit confused on the statement that more cores don’t effectively mean better performance. Maybe you can clarify?

[@smooshworkstations3809]

Hey mate! You make a good point. We did talked about how a 12-16 core ryzen cpu is the sweat spot for speed vs dollar value, but I guess it didn’t make the cut. There is a lot to cover and we tried to simplify it as much as possible. Another awesome point to make is that MFR doesn’t run multiple instances of after effects to give you that speed gain (like rendergarden or background renderer) so it used a lot less RAM then previously used plugins that everyone used to rely on pre MFR. Single core still rocks AE though, and with each additional core, you will start to exponentially loose the speed increase in MFR. Hence, 8-12 core is still best for AE for 2D motion designers who are on a budget. I hope this helps clarify

[@jirehla-ab1671]

@@smooshworkstations3809 does MFR use more ram when enabled?

[@smooshworkstations3809]

@@jirehla-ab1671 short answer is yes, but very very little. Puget systems have a full write up on this. I think it’s like a 3-5% increase RAM usage with MFR

[@Zengane]

I mostly do editing work and personally have been waiting on the next generation of Ryzen CPUs to come, they claim a ~20% boost to performance which I'm really excited about, I can't wait to upgrade my ol' trusty 3600X and get that juicy Ryzen 9 7950X

[@Richard_Bumblebee]

I too am looking to but it. Every week I look up "7950X price" and "RTX 4080 price" hoping to get a result. I plan on buying them but I just want to know in advance what to expect. I've waited so long!

[@jasonjenkinson2049]

@@Richard_Bumblebee From what I've heard the rtx 4080 price will be somewhere between the 3080 and 3080 ti, so $800-$1200

[@Zengane]

@@Richard_Bumblebee they should be announced this month if everything goes well! Nvidia usually looks for a septemberish release date

[@jakubmierzejewski961]

I was rendering my project watching this video. It was 3H remaining but at 8:22 that sound threw me off completely :P That brief moment of hope that after effects went hyperspeed

[@BenMarriott]

Haha, I like to think the hope at least cushioned the dissapointment.

[@ElijahCiali]

Shame there's no mention of Apple Silicon. Obviously considering the subject it makes sense, but I've done some really impressive work on a cheap M1 Mac Mini which was able to achieve realtime preview with Saber, something my Ryzen 7 workstation couldn't handle. My M1 Max laptop is amazing for AE and I recommend it to everyone looking for a mobile workstation.

[@AmazingKnifeHand]

Was hoping that they would talk about it too. Really happy to hear that m1 max is working well for you! Considering to upgrade my m1 mini to the studio m1 max 64 gb. Mini have been working great tho!

[@ElijahCiali]

@@AmazingKnifeHand Got a Max Studio with M1 Max at the office and it’s a killer machine! Totally recommend

[@AmazingKnifeHand]

Thank you@@ElijahCialiReally happy to hear that! Getting mine in a couple of Weeks - Can hardly wait!

[@julhearts123]

Hi @elijah may I know the spec for that m1 laptop? Like ram and ssd

[@ElijahCiali]

@@julhearts123 32GB RAM and 1TB SSD, but I would definitely spring for the 64GB RAM.

[@leviathan2049]

I thought he's gonna say something new. This information has been widely available on the internet for years. 1. Powerful single core cpu 2. lots of ram 3. Fast storage 4. Low-mid range GPU (for 2D) High end GPU (for 3D) 5.monitor with a minimum of 100% sRGB.

[@aelearn]

Congratulations on upgrading your machine. Great event in our galaxy!

[@daxcastro]

I found the SSD scratch disk was the single most impactful improvement. Thanks for the info. Based on your video I am getting the 3070 RTX and the 5950x. I already have 128GB of ram but running the 3800x which runs hot. So interested to see how this impacts my workflow. Mostly I want to not have to wait forever for AE to prerender the timeline as I edit.

[@daxcastro]

I ended up getting the 4070ti but did not really see a huge improvement in rendering the preview for animations in AE. Bummer. Thought it was going to be my holy grail.

[@maximopotencial2023]

@@daxcastro Hey man, I'm planning on getting the i9 13900k with your exact same GPU. I currently have a Phenom from 2009 and 8GB of DDR3, it's extremelly painful to wait for the pre-renders (basically like 30-60s for a one second pre-render on a 3D layer). What performance gains do you think I could potentially expect? I want to spend my time animating not waiting for the pre-renders lol, Thanks.

