video editing pc for under 350??

welsh_andy · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:41

hi u all
my boy is into his video editing, atm hes doing it on lappy, just hasnt got the grunt, so said would build him a pc for his birthday.
so basically what i need is so specs for a budget pc that will handle his video editing.

upto a max of £350 if poss

wont require a monitor as will hook up to a lcd tv, windows isnt a issue either

many thx for help in advance

Rik1254 · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:43

Is it just video editing, or does he game as well?

Reaper 392 · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:51

bah, i just went and made a £400 spec, now you put the budget down to £350.

i'll see what i can do

cmndr_andi · 12 Aug 2011 at 11:54

Hi there,

May I ask what else needs to be included in the budget other than the tower (eg is he needing a mouse, keyboard, speakers)?

Also, do you have any spare desktop parts that your could reuse so it doesn't eat into the budget (eg DVD drive, case, PSU etc)?

Rik1254 · 12 Aug 2011 at 12:05

What I think

AMD x6 1090T BE
Asus M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
Corsair Vengence Blue 8GB (2x4gb)
Samsung Spinspoint F3 1TB
Lepa W-series 500w '80 plus
Coolermaster elite 342 case
Samsung DVDrw

£410 inc P+P

Considering he's video editing, he will need 8gb RAM, a 1TB HDD and a high core CPU. a quad core might get away with it, but Im considering that hex cores are awesome at video editing.

If you want to budget out abit more, you can drop to an AMD X4, 4GB RAM and a 500GB HDD and save about £60, but then it might not be up to the task.

stulid · 12 Aug 2011 at 12:08

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2300 2.80GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
(£54.16) £64.99
(£54.16)
Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1333C9D3B1K2/8G) £47.99
(£39.99) £47.99
(£39.99)
MSI H61M-E33 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £46.99
(£39.16) £46.99
(£39.16)
Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD103SJ) £44.99
(£37.49) £44.99
(£37.49)
Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
(£13.32) £15.98
(£13.32)
Sub Total : £300.78
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £62.41
Total : £374.44

A i5 2300 is fast - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i5-2500-2400-2300.html

And your not buying a dead end AM3 socket.

Reaper 392 · 12 Aug 2011 at 12:08

Rik1254 said:
£410 inc P+P

might want to check the OP's budget again

*edit*
while your here stulid, do you reckon using the cuda cores of an nvidia graphics card would be sensible for video editing if it meant dropping to 4GB RAM and an i3 2100?

stulid · 12 Aug 2011 at 12:14

Reaper 392 said:
*edit*
while your here stulid, do you reckon using the cuda cores of an nvidia graphics card would be sensible for video editing if it meant dropping to 4GB RAM and an i3 2100?

Needs Nvidia card thats got lots of cuda cores, dont know what you can get for £50 thats fast?

Reaper 392 · 12 Aug 2011 at 12:18

stulid said:
Needs Nvidia card thats got lots of cuda cores, dont know what you can get for £50 thats fast?

that was my problem, it took me to £389 (hence my grumbly first post)

welsh_andy · 12 Aug 2011 at 14:29

not really into gaming as he has xbox, so no need for high spec gpx card

thx

havent built pc's for a few yrs now and not really up on latest tech
so would need 1tb and 8gb ram and a quad core as a min?

stulid · 12 Aug 2011 at 14:40

welsh_andy said:
havent built pc's for a few yrs now and not really up on latest tech
so would need 1tb and 8gb ram and a quad core as a min?

Yep.

welsh_andy · 12 Aug 2011 at 14:45

how are the Phenom II X6 compared to sandybridge chips, price and performace wise, always been an amd guy, but reading sandybridge wipes floor with amd atm

stulid · 12 Aug 2011 at 14:47

welsh_andy said:
but reading sandybridge wipes floor with amd atm

That sums it up really, they are faster, less power hungry/produce less heat and you can put a i7 2600 into the motherboard.

