video&photo editing pc uk

drewmo · 26 Feb 2018 at 11:41

im clueless when it comes to pcs so if im going about this all wrong please say,is there any cheaper better alternatives and could i get a full pc rig out (desktop, monitor, keyboard ect) for under £300?
don't mind it being 2nd hand

was looking at *** Competitor Link Removed *** as i read 8gb ram and above was good for Amateur photo editing, Amateur video editing and Amateur music production and had 1tb, that a Quad Core i5 processor was good to create and work without restriction and i believe this is the desktop pc i used in college for CAD

orbitalwalsh · 26 Feb 2018 at 13:16

push i7 if you can

drewmo · 26 Feb 2018 at 14:40

orbitalwalsh said:
push i7 if you can

get a i7 processor computer if i can?

orbitalwalsh · 26 Feb 2018 at 14:42

drewmo said:
get a i7 processor computer if i can?

i7s are basically i5 with the ability to run two threads to every core. means a greater deal in video editing/encoding/render tasks etc

DomBruv · 26 Feb 2018 at 14:44

With the price of PC parts atm

I would either save more money or save more time. You want to be spending at least £500 for something decent with all peripherals

drewmo · 26 Feb 2018 at 15:36

orbitalwalsh said:
i7s are basically i5 with the ability to run two threads to every core. means a greater deal in video editing/encoding/render tasks etc

what are some i7s i should be looking at

orbitalwalsh · 26 Feb 2018 at 15:38

drewmo said:
what are some i7s i should be looking at

any in your budget

apart from first gens ones which product names are i7 followed by 3 digits *** , 2nd gen to 8th gen have Generation Number as first digit 2-8 then 3 digits after .

drewmo · 1 Mar 2018 at 10:08

do specs really matter if i get an i7 for what im planning on using it for? will any i7 do over an i5?

orbitalwalsh · 1 Mar 2018 at 10:21

drewmo said:
do specs really matter if i get an i7 for what im planning on using it for? will any i7 do over an i5?

rendering and encoding/editing then yep - can be very CPU intensive .

If like me you just to 3d line drawings in work then i5 will be fine- if i then had to rendering these as images of videos then would come crashing to a slow process

drewmo · 1 Mar 2018 at 10:59

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