[@francokarlo]

Good! now I know what to parts to focus on and not burning money. Thank You!

[@rachelmoss7302]

i was surprised but happy to see you didn't have 128GB gb ram, i was stressing i would need that do any 3d or large after effect files, but i just couldn't realistically afford that

[@BryanSchultzitis]

This is a great video and definitely really helpful! ***A note to anyone out there who wants to get into motion graphics but is on a tight budget***: I used an M1 Mac Mini - the absolute base model which can be purchased for ~$600 - and did 2d motion graphics/explainer videos professionally and didn't really have any headaches at all and it handled it surprisingly well - especially after Adobe started rolling out the Apple Silicon optimized apps! The only reason I stopped is because my company bought me a beastly computer and I would rather keep my work stuff and personal stuff separate anyways.

[@ElijahCiali]

FX Console works on Apple Silicon since May I believe, as with pretty much all plugins. The only plugins I use that don't run on Apple Silicon are ones that don't run on Mac anyway.

[@BryanSchultzitis]

@@ElijahCiali it's been about since then since I've used my mini for work - that's good to hear!

[@rakhanaufalakram4603]

Can i see your output? I want to pick m1 too. Is it can make video like @KokBisa youtuber channel that focus on educational story with 2d animation?

[@BryanSchultzitis]

@@rakhanaufalakram4603 unfortunately I can't show you any of the explainer videos I made because their all the intellectual property of the company I was working for at the time, but I took a look at the channel you referenced and they were about like that - maybe a little lighter on backgrounds and effects. I still think you could make it work, but I would definitely recommend buying as much "computer" (ram, processor, rom) as you can. If you're trying to save some money though, I think the M1 computers are still worth looking at!

[@jeffvalencia7656]

The shot of Mario falling into the abyss was art

[@MinimalEncourager]

Wait, I'm confused... When you say keep project files on a separate drive, do you mean .aep files or your 4K footage? Obviously I see that you have a separate drive for each of those, which is gangster as fuck, but which one is more important to move to the external drive/what should the setup be for someone with only one external drive? Also 10/10 video. When this video ended I let out a huge sigh of relief. It's so stressful to figure this all out on my own. Thank you so much for the guidance and for sharing your and your friend's insights.

[@smooshworkstations3809]

By project files, I mean after effects files and project assets :) Cache can also live on that same drive, but if you wanted to take it to the next level, you can seperate cache onto its own dedicated drive. So I would always recommend the following. C: OS & Apps (around 500GB to 1TB) D: Project Files and Project Assets (around 1TB to 2TB) E: Cache (around 256GB to 500GB) I hope this helps!

[@MinimalEncourager]

@@smooshworkstations3809 Wow!! Thanks for the thorough response!! This is super helpful!! I've been wondering why my juicy PC has been so slow in editing... Now I know! Thanks!

[@cath0dictube]

I'm on holiday and that render sound spooked me

[@westfield90]

Wow awesome video. Had no idea about cpu cores.

[@petrholusa5855]

This is funny. I almost have this setup, BUT! It doesn't matter how strong your PC/Mac is. Mostly the problem is AE and how ridiculous the app is. It's totaly unoptimized. Folks on adobe community forums are somehow protecting the issues of the AE which gives me wtf questions. Once I asked if AE can render multicore, why 20% cores from 16 (ryzen 9 5950x)? Answer to solution? Prepare project and open AE as a multi instances? What? That is the solution? Making crazy render settings and render sequences in more opened AE windows. What kind of solutions is that? Other issues: nvidia drivers. Latest 520 someting causes green screen and sometimes dead screens and PC freezing, I had to go back to nvidia studio like 470xxx. Answer from community? Turn off every hardware acceleration. So why do we have to spend crazy money, imagine to buy Puget systems for mental prices and AE will barely use all that potential power. Caching is nightmare. Other apps can make snappy cache render into storage but AE no! They have to smash everything into memory so you have to spend fortune for at least 128 GB ram if you want to do 4k. If you you have problem? Solution: turn off multithread rendering. Again, wtf? I am pissed, that they excusing 'Premiere is different and it can cache, blablabla' so if Premiere can normally cache into storage, why AE can't? Those lazy bastards. Having strong GPU in AE is a joke. You can run in on MB integrated graphics and you will be fine, because again in community they tell you to swith to Mercury software rendering. Why Maxon with cinema4d+redshift can does so many updates last years and pushing forward. Hardware is used on max and AE still sucks. If you look at the community like a normal person, looks like I am not alone. I mean, who are those people developing such a Frankenstein? It's like shaning apple but dead inside. Terrible.

