Building my own computer (2 Viewers)

[waza_]

Ok so I'm sick of my shitty computer that I have now, it's got 1.5gb of RAM, single processor, 160gb HDD, 17" monitor and it took 16 hours to render my art major which was a pain in the arse

So getting to the point here I've been sussing out computer parts I want etc and just wondering if you guys would think this is a really good computer for professional video editing. I'm going to need a really good computer once I upgrade to a HD camera and start my film production course

Here is the list of everything I could find that would help me, if you guys can help me change parts to make it awesome I would be extremely grateful =D

I have a price limit of $1,700

Umart Online

Umart Online

Umart Online

Umart Online

Umart Online This x2

Umart Online

Umart Online

Umart Online

Umart Online

Umart Online

Umart Online

 

[SnowFox]

$1700 Budget? I can quote you a system.

 

[brent012]

1700 will get you quite good parts. If your able to tell me roughly where you are from I might be able to reccomend you a store, stores or markets can be cheaper than online. One issue BTW, it seems you are trying to put 4 sticks of ram in, your not getting 2x 4gb your getting 2x2x2gb. With ddr3 also its a good idea to take advantage of the tri-channel ability.

 

[waza_]

1700 will get you quite good parts. If your able to tell me roughly where you are from I might be able to reccomend you a store, stores or markets can be cheaper than online. One issue BTW, it seems you are trying to put 4 sticks of ram in, your not getting 2x 4gb your getting 2x2x2gb. With ddr3 also its a good idea to take advantage of the tri-channel ability.

Ah ok thanks! I'm from Ulladulla, it's a small town on the south coast. I'm still trying to get a greater knowledge on computer hardware so I don't screw up this computer haha if I do it's just a waste of money

 

[brent012]

Ah ok thanks! I'm from Ulladulla, it's a small town on the south coast. I'm still trying to get a greater knowledge on computer hardware so I don't screw up this computer haha if I do it's just a waste of money

Ohh dont know any good computer shops there.

Honestly its quite hard to screw up a computer, just research and make sure all the components are compatible with each other (from what i see you already have).

I would also suggest checking the temperatures once you got it running though, a lot of stock fans are rubbish - my computer was over heating really bad because of that.

 

[xceL]

$1700 will get you a GREAT high end PC which will last. Just don't buy from retail stores like Harvey Norman xD.
And Umart have great prices ^^,

As for screwing up the PC.. It's kinda hard to, I mean if you're building it yourself 1 cable can only fit in 1 slot kinda thing, you can't really go wrong. Just make sure stuff goes in sequentially like Slot 0 -> slot 1 -> slot 2 etc.

 

[SnowFox]

$1700 will get you a GREAT high end PC which will last. Just don't buy from retail stores like Harvey Norman xD.
And Umart have great prices ^^,

As for screwing up the PC.. It's kinda hard to, I mean if you're building it yourself 1 cable can only fit in 1 slot kinda thing, you can't really go wrong. Just make sure stuff goes in sequentially like Slot 0 -> slot 1 -> slot 2 etc.

Umm building from scratch is not a plug and play process...


OP, what are you looking at doing. I can quote you a system.

 

[waza_]

Umm building from scratch is not a plug and play process...


OP, what are you looking at doing. I can quote you a system.

Well I'm pretty much only using this computer for video editing, taking it seriously and working with professional equipment. I edit with Premiere Pro CS4 which needs 2GB RAM just to run the program and because I'll be working with HD cameras I need a really good graphics card so I can view the files on my computer, I also want a 24" HD monitor

I hope this helps, its just a summary of what I wanna do basically, work with HD/professional equipment to make better videos =D

 

[SnowFox]

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66GHz Processor -229

- Gigabyte EP43 Series Motherboard -149

- 4GB DDR2 Memory -118

- 500GB SATA2 Hard Drive -66

- 22x Multi-format DVD Burner -~50

- BENQ G2411HD 24 -299

-Palit Nvidia GeForce™ 9800GT -159



- CoolerMaster Elite Case w/ PSU -99


So $1169

Should be sufficient, also leaves $500 for additional hardware like professional soundcards or speaker systems.

 

[Gibbatron]

@ Snowfox.

The OP wants a good video editing PC so im assuming rendering. That's a good system but a better graphics card is a possibility, maybe a GTX275 or 285. Also, Adobe CS4 uses OpenGL. What are Radeons like for handling it, because i know my Nvidia 8800GTS crashes a lot during intensive openGL work like editing/rendering HD video.

 

[waza_]

Yeah I need the best graphics card possible without reaching too far in price, plus I would much prefer a 1TB hard drive instead of 500GB seeing as HD footage is fairy large in file size

 

[xceL]

Umm building from scratch is not a plug and play process...

It was for me.. You can't REALLY build a PC wrong, assuming all your parts are compatible. It's not hard at all. Find a motherboard and buy all your parts based on it's compatabilities: DDR2/3, AMD/INTEL/, IDE/SATA etc.

 

[Mu5hi]

ask on overclockers australia - you'll get better and more advice.

i suggest going to msy, and buying every single component you need from there...

Small retailers are cheaper than MSY

 

[SnowFox]

It was for me.. You can't REALLY build a PC wrong, assuming all your parts are compatible. It's not hard at all. Find a motherboard and buy all your parts based on it's compatabilities: DDR2/3, AMD/INTEL/, IDE/SATA etc.

Thats or common sense, actually building one from scratch is different.

Yeah I need the best graphics card possible without reaching too far in price, plus I would much prefer a 1TB hard drive instead of 500GB seeing as HD footage is fairy large in file size

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400 2.66GHz Processor -229

- Gigabyte EP43 Series Motherboard -149

- 4GB DDR2 Memory -118

- 1TB SATA2 Hard Drive -113

- 22x Multi-format DVD Burner -~50

- BENQ G2411HD 24 -299

-GTX275 DDR3 -339



- CoolerMaster Elite Case w/ PSU -99


So $1369

@ Snowfox.

The OP wants a good video editing PC so im assuming rendering. That's a good system but a better graphics card is a possibility, maybe a GTX275 or 285. Also, Adobe CS4 uses OpenGL. What are Radeons like for handling it, because i know my Nvidia 8800GTS crashes a lot during intensive openGL work like editing/rendering HD video.

Thats because its a GTS, i think they were budget cards, and are you sure its the GFX card crashing, or its just died?

ask on overclockers australia - you'll get better and more advice.

i suggest going to msy, and buying every single component you need from there...

The likely hood of them HAVING the parts is slim to none.

 

[SnowFox]

they've always had the parts when I've gone there...

And you've always ordered highend stuff that fell off the back of a truck?

 

[waza_]

Thanks so much for your help guys! =D

Is it advisable to put 8GB RAM with that processor?

 

[SnowFox]

EDIT: i doubt you'd need that much ram - you'd be limited by the other parts anyway (same thing with having a ridiculous graphics card and a crappycpu)

Um what?

@OP MoBo would need to be updated + you need to make sure you have a 64bit OS.

 

[waza_]

Yeah I always was going with a 64bit OS, I understand if I don't I won't be able to fully use my RAM which would suck haha

 

[SnowFox]

you just agreed with me...

No you complained about the GFX card and CPU, whats wrong with them.

 

[hugh2112]

if you're doing stuff related to art (that 16hrs to render your art project), then i'd suggest at least a high-end dual core (quad core is always better), 4GB DDR3 RAM, and a good graphics card (if you're not into gaming much, then the ATI Radeon series may better than NVIDIA GeForce since it uses DDR5 VRAM opposed to NVIDIA's DDR3).