Need help choosing a new computer to run After Effects

Hi all

I waited to buy a desktop computer until I could set up something really good, but running After Effects on my laptop is not just cut it.  It slows down everything and when you try to use the feature plays only 6 frames per second. That being said, I need something that will give me better performance than my laptop but don't break the Bank.  (That way I can still move to a more desirable machine.)  I'm a noob when it comes to shopping for computers that go beyond the disk space and wifi, so I asked around, but honestly I'm more often conflicting opinions . I said the most important GPU, I said GPU is not serious at all.  It goes the same for the CPU.  I was also told that it's okay if I get something with integrated graphics on dedicated, etc.. This is where I hope you guys can help, since you actually understand the program I run.

I would buy something already built, so I don't have to worry about what anyone screwing.  I've been thinking to get a desktop computer cheap off of ebay (as long as it will work better than my laptop) and then adding on it, but I don't know if it's the wiser decision.  All desktop computers can still be improved or they hit a point where they are worthless?

Here are the specifications of my laptop:

Windows 10 home

Intel core i3 cpu M380 @ 2.53 GHZ

4 GB of ram (3.80 GB usable)

64 bit

1 TB HARD disk drive

Intel HD (internal) graphics with a total of 1696 MB graphic memory and 64 MB dedicated video memory


Is there something out there that would be more fluid than my laptop, but for cheap AE?  Here are a few I've been Watch: Dell Optiplex 960 (3 GHz Quad Core Q9650 / 4 GB RAM / 160GB HDD)

IBM Thinkcentre M58 PC Windows 7 Pro Desktop Core 2 Duo 3.0 GHz/8 GB / 250 GB HD with intergrated graphics

A generation custom (with integrated graphics), including: Card mother Z87 - G41 / 8 GB RAM FURY HYPER / Gear solid 400w PSU / LG DVD PLAYER / INTEL PROCESSOR (3.2GHZ) G3258 / 240GB Sandisk Ultra II SSD / MSI cases


And this one: AMD 4.2 Ghz Quad Core 8 GB RAM 1 TB Hdd/integre graphic.

Thank you in advance for your help!




For AE the only things that really affect performance are the cores, clock speed and memory.

We must look at least an i7 quad core systems with hyper threading (6 or 8 core is much better, but more expensive) and at least 32 GB of memory. You must also at least two SSD, one for the OS, one media and projects. The video card is completely irrelevant for AE, any card $ 30 is sufficient.

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