[@anjelomichelangelo7726]

yea, all Adobe programs sucks in optimization

[@Oldelaff]

7:36 oh thanks for this pure moment of satisfaction!

[@dermotfaloon_streetmonkey]

8:20 I thought I left something cooking....

[@BenMarriott]

Haha, It got me many times while editing this

[@3.dorfbewohner]

Thanks for the video, i am looking for a pc at the moment.

[@BenMarriott]

Thanks for watching! I hope it was useful :)

[@poprip]

I've upgraded my CPU which had a Xeon 4 cores for one with 14. With 96 gb of RAM it made all the difference in the world in AE, with the multi frame rendering. M2 drives and a 16 gb P5000 make my system faster than it ever was. Still, it all depends on the type of projects you work on. I work on very heavy animation projects with huge PSD files and I see how much it slows down AE.

[@abuhamzaalsafadi]

saying that after effects is a single core app is outdated since the last update, after effects now uses multi frame rendering using all the cpu cores you have, and that applies for rendering and preview performance

[@mohammdatef5484]

Ben, I just have one question, what about the monitors? Do motion designers need color calibrated monitor like Asus ProArt monitor or any 4K IPS monitor will do fine, or what should we buy?

[@_P3_]

Australia is a tad far away to order from them! But amazing job :D Out of the blue: is that a minilogue??

[@chaardewar]

Yooo Nice... After that i need an RTX kimchi 50100 Tii for labelling layers automatically

[@BenMarriott]

The pricess are astronomical, but well worth it.

[@ahmedsuleiman1130]

Thanks greatly for this informative video. I now know where to start from with my laptop and get the moolah once I start earning big like you in few years. Thanks once again, Ben (10) 👍❤️.

[@dombyrashyKZ]

I do motion graphics. I have a modest car: Ryzen 7 2700. Motherboard Msi 470x. Ram 32 GB. SSD 1 TB. Video card Geforse 1650, 4 GB

[@ranasarkar8408]

Is it doing fine?

[@PercivalQyou]

Never been this early before. I'm thinking of replacing my old laptop and I'm just starting to learn AE, thanks for the video!

[@BenMarriott]

Welcome to the early gang! :D

[@igloo8647]

Great video, thanks!

[@DrAidan]

Very helpful - thank you!

[@itachi7976]

**Hello, can I use the Ryzen 7 7840HS for After Effects? It has 8 cores & 16 threads, and I'm confused whether it will be good or not.**

[@Detro7]

I’m confused too buddy I have two options i7 13700hx or ryzen 7 7840hs the i7 is not available and im not sure if its worth the wait till it gets restock in the market

[@itachi7976]

@@Detro7 too late i went for pc 💀

[@AndUp]

Only one piece of information is missing about your new machine: price? :)

[@francokarlo]

I'm editing using my Computer.. Ryzen 5 3600, 1660ti with 32GB ram..💪

[@garyquintrell4878]

Great information thanks Ben

[@Oldyellowbrick]

I have 3x M.2 2tb SSDs in my system...One for OS...Another for active projects and the last one for CACHE and a NAS for long-term storage. Noticed a big difference compared to working directly off my NAS. The logic is you don't want to be reading and writing to the same disk at the same time, but maybe that's just my theory!

[@DeanRockne]

When you get into very large volumes of data there's a certain amount of overhead in just finding and accessing the data you want. Working off a NAS puts a lot of that overhead on the NAS. I made the mistake of going with a DAS and my system really bogs down copying project folders.

[@Oldyellowbrick]

@@DeanRockne Are you saying it could be faster actually working from a NAS? I get what your saying as I guess the NAS would take some load off your CPU but I can’t imagine it would be a lot. I only get 100mbps on my NAS where as my SSDs R/W at 3500mbps…And I only ever have the active project on my project SSD, it gets moved to my NAS when client has signed it off.

[@DeanRockne]

@@Oldyellowbrick It really depends on the hardware. Keep in mind a 10gbe connection is 10,000mbps, so just being on a network doesn't mean you can't hit those speeds. It would require a serious NAS with SSD acceleration to get in that 3000 range. Personally I prefer keeping all my projects in one RAID volume for redundancy and cleanliness. Where the overhead really becomes and issue is when you're dealing with large volumes of image sequences. I might have upwards of 100k files in one project. So you can imagine how running a backup on 20TB of that can suck.

