[Help] Advice on PC hardware spec please?

[2FAN321]

I'm wondering what kind of hardware spec is required for video editing, up-conversion, restoration, etc.

I haven't gone too deep in to much of this yet, but just over 2 years ago I did briefly try using Topaz to up-scale DVD to 1080p with minimal 'clean-up', however, a 25 minute TV episode took many hours and the results were pretty awful. This was only on an Intel i5 8400 CPU with the on-board UHD 630 GPU, which is almost 9 years old now, so I didn't expect it to be fast with great results anyway.

So, as I need to replace my PC, it would be nice to know a minimum spec for the kind of processing others on here are doing, so at least I can move forward with learning more.

It would be nice to know a minimum spec, but also what would be a worthwhile step up, without going OTT.

[stwd4nder2]

It really depends on what exactly you want to do, and what budget you have (PC parts aren't as cheap as they used to be). Topaz is very GPU heavy, if you don't have a dedicated GPU that's a good place to start.