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gALOSAT

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Hi guys, I’m finally getting myself a new computer.

I will be using this computer for video editing, gaming and burning dvd’s.

Don't know If I should go with Intel or Amd and also which video card to get and type of memory. Yes, yo are right, I don;t know much so I really need your help. Thank you.
This are some of the things I guess I'll need.

Need tower, motherboard, Cpu, Ram, Video card, Dvd burner, memory card ports and Lcd Monitor.

Budget $1400


Please help me out!

Thank you!!!
 
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new build!

Sorry guys I also forgot to say that I'm looking to keep this new pc for a while, so please help me build the meanist video editing and gaming pc for around this budget. $1400

Thank you!

Galosat.
 
well you might want to go for either AMD X2 or Intel Core 2 Duo

you'll prob want around 2GB of some fast RAM. either ddr800 with 4-4-4-12 timings or ddr1066 with 5-5-5-18 timings

video card is questionable. you would need a nice fast one like a 7900gt for gaming but you need a different kind for video editing and rendering
 
Impr3ssiv3 said:
well you might want to go for either AMD X2 or Intel Core 2 Duo

you'll prob want around 2GB of some fast RAM. either ddr800 with 4-4-4-12 timings or ddr1066 with 5-5-5-18 timings

video card is questionable. you would need a nice fast one like a 7900gt for gaming but you need a different kind for video editing and rendering
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Which CPU has better benchmarks when dealing with video?

All suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.

Thank you!
 
core 2 duo has been better on all benchmarks dealng with video. There was only 1 encoding benchmark where the E6300 lost out to top of the line PD.
 
Get a core duo, and make sure you are using a good video.graphic card combination for maximum results with the software
 
if you have that budget then a conroe processor is definately the thing, also i think that one graphics card is enough for now, it would be expensive and not as good to use sli with a budget like yours.
 
Are you more into gaming or video editing? Because if your more into video editing you might want to sacrifice some GPU power for a better CPU. Yeah, I know it's video editing, but for your budget it's better to concentrate on the CPU/RAM subsystem for video editing.
 
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34erd said:
Are you more into gaming or video editing? Because if your more into video editing you might want to sacrifice some GPU power for a better CPU. Yeah, I know it's video editing, but for your budget it's better to concentrate on the CPU/RAM subsystem for video editing.
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I'll be doing both so if you think I need to maybe raise my budget I can go up another $100 to a total of $1500. Probably a little more video than gaming.

Thanks!

Galosat.
 
You are going to need a good all around system. Good Processor, Ram, and Hard drive for the Video editing, and a good gaming graphics card like the X1800XT. It isn't worth getting a workstation graphics card for this system, because the increase in video editing would be alot less needed than the major decrease in gaming performance. Have you ever overclocked a computer before?
 
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115004
Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128017
Corsair XMS DDR2800 2x1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145034
Seagate 320GB Hard drive (SATA2/16MB cache)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148140
Seagate 320GB Hard drive (SATA2/16MB cache)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148140
Sapphire X1800XT Graphics Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814102007
Lite-on DVD+-RW Burner (Retail)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106013
Antec TruepowerII 550w Power supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103931

Windows XP Profesional Edition SP2B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16832116059
Optiquest by Viewsonic 19" LCD 8ms
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824116011

I put in Windows just in case, and I allocated $50 to the case of your choice. Total: $1497 +S/H

Choices: Take out XP Pro, downgrade to E6300 replace with an Extra 19" LCD
+$0 roughly

I also am assuming that you are going to overclock it. Anyone who builds their own computer usually gets to tinkering around with overclocking some day :)
 
Motherboard?

Jet said:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115004
Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128017
Corsair XMS DDR2800 2x1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145034
Seagate 320GB Hard drive (SATA2/16MB cache)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148140
Seagate 320GB Hard drive (SATA2/16MB cache)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148140
Sapphire X1800XT Graphics Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814102007
Lite-on DVD+-RW Burner (Retail)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106013
Antec TruepowerII 550w Power supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103931

Windows XP Profesional Edition SP2B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16832116059
Optiquest by Viewsonic 19" LCD 8ms
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824116011

I put in Windows just in case, and I allocated $50 to the case of your choice. Total: $1497 +S/H

Choices: Take out XP Pro, downgrade to E6300 replace with an Extra 19" LCD
+$0 roughly

I also am assuming that you are going to overclock it. Anyone who builds their own computer usually gets to tinkering around with overclocking some day :)
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Thanks Jet for the help.

One thing is that at the link you provided I saw bad reviews on this motherboard, what is the best one right now?
 
gALOSAT said:
Thanks Jet for the help.

One thing is that at the link you provided I saw bad reviews on this motherboard, what is the best one right now?
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Oh, thank you thank you thank you. I was looking for the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3

I couldn't find it on newegg.com, but here's from zipzoomfly.com:

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3

Also:
Do you need an operating system?
Are you going to overclock your computer?
If you look for cases at Newegg.com, post links to the ones you're interested in.
 
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What games will you be playing? The X1800XT will hold up to a lot of gaming, it's equal to the 7800GT.
 
Evga 7900GT KO

If you don't mind rebates, this is the best card (the 7900GT) for price/performance (according to Tomshardware.com), though either the X1800XT or the 7900GT would be good, the 7900GT is significantly better.
 
Jet said:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115004
Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128017
Corsair XMS DDR2800 2x1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145034
Seagate 320GB Hard drive (SATA2/16MB cache)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148140
Seagate 320GB Hard drive (SATA2/16MB cache)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148140
Sapphire X1800XT Graphics Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814102007
Lite-on DVD+-RW Burner (Retail)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106013
Antec TruepowerII 550w Power supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103931

Windows XP Profesional Edition SP2B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16832116059
Optiquest by Viewsonic 19" LCD 8ms
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824116011

I put in Windows just in case, and I allocated $50 to the case of your choice. Total: $1497 +S/H

Choices: Take out XP Pro, downgrade to E6300 replace with an Extra 19" LCD
+$0 roughly

I also am assuming that you are going to overclock it. Anyone who builds their own computer usually gets to tinkering around with overclocking some day :)
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Ok, so let's review.

I'll change the motherboard to this: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 and the video card to the 7900 GT.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819115004

Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3

Corsair XMS DDR2800 2x1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145034
Seagate 320GB Hard drive (SATA2/16MB cache)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148140

Video Card 7900 GT

Lite-on DVD+-RW Burner (Retail)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827106013
Antec TruepowerII 550w Power supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103931

Windows XP Profesional Edition SP2B
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16832116059
Optiquest by Viewsonic 19" LCD 8ms
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824116011

How does it look? Is everything compatible? Also will does this video card have video capturing ability? Please let me know!

Thank you!
 
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