Hey everyone! I'm a freelance video editor who's been struggling with my current setup, and I'm finally ready to invest in a proper desktop workstation. I mainly work with 4K footage in Premiere Pro and After Effects, often dealing with multiple camera angles and heavy color grading. My current laptop takes forever to render even simple projects, and scrubbing through timelines is painfully slow. I'm looking for something that can handle 4K editing smoothly, render videos quickly, and maybe even tackle some 8K projects in the future. My budget is around $3000-4000, and I'm willing to build it myself if that gives me better performance per dollar. What specs should I prioritize - is it all about the CPU, or do I need a beast of a GPU too? Any specific recommendations would be amazing!