Fadi Yabroudi

Hello, I've recently shot a short film on a red epic in 5K raw. I've been told that .RED footage can be directly imported into adobe premiere, but that it would require a powerful system to edit. Is it necessary to have a good system to edit the footage ? And if that is, would I have to transcode the footage into a lower format (such as prores) to be able to edit ? Thank you for your time.