Buying a new computer- Video editing

R

red79phoenix

New Member
I would like a computer I can do a little video editing on, a few times a year. Don't need anything crazy, looking at a few tell me what you think, suggest others that you know of.

Should I be looking for a quad core, lots of memory or both? Is a solid state drive a must, are integrated graphics cards a bad idea? (planning on using GoPro software for now)

http://www.overstock.com/Electronic...efccid=NCLGULRFN672ZGCFCJUCARGMXI&searchidx=6

http://www.overstock.com/Electronic...efccid=NCLGULRFN672ZGCFCJUCARGMXI&searchidx=0
 
Some more...

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-VX2631-U...ref=sr_1_3?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1420926742&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J0825EC/ref=twister_B00MR9NR20?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

By the way, GoPro requirements are:

Windows 7, 8.x

Intel® Core 2 Duo™
Recommended: Intel Quad Core™ i7 or better

Graphics card that supports OpenGL 1.2 or later
Recommended for 4K editing and playback: Intel HD4000 or better
(or similar class graphics card) ***(I am NOT recording in 4K)

4GB RAM

5400 RPM internal drive
Recommended: 7200 RPM drive or SSD
If external, USB 3.0 or eSATA
 
Have you thought about building your own? :D

For editing you want to stay clear of dual cores and head straight for the quads.
The best would be an Intel i7 chip or an i5, but the AMD FX-6300 does well for a budget.

This is a complete build. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/W96hTW

You could always get a Intel chip and forget about the extra graphics card. It just ends up a little more expensive. But not by much. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LqFTD3
 
Hi,
Thanks for the reply, it crossed my mind to build one, I just have no idea what components I would need over their competitors. Thanks for the two builds.
 
RJ, I really don't have any good computer for anything.

I had a Dell Dimension E510, (10 years old) graphics card died.

C4C, any chance I can use the Dell tower and power supply for a new build?
 
Not really. The PSUs are pretty low wattage, especially since its an old machine. And Dells dont use the standard ATX/microATX board

If the PSU is over 400W or so, it may be usable
 
ninjabubbles3 said:
Not really. The PSUs are pretty low wattage, especially since its an old machine. And Dells dont use the standard ATX/microATX board

If the PSU is over 400W or so, it may be usable
Click to expand...

If the PSU is 10 years old it's worthless by now. Just replace it.
 
Alright, can you guys suggest computer builds at 400 500 600 price points? With dual screens supported, but not included in the price.
The purpose would be coding (visual studio, not computationally intensive), and the adobe creative cloud suite (premier pro video editing would probably the highest computation required).
I guess C4C gave me a 500 intel build. I don't know if I should be geared toward intel over AMD necessarily.

One last piece of information, may be irrelevant, I plan on using this as a hub and remotely access it regularly from a <$300 laptop.
 
Last edited:
C4C said:
Have you thought about building your own? :D

For editing you want to stay clear of dual cores and head straight for the quads.
The best would be an Intel i7 chip or an i5, but the AMD FX-6300 does well for a budget.

This is a complete build. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/W96hTW

You could always get a Intel chip and forget about the extra graphics card. It just ends up a little more expensive. But not by much. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LqFTD3
Click to expand...

You also want to steer clear of Radeons for editing. The NVIDIA cards are much better for editing - CUDA support really speeds up exporting times in things like Premiere Pro and for SpeedGrade and After Effects it's pretty much a must. I had a Radeon HD 5870 which was useless to Premiere Pro CS5.5 (but to be fair CC 2014 could take advantage of OpenGL on the 5870), but since upgrading to a GTX 760 4GB and being able to use CUDA my render/export times have decreased dramatically. You don't need a GTX 760, a 750 Ti would do.

As for the AMD vs Intel debate it depends what your budget is. If you're on a budget then an FX-6300 would be a good option because you can overclock it too to get some extra performance out of it. However, if you have a bit more to spend and choosing between an FX-8320 and something like an i5 4690K, I'd get the i5. I've got a 2500K and it's great, as was my old 760. :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top