Spec a desktop for Video editing "£600" budget..please

Conscept · 25 Nov 2009 at 00:06

Hi guys,
I have a budget of around £600..

I am looking for a desktop only that I can use for video editing so it needs to be fairly powerful,
I have a screen, keyboard and mouse already so I don't need those.

Cheers
- Matt

Conscept · 25 Nov 2009 at 15:36

Oh to add, I already have Windows 7 so don't need a OS either.

95thrifles · 25 Nov 2009 at 15:46

You even get change

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM £139.99 (£121.73)
Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2 Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard £82.98 (£72.16)
G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL8D-4GBRM) £82.00 (£71.30)
Coolermaster Sileo 500 Silent Case - Black (500w Extreme Power Plus PSU) £79.99 (£69.56)
Palit GeForce GT 240 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £64.99 (£56.51)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (ST3500418AS) £39.99 (£34.77)
Akasa AK-968 X4 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1156/1366) £21.99 (£19.12)
Sony Optiarc AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £17.99 (£15.64)
Sub Total : £460.79
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £11.75
VAT is being charged at 15% VAT : £70.88
Total : £543.42

Conscept · 25 Nov 2009 at 15:53

Thanks,
I'l probably have to spend extra money I get having someone put it all together for me.

Noob I'm afraid! haha

Should I be looking to overclock the CPU yeah? So I might need a cooler for that..

95thrifles · 25 Nov 2009 at 15:55

Putting to together is really easy, youll be fine, theres a guide at the top to help
Ive included a cooler, 2nd item from bottom

Conscept · 25 Nov 2009 at 15:58

Oh yeah didn't see sorry,

Hmm..

Super not sure, obviously I'l get no real warranty by building myself. But the parts themselves will be covered individually.

Nice spec anyway thankyou.

Anyone else got any additions/changes?

MCH · 25 Nov 2009 at 16:02

Samsung F3 HDD instead of the Seagate one
the Geforce 220/240 etc are crap cards

95thrifles · 25 Nov 2009 at 16:03

for gaming maybe, for his needs theyre fine

Conscept · 25 Nov 2009 at 16:04

Ok I'l probs go for the F3

seems a lot better.
And I guess a HD4850 would suffice?

EsaT · 25 Nov 2009 at 16:15

95thrifles said:
for gaming maybe, for his needs theyre fine

And video editing doesn't need any gaming capable graphics card, passively cooled cards have also one part less to fail because of lack of that tiny fan.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-207-SP

Conscept · 25 Nov 2009 at 17:37

EsaT said:
And video editing doesn't need any gaming capable graphics card, passively cooled cards have also one part less to fail because of lack of that tiny fan.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-207-SP

So you're saying I only need a card like that one?

Conscept · 25 Nov 2009 at 17:47

Oh.
I use a
Hauppauge HD PVR for capturing the xbox 360 in 720p. Does the graphics card affect that?

atmax1 · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:14

you would want to look and an i7 system as renders quicker. If you dont care about that a amd quad core or i5 would do fine.

marc69 · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:18

There is an article here comparing the different chips in a video encoding environment. You might want to have a little read.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3634&p=12&cp=4

Conscept · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:18

Well, I would like the quickest system for rendering @ near £600

So i7 would be better ifn possible.

marc69 · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:30

You should be able to do an i7 with £600

Seems like the 920 is similar to the i5 anyway. Might be cheaper going for the i5, It's pretty close.

Conscept · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:41

Yeah after looking at the charts. I think I'l go with i5.. can these be overclocked well?

marc69 · 25 Nov 2009 at 18:43

That should do ya. Have some others to have a quick read through it, I'm a bit tired

Once you take the shipping off it comes in under budget

I don't know how well they OC on stock cooler but I'm sure they can go up a bit. I think intels stock coolers seem to a decent job

Conscept said:
Oh.
I use a
Hauppauge HD PVR for capturing the xbox 360 in 720p. Does the graphics card affect that?

You might need to check with somebody that knows about that kind of stuff. I myself have no idea or experience in video capture from an xbox

Conscept · 25 Nov 2009 at 20:24

Thanks

Will go over that

marc69 · 25 Nov 2009 at 21:19

No worries