Making a system for video editing and recording...

Curt

Curt

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..and this is what I have chosen, if you want to suggest better parts let me know. Price isn't that much of an issue (well okay, I won't go out and spend $800 for a processor).

First off I ordered this case
http://www.xoxide.com/xopacl2.html
with a 500 watt Ultra X-Connect psu

Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130481

CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116182

Fan/Heatsink:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185116

Memory:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145450

Video Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102352

Hard Drive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144154

Sound Card for Recording:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=rec/s=computer/product/reviews/base_pid=701340/rpp=10/


Edit: Sorry for posting this in the wrong forum, I just realized I did that.
 
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I would get a better graphics card and jump into dual-core but i'm no expert so wait for other people to reply.
 
34erd said:
I would get a better graphics card and jump into dual-core but i'm no expert so wait for other people to reply.
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Dual core is still too expensive for me at this point in time and there is still too many compatability issues that I am not ready to face yet hehe.

Have you seen this video card in action? I have heard good things about it but I have not personally seen it yet. I don't plan on doing any gaming at all, this is purely going to be a video editing/home studio pc.
 
If you are video editing at LEAST 2 GB of RAM will be your best friend. That is a pretty good choice of a Hard Drive. I like doing video editing on the Mac we have at my work. It is a PowerPC G5 with dual processors and 8 GBs of RAM :D A $16,000 comp is the best for video editing lol. I'm not sure how graphics card intensive video editing is but I know that it relies HEAVILY on RAM and a good deal on CPU power. Remember, in recording, you can have the best sound card in the world but a crappy microphone will make everything sound bad so get a real nice mic too
 
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If you are video editing at LEAST 2 GB of RAM will be your best friend. That is a pretty good choice of a Hard Drive. I like doing video editing on the Mac we have at my work. It is a PowerPC G5 with dual processors and 8 GBs of RAM :D A $16,000 is the best for video editing lol. I'm not sure how graphics card intensive video editing is but I know that it relies HEAVILY on RAM and a good deal on CPU power. Remember, in recording, you can have the best sound card in the world but a crappy microphone will make everything sound bad so get a real nice mic too
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Yeah I am actually planning on having more RAM but I don't have money for it at first so that will have to wait a while.

I have had plenty of experience recording so I know all about that stuff. ;)
 
I would get a better graphics card and jump into dual-core but i'm no expert so wait for other people to reply.
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1. No need for a better card as the AIW does the job sufficiently.
2. Dual core is a good suggestion however
3. Getting a "TV Wonder" card may be a wiser choise as it does not bind the "functionality" (i.e, VideoIn) with the videocard (i.e., "Radeon9600XT")

@Curt:
Whats your budget?

If you are video editing at LEAST 2 GB of RAM will be your best friend
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At least? While 2GB is nice, it's not a "omg i need this or its gonna fail miserably"

I'm not sure how graphics card intensive video editing is but I know that it relies HEAVILY on RAM and a good deal on CPU power
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Yes but whether you have 1GB or 2GB or 4GB ... if you're doing really heavy stuff ... you're gonna be using virtual memory regardless

Yeah I am actually planning on having more RAM but I don't have money for it at first so that will have to wait a while.
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Ditch the Corsair XMS for Corsair's ValueSelect and you'll have more money to play with (again, whats your budget).
 
Budget is pretty leniant since I will be getting discounts on half of the hardware. Just suggest good parts, I will price check them and we can work from there.
Are the valueselect going to work as good as the XMS because I didn't think the XMS price was all too high. But if I can get the same performance for a lower price that's cool.
 
Are the valueselect going to work as good as the XMS because I didn't think the XMS price was all too high. But if I can get the same performance for a lower price that's cool.
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The XMS is better memory no doubt but for what you're doing, there's more of an emphasis on:
1. Sheer quanitty of memory
2. Stability
Which, if you had an unlimited budget, could be doable with XMS, but the selling point of XMS memory is that its for overclocking and gaming. ValueSelect is significantly cheaper and will perform well enough for what you're doing :)
 
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I would get a better graphics card and jump into dual-core but i'm no expert so wait for other people to reply.

1. No need for a better card as the AIW does the job sufficiently.
2. Dual core is a good suggestion however
3. Getting a "TV Wonder" card may be a wiser choise as it does not bind the "functionality" (i.e, VideoIn) with the videocard (i.e., "Radeon9600XT")

Heh heh if i can make a post without praetor having to corect it that will make my day lol
 
At least? While 2GB is nice, it's not a "omg i need this or its gonna fail miserably"
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I know what you are saying but he is making a rig for video editing and it will benefit a lot from more RAM.

I know that he will still have to use virtual memory because we are talking about 15GB++ Files. I was saying that 1GB is good (and probably enough) for general video editing but he will need at least 2GB for manageable video render times which can get horribly long if you don't have enough RAM. I know because I did a project over the summer for a small company (EAST Initiative) who needed a promotional video. All my team (5 people) had was a few PCs with 1GB RAM and it took longer than it should have.
 
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