viedo editing setup

[Mp4]

video editing ^^ not Viedo

Hi all,

i'm looking for

Motherboard

AMD Phenom Dual Core

DDR 3 memory 4GB - or more

as cheap as possible

 

[JonJ678]

Not a very helpful reply, but I was under the impression that Intel's chips walked all over amd in video editing. How about a second hand core 2 quad?

 

[Mp4]

Not a very helpful reply, but I was under the impression that Intel's chips walked all over amd in video editing. How about a second hand core 2 quad?

I've no idea of Intel are better?

Setup is for my gf's dad his motherborard went pop lastnight so he's upgrading
He has a 500w PSU

Just noticed this >>

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-029-OE&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=1678

Any good? for his needs?

 

[JonJ678]

I don't know how much difference it makes, just noticed that "video editing" is the most common justification for buying a quad core in spec me threads on here. This software tends to be competently multithreaded so quad cores really do perform twice as well as dual cores.

When you say cheap as possible, what sort of bracket are you looking at? How's he feel about second hand parts?

I put an Intel motherboard / e8400 / 4gb corsair together for my girlfriend's mum a little while back, came to about 400 in total but it was new components with an antec mini P180. Astonishing how fast a 3ghz dual core is.

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

If you are doing video editing an Athlon II X4 is the best choice for under £100!!

Here is a comparison of the £84 X4 630 when compared to the £98 Core i3 530:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=105&p2=118&c=1

Here is a comparison of the X4 630 with the £80 X2 555BE:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=105&p2=120&c=1

 

[Mp4]

I don't know how much difference it makes, just noticed that "video editing" is the most common justification for buying a quad core in spec me threads on here. This software tends to be competently multithreaded so quad cores really do perform twice as well as dual cores.

When you say cheap as possible, what sort of bracket are you looking at? How's he feel about second hand parts?

I put an Intel motherboard / e8400 / 4gb corsair together for my girlfriend's mum a little while back, came to about 400 in total but it was new components with an antec mini P180. Astonishing how fast a 3ghz dual core is.

Cheap as in the spec i just posted

£240 MAX

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

You can either get an AM3 or AM2+ based build:

AM3 build

AMD Athlon II X4 630 ~ £83

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-259-AM

Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H ~ £63

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-245-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

Has 4 RAM slots so you can add more RAM at a later date.

OR

Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 ~ £56

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-253-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1481

4GB 1333MHZ DDR3 ~ £80

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-030-PA&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1516

The total comes to around £219 to £226.

AM2+ build

AMD Athlon II X4 630 ~ £83

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-259-AM

Asus M4A78L-M LE ~ £47

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-377-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1482

4GB 1066MHZ DDR2 ~ £70

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-192-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

The total comes to around £200.

All the motherboards have the HD3000 IGP which is based on the HD3450.

Edit!!

The X4 630 beats an E8600 in video editing tasks:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=105&p2=54&c=1

 

[Mp4]

^^ Thanks for that CAT

Orderd this in the end with some help from you

Geil Value 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Dual Channel (GV34GB1333C7DC)1
AMD Athlon II X4 Quad Core 630 2.80GHz (Socket AM3)
Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H AMD 785G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard1

Only concern is ive just noticed for him is that he has a 400W PSU not a 500W
He has

2X IDE HDD
2X SATA
1X IDE DVD RW
And 8 USB attached to what was his old gear

Will his PSU Struggle?

 

[atmax1]

^^ that should be a cool set-up and i think psu should be fine.

 

[Mp4]

Okay ^ Thanks for that