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| Thread ID: 120677 | 2011-09-20 07:03:00 | Building a Video Editing Comptuer | AquuL (16558) | PC World Chat |
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| 1232407 | 2011-09-20 10:19:00 | Damn, I wish I had a spare $3000 to spend on a video editing machine. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 1232408 | 2011-09-20 11:27:00 | I was wondering for 3grand is there a reason why you need this to be on a single machine splitting between two machines may actually be easier and save a lot of hassel just for example one could be set for your general editing and the other could be a dedicated rendering machine ( just a thought to consider as i dont know what your overall plan is ?) other than that you wont get better advice then what these guys have already offered |
milkster1976 (16554) | ||
| 1232409 | 2011-09-20 21:24:00 | Bang 16G of ram in since it is cheap at the moment. You may not use it all yet but good to have | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1232410 | 2011-09-20 21:34:00 | CPU: i5-2500K (i7-2600k is better but this one would be good enough for me!) RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz HDD: WD green 2TB but anything will do if you get the iSSD MB. Don't need SSD unless for fast startup CPU: I'd go with i7 if only that the 4 cores have hyperthreading giving you a little extra CPU power when encoding video. HDD: By all means use a WD green (or equivalent) for storage of your finished product, but they're too slow for editing video. I wouldn't use SSD for any editing either - just OS and programs. Get a WD Black or other fast 7200rpm HDD. RAM: As much as you can put in :D Min of 8GB if you're editing HD video |
autechre (266) | ||
| 1232411 | 2011-09-21 06:31:00 | Bang 16G of ram in since it is cheap at the moment. You may not use it all yet but good to have Yeah I was thinking 16 or maybe even 24GB of RAM..! Video Rendering loves RAM.. Do you guys think I should go with an SSD? I heard that they're faster when rendering videos, because of the faster transfer speed than a normal HDD, it allows the rendering program to create the render faster. |
AquuL (16558) | ||
| 1232412 | 2011-09-21 06:38:00 | Problem is you'd have to spend up large to get a big enough drive to store the software and programs that you need. Maybe a 15000rpm sata HD? | icow (15313) | ||
| 1232413 | 2011-09-21 08:36:00 | Problem is you'd have to spend up large to get a big enough drive to store the software and programs that you need. Maybe a 15000rpm sata HD? Don't really need too much space, 1TB internal will be fine. I currently am using less than < I keep my internal storage pretty clean and organized. I have 3TB in external storage which I will use to transfer renders once they've done rendering. A smaller SSD and then a HDD would work, wouldn't it? |
AquuL (16558) | ||
| 1232414 | 2011-09-21 08:46:00 | Can you use 15000 RPM serial attached SCSI drives with onboard SATA, or do you need a hardware controller? | Greven (91) | ||
| 1232415 | 2011-09-21 12:27:00 | I'd probably need a hardware controller. | AquuL (16558) | ||
| 1232416 | 2011-09-21 20:48:00 | Yes but a ssd would out probably out perform a scsi, ssd is the way to go for OS and a good sata3 for rendering should be ok. Velociraptors have come down in price a lot lately too, you can get 300Gb for $200 | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
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