Hi all. I asked for help regarding this build a few weeks back but wasn't really clear as to whatI required. After much self debate I think I've got an idea of what I need but am a complete novice when looking at todays vast catalogue of graphics cards and motherboards.
I'm setting a realistic budget of £500 for everything excluding a monitor which I'm buying separately with a budget of £200. This monitor would be used as a pc, xbox and ideally digital tv display so any suggestions welcome (I'm leaning towards the LG m227wd at the mo).
I can get hold of Windows 7 for £30 through my student email so my entire build (incl keyboard) is ideally looking at about £470-£500 ex an OS.
On to the pc itself, I need a unit capable of displaying ideally 1080p footage without lag, since I'm intending on editing some juggling/diabolo footage captured with my hd camera. I won't be using power hungry editing software but need to be able to process the footage without the graphics card struggling.
The pc won't be used for heavy gaming at all (I've got the xbox for that) so if this affects the choice of graphics card then I need one more suited to video processing.
Other than that it would be used for general web browsing, word processing etc. Something semi future proof would be good but if it raises the budget then don't worry. I have no product knowledge when it comes to components so be as literal as you can
Cheers for any help you can offer, lou.
I'm setting a realistic budget of £500 for everything excluding a monitor which I'm buying separately with a budget of £200. This monitor would be used as a pc, xbox and ideally digital tv display so any suggestions welcome (I'm leaning towards the LG m227wd at the mo).
I can get hold of Windows 7 for £30 through my student email so my entire build (incl keyboard) is ideally looking at about £470-£500 ex an OS.
On to the pc itself, I need a unit capable of displaying ideally 1080p footage without lag, since I'm intending on editing some juggling/diabolo footage captured with my hd camera. I won't be using power hungry editing software but need to be able to process the footage without the graphics card struggling.
The pc won't be used for heavy gaming at all (I've got the xbox for that) so if this affects the choice of graphics card then I need one more suited to video processing.
Other than that it would be used for general web browsing, word processing etc. Something semi future proof would be good but if it raises the budget then don't worry. I have no product knowledge when it comes to components so be as literal as you can
Cheers for any help you can offer, lou.