[@Oldyellowbrick]

@@DeanRockne yeah that’s exactly why I had to do something as I originally got a NAS because I have a MacBook Pro and 2 PC render machines. I work mainly on my main PC but on projects you sometimes need to distribute renders separate rather than network rendering. But as you mentioned I was getting insanely slow speeds with image sequences from C4D in AE when working off my NAS so I got the 2 more SSDs in my main machine. Problem is it’s not as easy with the project being stored directly on the internal storage and I have to copy it over to my NAS in order to use other machines for rendering, then copy the renders back to my main machine….All abit of a faff to be honest and wish there was a better way where I could get both the speed and access to the project from all my machine.

[@DeanRockne]

@@Oldyellowbrick There are solutions that will get you there with a NAS, but they aren't cheap. Once you get the NAS and all the network equipment to get 10gbe you're easily $10k-$15k in.

[@mostcozy4181]

You have shown me salvation. I will return to you when my pockets are not malnutritioned.

[@ujn_work]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: After Effects can eat up a lot of hard drive space on your machine, especially if you're using a laptop with limited storage. By default, the disk cache is set to about 10% of your total hard drive space. You can delete the disk cache to free up space, but be careful not to delete it while you're working on a project. You can manage your After Effects disk cache in the Preferences menu. You can adjust the maximum disk cache size, change the location of the disk cache folder, and purge the disk cache. Adobe recommends that you use a separate hard drive or SSD for the disk cache, if possible. After Effects uses the disk cache to store rendered frames and other data that can be used again in the future. This can improve performance and playback, but it can also take up a lot of space on your hard drive. After Effects will only purge the disk cache when you quit the application, so it's important to purge it manually if you need to free up space. Use a separate hard drive or SSD for the disk cache, if possible. Choose a location with a lot of free space. Adjust the maximum disk cache size to match your needs. Purge the disk cache regularly, especially if you're working on multiple projects. The size of your RAM preview is not determined by the length or number of layers in your composition. It is determined by the memory intensity of each frame. If you have a lot of effects stacked on top of each other, or if you are using high-resolution footage, this will increase the memory demand of each frame. To increase the size of your RAM preview, you can increase the amount of RAM on your machine. Use a separate hard drive or SSD for the disk cache, if possible. Clear the disk cache regularly, especially if you are working on multiple projects. Use an application like Daisy to track which version of After Effects is using the most disk cache space. Squarespace is a website builder that allows you to create a professional website without any coding knowledge required. They offer a variety of templates to choose from, and their support team is available 24/7. If you sign up for Squarespace through the sponsor link, you can save 10% on your order. Made with HARPA AI

[@abderahmanetemmar4096]

brienne of tarth

[@edwin4625]

I have the same system! Well, with a ti version of the 3080 and different case. Oh yeah, I just remembered this PC build you got is very similar to a video titled "🔥 ULTIMATE GAMING PC 🔥 Ryzen 5950X + RTX 3080 Ti | Gaming PC Build 2022" by PC Builder. He goes into layman's terms explanation on how beefy this $3-4k PC is with content creation (video and 3d rendering) and gaming. This is the same video I copied my current new PC build.

[@Kemstylebossy]

My computer is super spec but rotoscoping is a nightmare and saying 8core is ideal I’m now wondering if that’s my issue Computer spec: amd 5900x 128gb ram 3600mhz M.2 ssd 3060ti After effects still shit help‼️

[@ryanlindner8665]

Great video but what about the Mac Studio? Thanks!!

[@Weird_Quests]

DO you think a Razer Blade 14 2021 - 16GB RAM, Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3070 8GB Mobile and 2TB NVMe SSD would be enough to get started?

[@angello882]

This is precisely what I need right now but I'm not in Australia. I am devastated. And even if they did ship to different countries the import tax alone would be half of the computer. ARGH!

[@smooshworkstations3809]

DM us on instagram, even though we can’t build workstations for overseas customers, we will gladly offer any advice or recommendations we can give to steer you in the right direction!

[@maxtheswift]

Check out Puget Systems stateside. They similarly make (and support!) custom machines for AE, PP, or whatever else you need. I used to hand build machines for my studio, but switched to using them last year and couldn’t recommend highly enough. Good, honest folks who make great, affordable, and useful builds.

