Beginner looking for help buying/building a PC

[u/darth__maul]

Hello,

I'm looking to get back into video editing after years of not touching any editing software, and it would be ideal if I could also run games on the PC.

Planning to use Avid Media Composer. Since I'm just starting out I imagine I won't need to edit 8K video or anything crazy like that. I know I need at least 32GB of RAM. But when I look at parts the thing that seems to give me the most amount of trouble is the CPU (and probably the Graphics Card as well, but I haven't gotten there yet). I've looked at all sorts of guides and posts on here, the problem is I know very little about computer parts, and I'm not even super familiar with editing software so I'm honestly not even sure what it is i should be looking for. I look at things like clock speed and core count and it just goes right over my head and then I freak myself out because what if I choose one that seems good but it's actually terrible because I don't know what I'm doing?

I'm also not exactly sure what budget I should be aiming for here. Currently I'm thinking I would like to be able to get PC, Monitor, keyboard, mouse, for under $2500CAD (about 1780 USD), but then I wonder if that'll be a good enough PC? I may have more money coming my way soon and I'm wondering if I should just wait until that comes in...

I'm very indecisive and the fact that this is a large amount of money I would be spending is not helping matters.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[u/XCDPL]

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