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You can't go wrong investing a little extra in your computer. Buy LOTS of Ram (16GB Minimum) and fast hard disk 2TB at least, a fast video card that supports multiple monitors at the same time for extended desktops, etc etc. Stick with Intel CPU's.
If you plan to do video rendering, Graphics, Conversions, Editing etc, get a system with a fast, multi-core system. The faster your CPU, the less time you spend waiting for your computer to render.
A big, fast, local hard disk means all of your work and files are always online and fast to find, vs an external drive. Get a hard disk with built-in cash. If you can afford it, use an SSD Hard drive as your primary boot drive + a second normal hard disk. VERY fast, but $$.
Don't cheap-out the graphics card. Here again you want super-fast GPU's and as much ram as it will support.
Finally, lots of RAM in your computer means your computer will spend less time reading and writing temporary files to your hard disk which is slow compared to ram. Heavy programs such as photoshop and various video editors operate much faster and smoother on machines with proper ram. 16GB recommended.
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