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| Thread ID: 104739 | 2009-11-06 21:32:00 | Motherboard and video card for video editing? | stuffed (1469) | Press F1 |
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| 827800 | 2009-11-07 05:02:00 | if you don't plan to use the computer for gaming, I'd get the dirt cheapest graphics card you could get (or even integrated) and spend the $550 to improve the other parts. Or just not spend it and keep it for when you need to upgrade. $500 CPU + $500 graphics card will be slower than $1000 CPU + integrated graphics card when it comes to video editing. Although I'd never spend $1000 on a CPU. As graphics cards are not usually used as GPGPUs yet, I'd wait until it gets a bit more mainstream before going down that route. |
utopian201 (6245) | ||
| 827801 | 2009-11-07 06:07:00 | If CPU clock speed is so important then I'd suggest that you do OC. The i7's can fairly regularly hit 4.0Ghz fairly stably. You might want to invest in an aftermarket air cooler though. The Prolimatech Megahalems is the best on the market at the moment. Either that or you could put a bit more money into a better processor. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 827802 | 2009-11-07 06:47:00 | No point spending $1000+ on a CPU when you can just OC and get the same clock speed. If you're going to be using onboard get an i7 920 + Megahalems - OC it to 3.6, and an SSD |
whellington (15030) | ||
| 827803 | 2009-11-07 22:57:00 | Don't bother getting anything other than the 920.....OC'd, it just about matches the higher models.. The P6T+48XX should be fine for your usage... The P6T is nothing flashy, but has plenty of upgradeability and lots of features. You might want to invest in two extra HDs in RAID1 too, for safety. Blam |
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