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Build em a video editing pc

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Bambi

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I have $2500 dollars that i have saved up, but i want to still have 300 left. Whats the best video editing pc i can build with $2200. What are all teh parts i would need in order to build it. Could someone be kind enough and list them and the prices aswell thanks:)
 
Well, do you have a specific video editing software package in mind?

PC vs. Mac?

Are you going to be publishing to DVD and/or VCR?

Are you going to be pulling video from old analog tapes or everything off of a DV camera?

There are alot of variables when thinking of video editing PC.

I have a athlon 2800+ with 100 gig HD space, dvd burner, and a Dazzle DVC150.

That works for me in Premiere Pro.

Oh yeah, and we may be able to point you in a general direction, but for prices, um try www.newegg.com.
 
If you have $2200 to spend, take a look at the Prescott. They're supposedly quite a bit better at media encoding than the Northwood. You could get IC7-MAX3 to go along with it, a 36GB raptor plus a larger, slower hard drive for your storage needs, A DVD burner is probably a must for this kind of system. You can find good burners for about $100. At least 1GB of DDR400 or better would be advisable. As for graphics, I'd get an ATI all-in-wonder.
 
Originally posted by MemoryInAGarden
If you have $2200 to spend, take a look at the Prescott. They're supposedly quite a bit better at media encoding than the Northwood. You could get IC7-MAX3 to go along with it, a 36GB raptor plus a larger, slower hard drive for your storage needs, A DVD burner is probably a must for this kind of system. You can find good burners for about $100. At least 1GB of DDR400 or better would be advisable. As for graphics, I'd get an ATI all-in-wonder.
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I'd rather get an ATI vid card and a separate TV tuner because if you want to upgrade one down the road you have to pay for both. It's cheaper to just replace a video card than one with a TV tuner.
 
A pair of WD 36 GB raptors in RAID 0, whatever else you get. Plus a Gig of RAM.

BB
 
I agree with the seperate ATI card and TV Capture card (PVR250 maybe?) and 1GB of DDR400 or higher is best. DVD burner is a must, a Pioneer or a Liteon.

Alex
 
Originally posted by BB Gun
A pair of WD 36 GB raptors in RAID 0, whatever else you get. Plus a Gig of RAM.

BB
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youre joking right? for video editing you want at LEAST 2 gigs.

duals would be awesome too. dual opteron board is the order of the day, dunno if you could do it under 2200 though
 
Damn Kronchev, you beat me in with the dualie suggestion. Yeah, definitly go for the dual CPUs, you'll be happy you did once it comes to rendering time and you want to play Quake 3 :D

http://www.accupc.com/itemDetail.jsp?pid=mbmsk8tmst2far&refer=PriceWatch Mobo MSI K8T MASTER2FAR $200

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-388&depa=0 2x Opteron 242 $614

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...144-130&catalog=147&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0
Kingston HyperX 1GB(512MBx2) ECC Registered DDR PC-3200 $317

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-319&catalog=48&depa=0

SAPPHIRE RADEON 9800XT 256MB $415

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-144-200&catalog=14&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0
WD Raptor 36gb $115

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-144-203&catalog=14&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0

2x 160 WD SE 7200rpm 8mb $237

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-104-968&catalog=58&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0

Fortron Source 530w PSU $67

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...7-131-214&catalog=5&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0

Sony DVD-RW $120

Total $2085

Yes yes, I know he still would need a monitor and tv card, but this was just a rough estamit, especially since you can get much better prices on alot of that stuff. But, dualie opterons can be had!
 
Well this computer would be used to edit DV recordings of Church events and preachings.

They videos will then be transferred over to dvd.
 
Vertigo Acid, why a radeon9800XT 256 for video editing?

Save 200 bucks and get a 9800Pro 128 for 215 at newegg.

Even that is overkill, but going cheaper really limits other uses without saving nearly as much money.

Kronchev - GB of RAM was minimum, not clear in my post. THough it depends on what he means by video editing.

