check spec for video editing

Problem Child · 5 Oct 2010 at 19:22

Looking at this spec for video editing (and the odd bit of gaming), just wondering if anyone has any contributions, i don't think I'll be overclocking soon so would the 650w be overkill? Or maybe best to have in case i decide to at a later date?

Budget is roughly around this price really give or take a few quid, prefer cheaper if possible of course but i like the idea of having the i7 950.

Also while we're at it, any screens at around £100-£120 anyone recommend? I was looking at some of the samsung's and the deals in the this week only bit.

Jony27 · 5 Oct 2010 at 19:50

for £4 more you can get a xfx 650w modular psu and that would give you enough room to do later gtx 460 sli
and for the screen theres the 22" BenQ for roughly £120

ringo747 · 5 Oct 2010 at 19:53

Would you consider some more drives for capture/render?

Problem Child · 5 Oct 2010 at 19:59

Jony27 said:
for £4 more you can get a xfx 650w modular psu and that would give you enough room to do later gtx 460 sli
and for the screen theres the 22" BenQ for roughly £120

Well for £4 that seems silly not to! And the benq looks about right.

ringo747 said:
Would you consider some more drives for capture/render?

Never really thought about it, I'm just at college doing media production and have always made videos as a hobby so would i really need extra drives? If they make a big difference i could always get them at a later date?

thingemajib · 5 Oct 2010 at 20:07

the 600W modxstream seems to get picked in the this week only deals a lot (usually ends up similarly priced to the 500w one), so lets see what tomorrow brings...

Problem Child · 5 Oct 2010 at 20:20

thingemajib said:
the 600W modxstream seems to get picked in the this week only deals a lot (usually ends up similarly priced to the 500w one), so lets see what tomorrow brings...

Yeah will do, was mainly just checking was a good spec, I'll get whatever PSU is cheapest as long as it's of decent quality.

hp7909 · 5 Oct 2010 at 20:40

Six-Core with SSD...

1090T vs 950 here

geoirv23 · 5 Oct 2010 at 20:43

What size monitor you looking for?

Problem Child · 5 Oct 2010 at 20:51

hp7909 said:
Six-Core with SSD...

1090T vs 950 here

Cool, i was looking at the AMD but thought maybe an intel setup may be taken more advantage of with current video editing programs maybe supporting the quad core better?

SSD sounds nice, does it make sense with editing in mind to have and SSD for the OS and a separate hard drive for storage?

geoirv23 said:
What size monitor you looking for?

Probably about a 22inch, just what ever is best around the £120 price range.

hp7909 · 5 Oct 2010 at 21:19

Problem Child said:
SSD sounds nice, does it make sense with editing in mind to have and SSD for the OS and a separate hard drive for storage?

Yup. Use it for OS & your major editing/etc programs

Problem Child · 5 Oct 2010 at 22:58

hp7909 said:
Yup. Use it for OS & your major editing/etc programs

What do you think of the AMD vs intel at that price? Mostly the intel scored better and i know it is a bit more maybe better for overclocking though, suppose it saves a lot that AMD mobo is cheap.

Problem Child · 6 Oct 2010 at 18:16

Now this AMD system is on offer would i be better maybe opting for this?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-033-OB&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=

or pushing even more for this i7 system even?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-029-OB

I imagine 4ghz overclocks would be brilliant for video rendering, although it does push the price up.