The heart of a video editing system is a RAID, in my opinion. When you look back to when computers were much less capable than they are today, high-speed RAIDs (or SANs) are what kept editors editing. Generally, the RAID has been key to editing without interruption, not a fast CPU.
“As for capture cards…who uses a capture card any more?”
Umm, anyone who wants a legit video signal going to a broadcast monitor. I hope you’re not doing something silly like connecting a TV to your GPU.