How long are these videos? I have produced a few 5-10 minute videos on my machine (below) just fine. Render time to final form takes about 15-25 minutes for 2.1 MB/sec bitrate movies.

BB
 
Originally posted by Bambi005
Well this computer would be used to edit DV recordings of Church events and preachings.

They videos will then be transferred over to dvd.
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oh. in that case you can settle for a single proc barton 2500+ and be fine since times not a HUGE concern
 
get the best computer you can for $1000, maximize the ram, processor and HD space.

Unless you are doing alot of 3d effects in the vids, the high end graphics cards isn't going to be cost effective.

personally, i think you would be better off getting a midrange card and putting the cash elsewhere.

with the other $1200, get a couple 19" lcds, because after everything is said and done, those are what you have to look at for hours on end.

Like these.
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=24-001-148&depa=0

Here's what i think you should get...
HT enabled P4
MB with firewire and usb 2.0
At least a gig of ram.
3 - 80 gig drives with 8 meg cache.
1 for OS, 2 in raid 0 for capture and work.
If you need to import from analog, get a pinnacle studio capture card.
Forget the AIW cards and tv tuners, you get better results from specialized analog->digital converter cards or USB capture device.
 
Ok, well after hearing all of that, I would still go for a 64-bit solution of some sort, more of the same RAM, more SATA storage and/or ATA-RAID. Yeah, in hind-sight the video card was a bit much, but I guess I am just biased as a gamer. A nice 9600 or 5600 would do fine, espeically a dual head dvi one.
 
Heh...my favorite subject...they already beat me to everything except for the capture card....

You want good, right? Well, head on down to the good people at Matrox.

Take a look around that site for a bit...

Also, what VE program were you going to run on it? If it's Adobe Premier, it's usually bundled with Matrox cards, along with Encore and Audition (I think)
 
Who needs a capture card if you're using a Mini-DV?

Firewire works just fine. :)

What are you using to record, Bambi?

BB
 
I couldn't tell which sony you are using, so I am assuming that it's DV.

In that case, I would skip the capture cards and use the cash to get some more cpu speed.

As far as a video card goes, i think something like a 4200 would work fine.

If you do plan on doing 3d transitions, then the extra video power would come in handy.
Software like Hollywood FX use OpenGL for some extra processing help.
 
For miniDV (or DV Editing in general) you don't need super fast hard drives, 7200rpm drives with 2-8megs of cache work great.
You will want 2 drives minimun in the system.
One of those Raptor 36gig drives would be perfect for the system drive. Then just get 1 large drive and make 2 partions (personally, I'd like to have at least 3 drives, one for the system, one for graphics and music, and one for the capture/editing).

On a budget though, I'd go with an 80+gig partioned into a system drive and graphics/audio drive, and a 100+gig capture/edit drive.

Ram: 512MB being the bare minimun, you can edit great with 512, but like they say, the more the merrier.

Dual Procs: only get duals if the apps you are going to use will benefit from them, I'd recommend looking at the cost of a dual mb and 2 procs and see how fast you can go with the same money with a single proc setup.

Most of the advice in this thread is overkill, which is not bad, just not using the funds appropriately (sp?).

And I am not just tossing out advice from heresay, this is advice from first hand experience. I've been working in the Non-Linear Editing field since 1994 starting out with the Video Toaster Flyer on the Amiga and then on to the PC based editors like the Matrox DigiSuite and consumer priced RT series of cards.

I built a video editing system for my friend 2-3 years ago to edit his movie on based on a P3 733mhz with 512megs, 80gig system and graphics/audio drive, and 1500gigs of storage (20 75gig IBM drives in removable bays, using 2 at a time), Matrox RT2000 editing card with Adobe Premiere 5.2 running Windows98 (which surprisingly ran quite stable.)

If you want to check out his film, go to http://www.whatismoving.com

Oh, I just upgraded his machine to a 2.6c P4 to help with Pro Tools Audio. His old P3 is now mine, which is in my sig., gotta love hand me downs. Now if I can only talk him into giving me some of those 75gig drives...... :D
 
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