I am gong to build a new system choosing parts from Fry's and the such. Anybody got a line on specs for a good system for Video editing.
Athlon, pentium or celeron?
Minimum GHZ?
RAM?
Video Card?
DVD burner?
Any t hing else
Thanks in advance,
New System specs
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jchunter
If I were building a computer today, I would get two Western Digital 10K rpm Raptor SATA hard drives (74GB each) and organize them in a RAID0 configuration. I installed one Raptor on my system and am very impressed how much it speeds up every operation. RAID0 would be even faster because it speeds up data transfer time. Make sure that the motherboard has an Intel 82801ER I/O chip, which provides a built-in RAID controller.
I would also compare component prices on the Internet with Fry's.
John
CPU: 3.2-3.4 GHz., hyperthreaded, 1GB RAM, 1 DVD burner, 1 DVD player, Firewire, ..
I would also compare component prices on the Internet with Fry's.
John
CPU: 3.2-3.4 GHz., hyperthreaded, 1GB RAM, 1 DVD burner, 1 DVD player, Firewire, ..
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Tristan
1GB of RAM definately, Im not an expert on video editing, but I am a computer tech, and i deal alot with the hardware side of stuff, The more ram you put into XP the more it chews, and seeing as Video editing is so intensive on everything hardware, anything less than 1GB and you'll be behind the the eight ball from the start... make sure its at least DDR400 RAM.
3GHz seems to be about the average/standard these days... Apparently a P4 has better performance for video editing, but an Athlon64 system will set you back a whole lot less... i guess its a matter of your budget and whether you like AMD or Intel - if you do go Athlon64, make sure its a socket 939... Dont even consider a Celeron or a Sempron.
If you have any intention to make a DVD at all, then you're gonna need a DVD Burner... Considering a DVD Burner isnt that much more than a CD Burner, id go one... Plus they can burn CDs as well, so you get the best of both worlds
Get a good Hard drive - or two. Ill backup jchunter all the way on his advice of HDDs, again if you can't afford it(like most of us), you can always upgrade later.
I personally dont have a fast HDD, but it doesn't worry me that much, im quite content to let my PC render a video whilst browsing a webpage or checking my email... generally though, faster and bigger is better If you don't get a DVD Burner, then definately get a big (160GB+) HDD, or you'll run outta room really really fast...
Hope that helps
3GHz seems to be about the average/standard these days... Apparently a P4 has better performance for video editing, but an Athlon64 system will set you back a whole lot less... i guess its a matter of your budget and whether you like AMD or Intel - if you do go Athlon64, make sure its a socket 939... Dont even consider a Celeron or a Sempron.
If you have any intention to make a DVD at all, then you're gonna need a DVD Burner... Considering a DVD Burner isnt that much more than a CD Burner, id go one... Plus they can burn CDs as well, so you get the best of both worlds
Get a good Hard drive - or two. Ill backup jchunter all the way on his advice of HDDs, again if you can't afford it(like most of us), you can always upgrade later.
I personally dont have a fast HDD, but it doesn't worry me that much, im quite content to let my PC render a video whilst browsing a webpage or checking my email... generally though, faster and bigger is better
If you don't get a DVD Burner, then definately get a big (160GB+) HDD, or you'll run outta room really really fast...Hope that helps