HD Editing PC

[Mat Smith]

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 .

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.

 

[Mat Smith]

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 haha, i only know general PC terms, sorry

 

[Mat Smith]

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
what ram make? no idea, says its DDR2 though?
what hdd drive type/make? how can i find this out?
32 or 64bit? 32

haha, as you can tell ive never done this before so, sorry
ive got the program CPU-Z so i can tell you any info off there?

 

[Mat Smith]

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.

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

 

[Mat Smith]

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

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.

 

[Mat Smith]

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

are you sure itd be 8gb? :S

 

[Mat Smith]

yeah sry get 2 lots of the RAM, accidentally deleted it

Ah right cool, so get 4 2gb sticks? and i should be okay for a while, ill probs get all that orderd soon then, unless theres anything better on ebay?
any other suggestions would be cool, if not i will go with the above

 

[Mat Smith]

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?

 

[Mat Smith]

Yeah, I suppose it does come in under budget. But I still maintain if the OP wants an HD editing system which is what he's asking for, it needs more RAM. But as you say, He could very well buy more later.

OP if you are able to stretch your budget, I would go with CAT-THE-FIFTH's spec but with more RAM. If not I'd definately try and upgrade your Ram in future, as it'll make a lot of difference to editing with just the 4gb

yo, its been a long time since i have looked at all this, my computer is still not working and now have around 400 to spend to get my pc working, i am about to order parts now, i think ill go with cat-the-fifths post thanks
btw i have no idea if this stuff will fit in my case so i might have to buy a new case aswell, we'll see

 

[Mat Smith]

oh and the motherboard is out of stock , any other reccomendations? should i buy 2 of the 2x2 4gbs? to make it 8gb and stick with that set up? because i have enough
also want a new internal hard drive, might aswell get everything fresh
Edit: and i take it i will need a new psu?