Video editing computer HELP

[davmoo]

Originally Posted by monkeyrhahn

Now what kind of processor should i get?(how many Hz or MB cache) because im makkeing one on dell

Personally, I prefer Intel. I have had major problems over the years with AMD processors, and that's made me highly biased. Plus right now the best performing chips are all in the Intel camp anyway.

You want the fastest processor you can afford, along with the most cache.

Edit: Sorry, hit the wrong keys by mistake :-) I'll finish now.

If I were buying a machine to edit video, I would not go below dual cores, 2.5 GHz, 2MB of cache, and 4GB of ram. I'd also suggest a good nVidia or ATI graphics card...embedded graphics sucks for video editing.

The machine I edit video on right now is a dual core e8400, 3.95 GHz (obviously overclocked), 6MB of cache, 8GB of ram, and a nVidia 9800 GT graphics card. And its not as fast as I'd like for editing. If you left off hard drives, monitors, OS, and software, you maybe could duplicate it for your $500 or so if you caught stuff on sale...but not in an off the shelf machine.

[monkeyrhahn]

Ok, so if im looking to "make my own" like you do on dell.com

what are some other computer companys i should look at?

[davmoo]

I added some more stuff in my post while you were replying, so read the end of it again.

Also, I don't know where you live, but have you looked at the HP offerings at Walmart? They're not gonna be hotrods, but they are within your budget.

[monkeyrhahn]

So the dell im working on:

Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 (3MB L2 Cache, 2.93GHz 1066FSB)
2 or 4 gigs DDR2 SDRAM
ATI Radeon HD 4350 512mb

598.00 dell

[davmoo]

If that's your budget and you can't go higher, I'd say that would work.

If you're going to edit video, spring for the 4GB of ram. And get the 64-bit Windows 7.

[monkeyrhahn]

Whats the difference between 64 bit and other windows?

[davmoo]

Originally Posted by monkeyrhahn

Whats the difference between 64 bit and other windows?

32-bit Windows is limited to 3.somethingGB (it varies a tiny bit with each system) of memory. Even if you stuff in 8GB, its only going to use and see that 3.somethingGB. If you're buying a new system, and since you're trying to stay on a budget, you might as well give yourself some future upgrade room on the machine when you have more money to buy more ram.