$400 Budget PC for Photo/Video Editing

blue957400

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Just as the title says. My friend is looking to get into video editing. More specifically youtube videos and car photos. He wants to build a PC specifically for that. No monitor/OS/peripherals needed. Might also have a go at 3d rendering if that makes a difference. Thanks in advanced for helping me pick out some parts. :cool:
 

C4C

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$400? Won't get you a decent quad core unfortunately.

For $600 I put together this: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/rBCQMp

Of course you could ditch the extra 8GB of RAM and scavenge a PSU and GPU, but the performance won't be there with a budget of $400.

You could alternately go with a build like mine (link in my sig) and drop the GPU down to a GTX 750ti level and get an ATX board.

morale of the story is don't go cheap on the CPU and RAM. Here's an under $450 build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3wd7nQ
 
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blue957400

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Sweet but it seems like some components are unnecessary. Can we maybe get a crappier processor, video card, and less RAM for now and upgrade the mobo? The only reason I would suggest a better mobo is for future upgrades. I think for now anything better than a netbook with onboard graphics would work.
 
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