Alright computer nerds I need your help!
@Gorillafootprints925 (3586)
United States
December 16, 2010 11:18pm CST
Is computer nerds offensive? Sorry about that. Anyway, what would be the best configuration for a video editing PC? Would a gaming PC be good or is it different?
I currently own a business type desktop PC which is a small form factor that I bought when I was younger and now it's old and it is slow in the rendering of videos. This is not really for gaming or Video editing. I'm thinking of building my own but I'm wondering what would be the best configuration if I were to buy. If there was a PC for video editing what would be a good example? I don't have the money yet but we'll see.
What laptops are good for editing videos? Do you know some good ones that I should save up for? Thank you.
HD videos takes up a lot of space so it is appropriate to have a huge hard drive. That is all I know.
4 responses
@jwfarrimond (4473)
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18 Dec 10
With only only a pentium 4, 1.5 Gb of RAM and 80 Gb HD your computer is certainly not good enough to do what you want to do.
I think that the best thing that you can do is to talk to a computer expert face to face. They can give you expert advice which will be much better than asking people here because no-one can give you proper advice without being able to talk you about what you want to do.
@Gorillafootprints925 (3586)
• United States
18 Dec 10
I'm not planning on tweaking my computer. I am planning to either build or buy a new tower that is a good configuration for editing videos under 500 dollars or less or a little more. Do you edit videos?
@jwfarrimond (4473)
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18 Dec 10
I understood that you were not trying to tweak your present computer 
I don't do video editing, it's not something that I'm interested in. But my present computer is certainly powerful enough to do so if I wanted to. This is it's basic. spec. AMD Phenom II quad core 3.2 Mhz processor (64 bit) 4 Gig DDR3 RAM 500 Gig HDD
Now I've only got basic video on it because as I said, I'm not interested in video editing. But if I was, I'd couple that basic spec with the best video card that the m/b could support. It's those three things that are most important. The processor, as fast as you can afford. The RAM, DDR3 is twice as fast as DDR2. And last but my no means least, the video card. A machine intended for gaming should be able to handle video work as well I would think.
I don't do video editing, it's not something that I'm interested in. But my present computer is certainly powerful enough to do so if I wanted to. This is it's basic. spec. AMD Phenom II quad core 3.2 Mhz processor (64 bit) 4 Gig DDR3 RAM 500 Gig HDD
Now I've only got basic video on it because as I said, I'm not interested in video editing. But if I was, I'd couple that basic spec with the best video card that the m/b could support. It's those three things that are most important. The processor, as fast as you can afford. The RAM, DDR3 is twice as fast as DDR2. And last but my no means least, the video card. A machine intended for gaming should be able to handle video work as well I would think.
@mckioda02 (83)
• Philippines
18 Dec 10
Good day gorillafoot...
Before anything else, May I know what are the current specifications of your PC?
@Gorillafootprints925 (3586)
• United States
18 Dec 10
Why do you need it? I'm only asking for the best configuration.
Here it is:
P4 3.0 GHZ
1.5 gb ram
80 gb hd
I'm not sure what mother board it has. It's a HP dc7600.
@mckioda02 (83)
• Philippines
20 Dec 10
I have a recommendation so you would have a guide on what to buy in building your new PC...
-Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R MOTHERBOARD
-supports Pentium core i7
-supports USB3.0 devices
-support for 2-way/3-way ATI CrossfireX/NVIDIA SLI technology
-6x1.5v DDR3 DIMM sockets supporting up to 24GB of system memory
-AMD Phenom II X4 940 PROCESSOR
-3.0Ghz
-ATI Radeon HD 5450 GRAPHICS CARD
-1024MB graphics memory
You can still conduct further research regarding on what configuration your PC should have. It is up But I also suggest that you would go for AMD processor if you would prefer ATI for your graphics card.
@phaseout (8)
• United States
24 Dec 10
Custom build a computer to fit your needs, depending on where you buy you can get better deals than pre-built computers at the stores. Also, try not to go to Best Buy, they might sound helpful but they aren't always true to their word (they just want to make a sale) For video-editing you'd want lots of RAM, 8GB or higher. A fairly good GPU, around $100 to $200. And def. at least a quad-core CPU. This may not be what you need but it would be fast for any task. Try something like:
8GB RAM - $100
AMD Athlon II X4 635 - $100
A good graphics card - $100-$200
