Video Editing/Rendering Spec

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Hi,

I am looking to put together a new machine simply for the task of editing and rendering 720/1080p video in .mov format. I use Sony Vegas, although I have access to Adobe Premiere Pro via work if I see its quicker at rendering.

The machine I currently use is an old P4 HT @ 3.2ghz, 4GB DDR, 512mb Graphics, etc........very very old. Its painfully slow at rendering and takes upto 3 hours for a 10 minute clip!

I want to move on from it and build a new machine for the task - I used to keep up with what was out/most recent technology wise, but I've not really looked for years. I have a lot of data that I will be keeping my IDE drives (if motherboards even support them these days?!) simply just so its accessible. The PC/any new data will run off a new drive for system/data storage...

So I guess Il be needing Processor/Motherboard/Memory/Hard Drive/Power Supply......I already have a couple of SATA DVD-RW drives lying about, monitors etc..

I'm not after an epic machine, just something to edit and render short videos thats a bit more 'recent'. My budget is around £300-350, does anyone have any suggestions on what would be best?

Thanks in advance!
 
IDE Drives these days are slow and will most likely be a let down to any new system, especially if it's going to run Windows off it.
You can get fairly cheap SATA-II hard disks, I'd take a look into the Samsung Spinpoint F4.

I'm sure if stulid is about he can spec you up a good machine!
 
Emphacy said:
IDE Drives these days are slow and will most likely be a let down to any new system, especially if it's going to run Windows off it.
You can get fairly cheap SATA-II hard disks, I'd take a look into the Samsung Spinpoint F4.

I'm sure if stulid is about he can spec you up a good machine!
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Sorry I should have explained a bit better. The IDE drives are only going to be in there for accessing the data on them (mainly documents/zip files/pictures). They are rarely used but I dont want to be plugging them in and out all the time just to get the data.

I was going to get a new SATA-II drive (500gb>) to go with the new stuff anyway...
 
Vegas is all about CPU/CUDA power so the fastest CPU bundle you can afford will help massively. The CUDA support is only for one file type (Sony AVC MP4) so unless you're rendering using that the graphics card does not have to be mind-blowing.
 
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