Computer dilemna

Apeotheosis · Post by **Apeotheosis** » Sat May 14, 2005 11:17 am

Well, here's the deal guys, I've been looking into buying a new computer because of the simple fact that my laptop just can't handle the stress anymore. I've done quite a bit of research and to tell you the truth, I'm still pretty confused as to what's important and what's not important for a video-editing system. Most people say that a video-editing system should have similar specs to a gaming system for the most efficiency, but some say that a lot of things are just totally overrated and there's really no need for certain things (Like the difference between 3.0 ghz and 3.2 ghz or the difference between 3200+ and 3600+, or even the difference between AMD and Intel). Supposedly the people that find large differences are just huge computer buffs that want to learn the world with their computer lingo. I'm just so lost, lol.

I am not going to make my own computer, so I figured it'd be a good idea to just grab a decent computer within my pricerange that can be upgraded right away to support my video-editing cravings. The ones I was debating on is the Emachines T6212 (I wouldn't have even considered Emachines before this new model, trust me) and the Dell 8400 with a gig of ram and a 200 gig HD. Which would you choose out of the two?

If there are some other computer packages out there with better performance for what I need then feel free to let me know! Thanks everyone.

~Mikeh

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sat May 14, 2005 11:20 am

Can you link us to descriptions of the two packages you're considering?

Apeotheosis · Post by **Apeotheosis** » Sat May 14, 2005 11:48 am

I sure can Scintilla, wow, it's been a while since I've spoke with you...you probably don't even remember me now because of exponentially growing fandom from your EvaBebop video huh? lol (Still love it to do death

)

Anyways, back to buisness. Here's the comps:

http://reviews.cnet.com/eMachines_T6212 ... 41178.html

http://ecomm.dell.com/dellstore/popups/ ... 5a44b4e700

There ya go, of course, I can still adjust the Dell if that's not enough, but I thought it would do just fine...?

Imaginos · Post by **Imaginos** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:15 am

mm the Dell link doesnt come up..

In General terms IMHO the most important factor is RAM, video editing takes a lot of it esp if you are using the edit direct from .avs method or using after effects.

Most modern processors are up to the task so I wouldnt worry too much about ( though you may want aviod the Celeron line if you can get a pentium or AMD system)

ANother big factor is the disk drive, not just size ther is also the matter of transfer speed, one thing that can boost this is the use SATA based drives ( especially in multi drive systems).

Now with all that siad i am working on system using ATA drives (in a bad arragement) 1.7Ghz proc and 1.7 GB ram an for the most part it does a pretty good job, so just about anytyhing out thee now should handle AMV making pretty well.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sun May 15, 2005 4:25 am

Apeotheosis wrote:You probably don't even remember me now because of exponentially growing fandom from your EvaBebop video huh?

No, I don't even remember you now because you changed your name a few months ago, and I can't remember what you used to be known as.

Oh wait.

Apeotheosis · Post by **Apeotheosis** » Sun May 15, 2005 1:25 pm

Thanks Imaginos, I've heard just about the same thing from the majority. It seems ram is the biggy, and I made sure to get one full gig of it just in case, and luckily this thing came standard with a 160 gig SATA drive so I should be in the money. I just broke down and got the Dimension 8400 because I could customize it with the extra ram right on the spot. I might just have to purchase an external hard drive eventually though...160 is a lot, but it might not be enough

As for you Scintilla, you're quite the comedian.