[@bananaman8693]

Hey I have a laptop with a i7- 6500 with integrated graphics, 8 GB ram, 1 TB SSD but have no way of making money so am I good

[@gpmuthuofficial7105]

My PC spec Ryzen 5600x (6cores 12thereds) 32gb ram Amd Rx 6600 8GB graphics card 512GB nvme ssd Is this good for after effects?

[@VShopov]

no

[@Kryptonian0024]

It's good

[@smooshworkstations3809]

It’s a great entry level AE system for 2D Motion Graphics.

[@infographie]

Excellent

[@ravenraga]

So given that you have that machine already, do you still have settings you need to tweak inside after effects preference for it to be optimized?

[@DihelsonMendonca]

Great video. 🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@fayyazb]

Super! Was expecting a Mac alternative suggestion as well!

[@luckytoons-LBAC]

Tell me Ben, are you yet used Duik Bassel for 2D rigging for animation in After Effects ?

[@anupamraja]

Hi bro, hope you're keeping well? I am looking to build a pc for Video editing, animation and 3d motion graphics. Basically for softwares like premier, after effects, cinema 4d. Can you please help me with the configuration and price. I m from India.

[@prawnyb]

How is best to do the text pop up in time to talking? With the range selector or with individual layers?

[@BrunoDeAngelis]

Ben, what desk are you using? I've been looking for something like that. Thank you!

[@grogery2250]

I lowkey thought my Comp finished rendering at 8:23 lmao

[@michaelpeterson4743]

How did you do the text overlay effect at 7:46? Just a screen record with blend mode? Looks cool

[@TripleeVFX]

Flicker + Screen + Overlay Texture or Holomatrix

[@THE_SMOKE_SHOW_]

Ben, can you tell me how you mounted your pc under the desk please?! Im struggling with desk space and that looks like a great solution for me.

[@ContentCreationWithMatt]

He recommends a lower tier 3000 series 3060, 3070 Nvidia - I was going to buy a 3080 and I don't really do much gaming. Ben you have a 3080 - should I save a few hundred and go lower series or splurge for the 3080?

[@terenceleechris2174]

I'm concerning which machine runs Affect Effects more efficiently, and worth for money, PC or Mac? To my knowledge, Mac could not enlarge the desktop panels while we're working , that would a barrier for us to view such many details in each panel of After Effects, but PC could, right?

[@roninkanojia6483]

Can you suggest building a pc in 2024 cpu and gpu i am thinking for i9 14 gen and 4050ti or 4070ti

[@teabagNBG]

i have a i7 8700k with 32gb ram and a nvme drive , i dont have a graphic card im using the integrated gpu... i basically can do alot of stuff in after effects when selecting rendering on 1/4.. but some stuff reallyl takes long i wonder if a better graphiccard would make a difference...

[@BlindTakes]

I am currently using a MacBook Air with 8 GB RAM, i bought the macbook before i got into video editing so i didnt need the extra processing power at the time. Should i just go ahead and buy a more beefed up macbook to properly use after effects?

[@1deplatt]

What do you think of the new Mac Studio for working with AE?

[@pritambiswas4185]

Will the M2 pro MacBook pro base model be enough for motion graphics ?

[@EljanHoxha]

is a gtx 1650 enough? cz i feel like its pretty slow but i cant afford much ,i have a 1 tb storagee ssd-4 and a ryzen 5 5600x with 6 cores i hope i can keep going on my editting things

[@Richard_Bumblebee]

I'm looking forward to later this year. I plan on buying an RTX 4080 and Ryzen 7950X plus the mandatory MoBo and RAM upgrade to make the CPU work. I'll probably one those people spamming refresh when it all goes live after the 3080 debacle. Also my MoBo has four defunct DIMMs so I have 4/8 populated with 64GB total but because of how they are populated.... Well I should be running quad channel memory but I'm working in single..... 😢

[@Magrodik]

hi! did you bought it ? What are your thoughts? Im looking on rtx 4090 (maybe its a overkill and i will just buy 4080 because €/speed is much better) and the same CPU.

[@corpsevibes7176]

Wouldnt be a rx 6800xt more efficent, cause of more vram for editing?

