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| Thread ID: 32582 | 2003-04-23 03:49:00 | Video editing hardware suggestions? Help!! | stuffed (1469) | Press F1 |
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| 138060 | 2003-04-23 03:49:00 | Am wanting to buy a new PC and this time would like to try some real video editing (ie historic VCR tapes). The Dell Dimension 4 CPU 1.50GHz have presently will not perform satisfactorily at all in this field. To have a PC built – to handle video editing with today’s availability of hardware does anyone have any suggestions for: CPU – say up to $500 Motherboard – say up to $300 Video Card – with Video In – Video Out – say up to $400 RAM? Do know that getting into video editing on a PC can be a bottomless financial pit but any suggestions to help out an old fella would be appeciated! |
stuffed (1469) | ||
| 138061 | 2003-04-23 04:03:00 | Your current CPU sounds enough if you ask me. I did some work on a 500MHz one. But if you still want to go ahead, get an AMD AthlonXP 2400+, for about $250; mobo to handle that should be around $250 too, depends on features and brand, video card with video in and video out, well, you could get an add-on card for less than $200, but I'm not sure if you could get a new graphics card with video editing capability for less than $400. I'd say 512MB RAM, should be about $120. | agent (30) | ||
| 138062 | 2003-04-23 05:54:00 | I agree with Agent that your current CPU should handle the job sufficiently -- have you actually tried it? You have not stated how much RAM you have in that machine and if there is not enough adding some more may make the world of difference. If you still want a new PC regardless, however, have a look at websites with component selectors, eg Ascent. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 138063 | 2003-04-23 06:18:00 | A fast, large Hard Drive. I would say at least a 7200rpm ATA 100 or 133. 80GB should be plenty, and they're not too expensive (Slightly over $200 incl. GST) |
somebody (208) | ||
| 138064 | 2003-04-23 22:01:00 | Susan - thanks - yeah have tried it - very "jumpy" - just not good enough - have 384 RAM. Have been looking at components at www.pp.co.nz/ - in no great rush - just would like to try and get it right this time! | stuffed (1469) | ||
| 138065 | 2003-04-23 22:20:00 | > Susan - thanks - yeah have tried it - very "jumpy" - > just not good enough - have 384 RAM. Have been > looking at components at www.pp.co.nz/ - in no great > rush - just would like to try and get it right this > time! Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater! That machine is fine for the job. What capture card are you using? What OS are you running? What format are you capturing in? There are any number of causes for 'jumpy' capture. Tell use your exact computer model number and configuration and we may be able to tell you what's wrong. |
BIFF (1) | ||
| 138066 | 2003-04-23 22:50:00 | This is a config I suggested a friend of mine . From PP . co . nz . for PC Wizard code: 001 . 001=CP01910 002 . 001=MB02355 003 . 001=MEM03000 005 . 001=DD01010 006 . 001=CW01000 006 . 002=HD05850 007 . 001=MD01205 008 . 001=CS01660 009 . 001=MN03300 010 . 001=ID03000 011 . 001=ID01100 012 . 001=SW01300 Description Code/Price CPU: AMD Athlon 2000XP CPU + Fan Retail Boxed CP01910 $193 . 00 Socket A Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-7VKMP MB02355 $172 . 00 DDR RAM Memory Chip: Generic 512MB PC2100 DDR Memory MEM03000 $134 . 00 Floppy Disk Drive: Samsung 3½" Floppy Disk Drive DD01010 $28 . 00 IDE Device: Diamond Data DD401248 OEM CD-Writer CWO1000 $112 . 00 IDE Device: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 80GB 7200RPM Hard Disk HD05850 $242 . 00 PCI Card: Pragmatic Lucent/Agere PCI Internal 56k V92 Modem MD01205 $38 . 00 Case: iCute 627 (Black) ATX Mid-Tower Case 300W Power Supply Unit CS01660 $101 . 00 Keyboard: A4Tech KB-5 Standard Keyboard with ACPI keys ID03000 $15 . 00 Mouse: A4Tech SWOP-25 Optical Wheel Mouse PS2 ID01100 $26 . 00 ST Lab IEEE1394 FireWire 3 Port PCI Card with 6-4pin cable & software ACC01200 $54 . 00 Monitor: Viewsonic E70 MNO3300 $279 . 00 Software Package: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition OEM Operating System SW01300 $217 . 00 Assembly $40 . 00 Order Total (inc GST and Postage) $1,651 . 00 GRAND TOTAL $1,651 . 00 If you assemble yourself $1,611 . 00 |
somebody (208) | ||
| 138067 | 2003-04-23 22:51:00 | These prices are from Feb though.... | somebody (208) | ||
| 138068 | 2003-04-23 23:01:00 | If you goto QMB.co.nz, you'll save $50 on the CPU alone :-) They do post out parts too :-) |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 138069 | 2003-04-23 23:36:00 | Not necessarily. QMB doesn't include GST does it? From memory, they didn't, and other parts (RAM, hard drives etc.) were $20 or so more expensive. Note that the prices I quoted are outdated - I got them in Februrary of this year, and I haven't been checking them for a while. PP.co.nz's prices are all GST inclusive. I got an interesting quote from a company (I forgot who), who charged $10+GST freight per item, which worked out as $120+GST in freight alone. PP has free freight, and all prices are GST inclusive. Note that I have not purchased anything from PP before, and have not connections with them whatsoever, if it sounds like I'm trying to do free advertising. |
somebody (208) | ||
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