If you didnt get a AM3+ board then what you currently see for sale is all you can get to upgrade.

Heres a i5 2400 vs a 1100T (both the next step up from a i5 2300 and 1090BE) - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/363?vs=203

welsh_andy · 12 Aug 2011 at 14:57

cheers 4 that looks like i be heading to intel for 1st time ever :eek:

i know bulldozer is on its way, but by what im reading, its still a one horse race

cheers guys for the info

Reaper 392 · 12 Aug 2011 at 16:35

just to mix things up a bit, OcUK have just started selling refurbished Nvidia cards (when i say just started, i mean about twenty minutes ago)

i'll leave it up to stulid to decide which would be better out of his i5 2300 build and mine, but this is seriously worth a thought since you can use the cuda cores to do the video encoding super quickly (and it'll be far better at gaming too)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Bare OEM £86.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
1 x MSI H61M-P23 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
1 x OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x OcUK Value PCI Express 6-Pin to 4-Pin Power Adaptor for PCI-E Graphics Cards (RB-527) £1.99
Total : £370.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

its a touch over budget, but a video editing + encoding program that uses the cuda cores of the graphics card it should be super fast. it'll also blow stulids build out of the water if you want to play games on it too

just so you know i'm not 100% sure what 'bare OEM' means right now, but what it looks like is you get a refurbished card with a 1 year warranty without any of the extra bits and bobs you get with retail cards. with my GTX 460 i got a few adapters, a disk with old drivers on it and possibly a couple of other things that i cant remember

stulid · 12 Aug 2011 at 16:38

Uggh, OCZ Gold DDR3 RAM has the worst reputation ever..

4GB only

500GB HDD only

No quad core

for when the programs dont use CUDA

Reaper 392 · 12 Aug 2011 at 16:45

stulid said:
Uggh, OCZ Gold DDR3 RAM has the worst reputation ever..

4GB only

500GB HDD only

No quad core for when the programs dont use CUDA

i'll take that as a no then. it was an idea, but i guess the budget is just too low for it

olivier renault · 12 Aug 2011 at 16:51

I would take QuickSync over CUDA though, but getting a SandyBridge for 350 will be a challenge.

Here's £450 (sorry).

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £169.99
Asrock Z68 PRO3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) £44.99
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £44.99
LG GH22NS70 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £16.99
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.25
Total : £455.44

stulid · 12 Aug 2011 at 16:56

olivier renault said:
I would take QuickSync over CUDA though, but getting a SandyBridge for 350 will be a challenge.

Less programs use quicksync than CUDA by far.

welsh_andy · 12 Aug 2011 at 16:59

Reaper 392 said:
just to mix things up a bit, OcUK have just started selling refurbished Nvidia cards (when i say just started, i mean about twenty minutes ago)

i'll leave it up to stulid to decide which would be better out of his i5 2300 build and mine, but this is seriously worth a thought since you can use the cuda cores to do the video encoding super quickly (and it'll be far better at gaming too)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i3-2100 3.10GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card - Bare OEM £86.99
1 x Cooler Master Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) £64.99
1 x MSI H61M-P23 Intel H61 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard **B3 REVISION** £44.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500413AS) £28.99
1 x OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1333LV4GK) £21.98
1 x Samsung SH-S222AL/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA Lightscribe ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
1 x OcUK Value PCI Express 6-Pin to 4-Pin Power Adaptor for PCI-E Graphics Cards (RB-527) £1.99
Total : £370.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).

its a touch over budget, but a video editing + encoding program that uses the cuda cores of the graphics card it should be super fast. it'll also blow stulids build out of the water if you want to play games on it too

just so you know i'm not 100% sure what 'bare OEM' means right now, but what it looks like is you get a refurbished card with a 1 year warranty without any of the extra bits and bobs you get with retail cards. with my GTX 460 i got a few adapters, a disk with old drivers on it and possibly a couple of other things that i cant remember

i got budget of 400, but say 350 as ppl tend to go just over,