HD Editing PC

Mat Smith

Mat Smith

Mat Smith

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Hey, im looking to upgrade my PC at the moment, i am editing HD videos and playing HD games etc and my computer isnt really up to it, it can edit in photoshop fine, but when it comes to After Effects and Cinema 4d it is slow and the render times are stupid, here are some specs of my pc, im a noob at this so tell me what you need :p.

intel pentium E5200
Pentium Dual core cpu E5200 @ 2.50ghz
Biostar group GF7100P-M7S
chipset : Geforce 7100
southbridge : nForce 630i
GFX Card GeForce 9600 GSO

none of this is overclocked and i am looking to overclock so any info on that would be cool, i have never done this before and will be looking at the rest of the forum after this :) Thanks.
 
Hi and welcome

What sort of budget have you set yourself for any upgrades?

For OCing tips have a read of the guides in the OCing & Cooling subforum
 
Well I edit videos so here is a spec you can work off,

i7 and OC to 4ghz
12GB RAM
If you are using Adobe then Nvidia GFX with 1GB VRAM then google cuda_supported_cards to enable MPE

Quick OS drive
RAID 0 Media disk
Quick ish scratch disk
 
Yo, ive got 2gb of ram atm and 250gb hhd, ive got a 1tb external hhd what i keep everything on though, my budget is maybe 200-300 pounds :)
EDIT: I dont have a clue what all these words mean either :P haha, i only know general PC terms, sorry :p
 
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OP - you may need to overclock and purchase new stuff

what PSU you got?
what type of cooling you have? any added case fans?
what make case you got?
what ram make?
what hdd drive type/make?
32 or 64bit?
 
kapows said:
OP - you may need to overclock and purchase new stuff

what PSU you got? no idea, do i have to take the side of my case off for this?
what type of cooling you have? any added case fans? no idea, do i have to take the side of my case off for this?
what make case you got? no idea, cant find anywhere it says it :confused:
what ram make? no idea, says its DDR2 though?
what hdd drive type/make? how can i find this out? :P
32 or 64bit? 32
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haha, as you can tell ive never done this before so, sorry :P
ive got the program CPU-Z so i can tell you any info off there?
 
Mat Smith said:
Yo, ive got 2gb of ram atm and 250gb hhd, ive got a 1tb external hhd what i keep everything on though, my budget is maybe 200-300 pounds :)
EDIT: I dont have a clue what all these words mean either :P haha, i only know general PC terms, sorry :p
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kapows said:
hey dangerous mind pm-ing me what raid o media disk is and scratch disk?
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RAID = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID - RAID 0 is having 2 drives raided together to obtain quicker speeds.

Media disk = Where you store the RAW Video/source files
Scratch disk = Where rendered files are created before the final file is mastered.

If you are planning to use Adobe CS5 package you have to have 64bit OS.
 
Dangerous said:
PM's arent enabled for members:


RAID = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID - RAID 0 is having 2 drives raided together to obtain quicker speeds.

Media disk = Where you store the RAW Video/source files
Scratch disk = Where rendered files are created before the final file is mastered.

If you are planning to use Adobe CS5 package you have to have 64bit OS.
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Ive got Sony vegas 9, after effects cs4, cinema 4d, there what i mainly use, yeah i normally put the raw files onto my external HDD and then render onto my external HHD aswell, i dont keep much on my internal HHD
 
OK given your smallish budget youll be best doing a full upgrade but in stages, so first off look at a new mobo/cpu/ram

This is prob best

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £70.49 (£59.99)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £70.49 (£59.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £59.98 (£51.05)

Sub Total : £231.02
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £42.09
Total : £282.61

You can then also look at overclocking the cpu to get more performance, though youll prob want to buy an aftermarket cooler for this, about £20 should suffice, look at the Akasa Freezer 7 pro

That gives you a quad core cpu with 8 gig of RAM, from there when you have more money you can upgrade your gfx card and HDDs, you may need a new psu too when you do gfx
 
95thrifles said:
OK given your smallish budget youll be best doing a full upgrade but in stages, so first off look at a new mobo/cpu/ram

This is prob best

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £70.49 (£59.99)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £70.49 (£59.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £59.98 (£51.05)

Sub Total : £231.02
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £42.09
Total : £282.61

You can then also look at overclocking the cpu to get more performance, though youll prob want to buy an aftermarket cooler for this, about £20 should suffice, look at the Akasa Freezer 7 pro

That gives you a quad core cpu with 8 gig of RAM, from there when you have more money you can upgrade your gfx card and HDDs, you may need a new psu too when you do gfx
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All that sounds alright to me, i will probs do the overclocking thing too and ill buy an extra cooler if there only 20 or so.
 
95thrifles said:
OK given your smallish budget youll be best doing a full upgrade but in stages, so first off look at a new mobo/cpu/ram

This is prob best

AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail £70.49 (£59.99)
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS34G1600LLK) £70.49 (£59.99)
Gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H AMD 880G (Socket AM3) microATX DDR3 Motherboard £59.98 (£51.05)

Sub Total : £231.02
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £42.09
Total : £282.61

You can then also look at overclocking the cpu to get more performance, though youll prob want to buy an aftermarket cooler for this, about £20 should suffice, look at the Akasa Freezer 7 pro

That gives you a quad core cpu with 8 gig of RAM, from there when you have more money you can upgrade your gfx card and HDDs, you may need a new psu too when you do gfx
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are you sure itd be 8gb? :S
 
okay, well my computer has totally died now and wont turn on, so i think im going to buy the above to hopefully get it working, any suggestions on a hdd? ive got an external aswell so just a 1tb one will probs do, will i need a new power unit aswell?
 
^ For HD Video editing??

4GB isnt enough under Windows 7.

He'd be better with something closer to Dangerous' post at the beginning of the thread. Or if an AMD spec must get posted in a video editing thread, atleast account for a decent amount of RAM aswell.

I'd actually recommend either I7 or 1055T and atleast 6gb RAM although more would be better/recommended.
No point going near I5's as the reason for the I7 recommendations is the HT.

I7 > 1055t > I5 When it comes to video editing, that is my experience. I'm not talking benchmarks, In my new job i get to play with them allllll. :p
 
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