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Building a computer
Ok I’m building a computer for college which will also serve as my editing computer. I need some advice. What are the 5 most important factors in a computer that make it perform editing well. this is an opinion thing so just pick what you think. obviously there are much more than 5 things.
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Graphics card has little to do with editing /render speeds - maybe playback, but not the atual creation. Fast Hard drives ( Seriak ATA ) - Dual processors if you are using an editor that supports them will be an improvement ( ie Premiere Pro) but not that much of a boost if the software is not multi threading. For most 'bang - for - the- buck processors... AMD Athlon XP or MP are a great performer for the price - go for the fastest front side bus you can find , which will depend on the chip. 512 MB ram minimum, more than that would be good, but not that big of a performance boost at render time. The proc and hard drive system is the key to faster renders. If you are shooting DV, then just about any firewire will work well, but if shooting in an analog format, then the capture card will be critical.DAZMAN wrote:in my opinion a good processor/ duel processor, large memory (at least 512 of ddr ram) a good, up to date graphics card, definatley a good capture card and a dvd rw.
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Don't cheap out on the memory. Every time I have bought the one on sale, it wouldn't work!
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dude i bought a good PC from best buy for 2200$....good ram, good vid card, works fine for editing, why build it? go buy it from like best buy or a comp store or something
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We duplicated a $3600 Alien system for less than $2200, and used better speakers and Vid card. I also think the case we found to use for it was cooler than the alienware case It was also the first Opteron system we built, pretty impressive chip!Grant wrote:true Carnage, With component parts i could build the same system much cheaper. Building PCs is easy, setting up the software takes time
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ahh also the all to much overlooked compnenet: th motherboard. you dont want to go cheap on that cause everything has to go thru it, it will allow you better upgraddes in the future, and yeah, it has a cool name.
if your buying online checkout www.newegg.com they usually have the best prices.
with that amount of money you can get a really kick @$$ computer, i wish i had that much to spend on a comp.i think my limit will end up being around $2500
if your buying online checkout www.newegg.com they usually have the best prices.
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The funny thing is that in a year, that's going to be considered obsolete!
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I always build my computers because then you can fix it yourself instead of paying hundreds of dollars for someone else to do something that's actually really easy to do. Don't buy the best processor out there, you'll be wasting hundreds of dollars for a few extra mhz. I bought a 3.06 and installed a watercooling system. That way i could get rid of almost all the fans in my case, making my computer really quiet. This makes audio dubbing and stuff way easier when there isn't this loud humming in the background. Also, I can overclock my ststem to 3.66 safely because the watercooling system keeps the processor pretty chilled. I don't normally do this though because this reduces the life of your processor. Never buy the very latest and greatest computer components because you will be wasting your money on something that is outdated in 2 months....ever heard of moore's law?
uhm are you really sure about this? this is really much lower-end than your last setup
I'd go for more RAM btw, and keep the FSB high! preferably get one at 533 or maybe (expensive) 800 MHz with the slowest cpu available for that config (probably a 2.4 GHz p4 for 533 MHz or a 2.55 GHz p4 for the 800 MHz FSB). This way you can always upgrade to get really big performance boosts when you've got the money. You can temporarily save on the peripherals.
I'd go for more RAM btw, and keep the FSB high! preferably get one at 533 or maybe (expensive) 800 MHz with the slowest cpu available for that config (probably a 2.4 GHz p4 for 533 MHz or a 2.55 GHz p4 for the 800 MHz FSB). This way you can always upgrade to get really big performance boosts when you've got the money. You can temporarily save on the peripherals.
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