What computer should i get?

townshend88 · Post by **townshend88** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:44 pm

I'm thinking about getting a computer for normal use, but I also want to run adobe premier and aftereffects. i was looking at the HP media center but does anyone have some comparably priced computers that are better suited for editing? How does the media center stack up for this task?

Truggy · Post by **Truggy** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 9:10 pm

I got a HP pavilion, a340n for 729 bucks, the tower itself, and its a gaming/media PC...ati radeon 9800 128, 1024 mb of ram, this is a great machine, any machine over 2+ ghz is good for video editing, maybe a little less in my opinion

justsomeguy · Post by **justsomeguy** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 11:48 pm

Build your own for way cheaper with better parts. even if you have no idea how to do it, you will learn a lot and there is plenty of help on the interenet

mercenary123 · Post by **mercenary123** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 1:20 am

I say go with an Emachines with WindowsXP, works great. Mine came cheap i guess like $720 or somethin', it also had a CD burner with it.

Truggy · Post by **Truggy** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:29 am

mercenary123 wrote:I say go with an Emachines with WindowsXP, works great. Mine came cheap i guess like $720 or somethin', it also had a CD burner with it.

WRONG, emachines are the worst, they lag really bad, get a HP or sony...ide suggest an HP

U.S.Amateurfilmaker · Post by **U.S.Amateurfilmaker** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 4:34 am

I would say go with HP, Sony, Alienware, or a custom pc.

mercenary123 · Post by **mercenary123** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 3:43 pm

I dunno Truggy, my Emachines works almost perfect, but I have DSL too, dunno if that has anything to do with it, maybe. ANyway, mine works great.

Also, I've been wantin' an Alienware PC, it'd be cool.

Truggy · Post by **Truggy** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:13 pm

emachines do suck, there cheaply produced!...might work good for you, but does it lag?

mercenary123 · Post by **mercenary123** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:47 pm

Mine doesn't really lag, I mean...well, nope. WEll, exept for AvRack, a audio video player, that takes a bit to bring up my playlist, but it's real big though.

Carnage7p · Post by **Carnage7p** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 7:04 am

customize one. thats what i did. 2.8 ghz, 2 gb ram, 250 gb hard drive, 5.1 surround sound, etc got it for just under 2000. but if you dont want to spend that much you can get rid of 5.1 surround. go with an 80 gb hard drive. maybe more like 2.2 ghz, and 512 to 1 gb ram. then it will be really resonably priced. mine works amazingly well. and go with a CRT monitor. much better for editing in my opinion and it will save you some cash. saved me $200 on the monitor alone.

Skitz-O-Phrenia · Post by **Skitz-O-Phrenia** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:11 am

How much do you want to spend, that will help us more. do you also need a new monitor? are you going to be gaming at all?