[@24kilobytes]

😀😀😀i love this video

[@BenMarriott]

[@zeroxgamer2012]

intel core= 12 cores gpu 12 gb mother board 257$ power supply 750w and 32 gb ram normal pc can run but need this settings

[@a3iuuu]

Does 96 gb ram make render/export faster than 64 gb ram? A lot or just a little bit?

[@grandprix4433]

How come IMac m1 best for that all with minimum of everything? Could you advice ?

[@cooleregg5577]

Why not just an m1 mac ?

[@plotterae]

So how much core cpu i must get?????

[@1312K]

64 or 128gb for after effects motion graphics heavy?

[@giedrel1s]

Drop link to pc mount please, cant find it

[@impendo_world]

Quick question... Are RTX LHR GPU's better or worse when using them for rendering in After Effects? (latest version) Has anyone seen or done a comparison? (LHR vs Non-LHR) Also is it worth going with the new Ryzen 7950X ? (obviously for more $$)

[@PavanKumar-le4qd]

Intel vs AMD cpu for Adobe after effects?

[@Paxmet]

Я Ксеонщик мне по барабану.

[@neoced9293]

you haven't told us the full price ?

[@Scxre.]

Really great video i gained a lot of insight.. but one question about the CPU part : Since there is multi frame rendering in after effects now more cores actually make sense or did i get something wrong ?

[@alexandrevery]

multi frame rendering is great when ... you are rendering. In my workflow, i spend 95% of may day compositing, and 5% rendering. So the fastest rendering would help me a bit 5% of my work day. Better find solutions for accelerating compositing, and the main thing to have are lots of RAM (64GB minimum) and fast SSD, ideally a dedicated SSD for cache (nVme 7GB/s), and then a strong single core CPU, and a great GPU for plug-ins.

[@Scxre.]

@@alexandrevery yes i got myself 64GB of ram but i gotta get a new CPU. But as far as i know multi frame rendering tells you it affects pre-views as well

[@Scxre.]

@@alexandrevery i dont care about the actual render time either

[@Scxre.]

@@alexandrevery if i use an ssd what do i need to do to benifit from it ? I got one and installed AE there, but does it matter if my footage is there as well ? And im prob gonna get the I9 13900K that should work fine even if it doesnt benifit from the many cores they all slap

[@alexandrevery]

@@Scxre. i am in the same situation as you : one SSD in the computer (as i work on a laptop) with the OS, the Apps, the files and After Effect cache on it. It's a fast SSD (7Go/s) so it's great, and it works, but if i would build a PC tower tomorrow, i would install 3x nVme SSD on the motherboard: one for the OS and the apps, one for the files, and one (512GB) just for AE cache

[@chrisp2588]

I have a Mac Studio base model M1 Max and the M1 native version of After Effects is super quick. Shame about the other M1 ports - I'm looking at you Illustrator and Indesign. My Razer Blade (2019) was borderline unusable in After Effects due to terrible interface lag, so I am pretty burned again on PCs now.

[@jasonjenkinson2049]

Yeah I would not expect a gaming laptop to handle any professional type After Effects files. A Mac Studio is going to be great if you only using it for creative field work. Your gaming laptop is going to run Adobe programs just as well as your Mac runs games, which is: Terribly. (I wouldn't call a laptop a PC, in the same way I wouldn't call a F150 a semi truck)

[@alisheikh1582]

Totally Agree, Pcs = Lags

[@lordivo]

Kinda completely unrelated to the video, but i need help. Anyone know why i cant use Unreal 5 on my mac? I have a 5K 27-In, 3.8 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i7, AMD Radeon Pro 5700 XT 16 GB. I've been looking for answers everywhere. Any help is greatly appreciated. Happy Sunday Everyone!

[@victorsuazo4704]

Dude, you never said how much you spent on the computer?

[@avijitov5160]

how about rtx 2080ti for Pr/Ae 2022 ???

[@abramjessiah]

I have 128gb of DDR5 and after effects still takes a shit on it. That being said, the more RAM the better.

[@gabeo9740]

U need to split Ur drives os, project and cache

[@TripleeVFX]

@@gabeo9740 no After affects is literally the most poorly optimized piece of software

[@Weenmeen]

oh... i thought you were talking about analog equipment... thats fine this is cool too i guess

[@thearabicdp]

Wait, so I should install my Adobe software on the drive that doesn't have the os on it?

[@19kruger99]

No only the cache and project files on a seperate drive. Mabe even a large hard drive.