Need help for a video machine!

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Carisma

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I am looking at building a computer to convert videos from one format to another. Mainly all HD stuff.

I already have the hard drives and tower but I am confused about the Processor, RAM and video card (if needed).

Any help would be great.

Thanks in advance.
1) What will you be doing with this PC? Gaming? Photoshop? Web browsing? Video encoding only
2) What's your budget? Are tax and shipping included? up to $1500
3) Where do you live? VA
4) What exact parts do you need for that budget? CPU, Motherboard, RAM and video card (maybe)
5) If reusing any parts, what parts will you be reusing? Hard drives (5), Power Supply (550w)
6) Will you be overclocking? Trying not to.
7) What size monitor do you have and/or plan to have? No monitor will be used.
8) When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Building
9) What features do you need in a motherboard? Nothing really important, just enough slots for RAM and at least 5 sata ports.
10) Do you already have a legit and reusable/transferable OS key/license? Yes I do. I will use Any Video Converter most likely for converting software.
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if i remember correctly people have said that with the i7 920 they cut conversion times from 45min to 15min so i would have to suggest that. i7 920 + lga 1366 x58 motherboard + 6gb or more ram + basic video card if you plan on using it just to convert video and not game or anything. feel free to correct me if i'm mistaken, i don't convert video so i'm not 100%.
 
P!rate said:
What program will you be using to do this?
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Haven't decided yet. Pretty much making this a general build to use any program out there.

auceny said:
if i remember correctly people have said that with the i7 920 they cut conversion times from 45min to 15min so i would have to suggest that. i7 920 + lga 1366 x58 motherboard + 6gb or more ram + basic video card if you plan on using it just to convert video and not game or anything. feel free to correct me if i'm mistaken, i don't convert video so i'm not 100%.
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Sounds good to me. I was hoping not to really run a video card just use the onboard video to keep the pieces down.
 
to be honest i don't know if any of them have onboard video. you could just use a 4670 or somethin similar under $100
 
Help us out here a bit and answer the questions listed in the "Asking for build help?" sticky. And let us know which program(s) you're considering for video editing.
 
auceny said:
to be honest i don't know if any of them have onboard video. you could just use a 4670 or somethin similar under $100
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Thanks.
lowteckh said:
X58 does not have onboard video (X58 enthusiast chipset + Onboard video? Crazy?)

These 3450s seem to be nice little cards for $20-$30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102821
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121259
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tiraides said:
Help us out here a bit and answer the questions listed in the "Asking for build help?" sticky. And let us know which program(s) you're considering for video editing.
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Edited the first post...sorry about that.
 
Give us a set budget. Hate it when people say "Not that much, no budget, blah blah blah". Give us a number. $10000? $1000000? $10000000000?
 
Which brand/model power supply are you using? How old is it?

And while we're on the subject, which hard drives are you reusing?
 
tiraides said:
Which brand/model power supply are you using? How old is it?

And while we're on the subject, which hard drives are you reusing?
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PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX 520W (only had it for a year)

HDD: 4x WD Green WD10EADS (storage only), 1x Fujitsu 80GB (OS only)
 
Faster OS drive will probably help - 6400AAKS or 6401AALS.

Other than that,
i7 920
6GB of something
Cheapo X58 board
Cheapo video card
 
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