Need help making a video Editing PC

Kuwabara18 · Post by **Kuwabara18** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 7:44 pm

hey yall, I'm starting out my video editing passion and i need to create a computer for it. I need help on which processor based computer i should have and which is cheaper. My spending limit is $500

Brolly345 · Post by **Brolly345** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 9:00 pm

Your going to be really hard pressed to find anything that would do well in that field for 500 dollars. Video editing is pretty demanding resource wise on a computer. I would suggest at least a 2.4 Ghz processor. Intel or AMD, whichever you want, and 256 MB of RAM minimum. I would suggest 512 MB of, but 1 GB of RAM would be better. Video and sound are your choice. Then you have to consider the monitor and the speakers. Do you have any of the parts already? If so that would be a big help. But, getting to the point, I suggest this site:

http://www.pricewatch.com

It's a directory for computer parts. If you know what your looking for this makes it that much easier. You can also search by price and keep it below 500 dollars. Good luck doing it though.

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 9:20 pm

I find eMachines to be amazingly cheap compared to their computer features.
http://www.e4me.com/products/products.h ... ines_T2958

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 10:04 pm

AMVfreak wrote:I find eMachines to be amazingly cheap compared to their computer features.
http://www.e4me.com/products/products.h ... ines_T2958

RAWK 8)

narcted · Post by **narcted** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 10:10 pm

If you're fairly compotent in simple computer repair, I'd recommend buying a refurbished computer to save money. I bought a refurbed Gateway from Tiger Direct and I've never had a problem. IMO refurbished PCs are more reliable since a technician actually had to turn it on to fix it. Normal production rates are so high the manufacturers rarely bother booting up the computer to see if it works.

Gateway and Dell have fairly good refurbished selections with great prices. I think you could easily get a good editing computer for less than $500. Computer Geeks also has good prices, but not wide selection.

Get a Pentium or AMD. Stay away from Celerons for video editing.

Rosie-chan · Post by **Rosie-chan** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 10:15 am

If you or someone you know are comfortable enough with building computers, have a gander at this parts list provided by the AMV pannel at Anime Boston 2004

The Budget Video Editing PC by Guyver2019 wrote:
If you're looking for a solid editing machine for a value price, Guyv has assembled this list of inexpensive but powerful components so that you can be on par with other editors.

All Prices found on www.newegg.com

RAM - OCZ Performance Series 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - $105

CPU - AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333MHz FSB, 512K Cache Processor - $83

Motherboard - ASUS nForce2 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "A7N8X-X" - $73

Video Card - GIGABYTE ATI RADEON 9200SE Video Card, 128MB DDR, 64-bit, TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "GV-R92S128T" - $50

Hard Drive - Seagate 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model ST3120022A - $86

DVD/CD Burner/Reader - Lite-On DVD-RW/+RW Drive, Model LDW-811S/ 851S - $100

Case + Power Supply - POWMAX Beige Mid Tower ATX Case with 400W Power Supply, Model "CP769PL-2" - $25

Total: $522

Also try www.pricewatch.com, a great place to search for and compare the prices of different computer parts

Brolly345 · Post by **Brolly345** » Wed Sep 08, 2004 12:05 pm

AMVfreak wrote:I find eMachines to be amazingly cheap compared to their computer features.
http://www.e4me.com/products/products.h ... ines_T2958

Looks like I've been shown up.

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:05 pm

Little update:
I found a cheaper and very similar model of the eMachines computer link I gave you earlier
Hopefully this post wasnt too late if you were considering to buy eMacs.

Looks like I've been shown up.

You know how eMachines are with their prices. =D
Its pretty hard finding ready-to-go computers with good features and a price other than Emachines anyways.
Although if you want any specifics that ready-to-go computers dont have, buying parts and building it yourself is a good solution to work out like Brolly said.

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Fri Sep 10, 2004 9:08 pm

Doh I forgot the link.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... E400-T2885

Its off tigerdirect. Really cheap if you ask me, wish I would have gotten that earlier :p
Oh, and oldwrench might be able to help you with tigerdirect, He seems to be a regular customer there.

Brolly345 · Post by **Brolly345** » Sat Sep 11, 2004 1:16 am

I just prefer, and suggest, to build your own. Then it is easier to upgrade whatever you want because you know what's compatable because you built the thing. That and if I screw something up I want it to be my fault.