C2D for video editing

[shiner]

My brother was about order some parts for he's new PC today which centered around C2D E6600 with the a DS3 mobo.

He will mainly be video editing & encoding + playback, no gaming at all.

Is this CPU over and above what he really needs the set-up in total will come in at around £600+ taking over from he's old AMD athlon he's been struggling with for 3 years.

Just trying to see if I can save him acouple of £ on parts he may not use to there full potential

 

[Corasik]

You cant have enough processor power for video processing, its one of the most demanding tasks. So the more the better, C2D is certainly not 'Overkill' for that.

CPU, Plenty of ram, and a fast hard drive. But can probably save some penny's by speccing a low to mid range GPU. The majority of low/mid range cards handle 2D and video just fine.

 

[eracer2006]

quad core and x-fi or equivalent that takes all audio processing off cpu, and a low spec gfx card would be best!

 

[supernova9]

quad core and x-fi or equivalent that takes all audio processing off cpu, and a low spec gfx card would be best!

Seconded! Chuck in something like a 7300GT, a Q6600 and a P35 board and he'd be laughing.

 

[shiner]

So might be worth waiting for end of the month price drops? read the Q6600 will be sub £200

 

[jbloggs]

Core 2 Duo is great for video encoding, Core 2 Quad is even better!