Video Editing PC for £650-£700 pounds

[Seedsy]

Hi All

Am budding videographer looking for new video editing pc. Have done a bit of research and have looked at this spec for my desktop for round £650-£700 pounds.

Will need it to last a few years and be able to run 2 monitors.
Would much appreciate advise and guidance on this matter.

Thanks in Advanced

ABS
Andrew Seeds

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-2400 Quad Core (3.10GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® P8H67-M LX SI (NEW REV 3.0): M-ATX, USB 2.0, SATA 6.0Gb/s, 2 x PCI
Memory (RAM)
8GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 430 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB WD CAVIAR GREEN WD10EARS, SATA 3 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT - AS STANDARD ON ALL PCs
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (£5) AS RECOMENDED ON THESE FOURMS
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 11 to 13 working days

 

[Meds]

Hello & Welcome!

The spec is spot on... there isn't a single thing I'd change, good job!

 

[Seedsy]

Thanks Meds
Much Apprecated

Does the motherboard have two vga socket for the two monitors.

Thanks Again

Andrew Seeds

 

[Meds]

You connect the Monitors to the Graphics Card, not the motherboard.

The GT430 Graphics Card you have chosen will come with 1 x VGA, 1 x DVI & 1 x HMDI.

 

[Seedsy]

Thanks again meds

Sorry about the VGA connection error.

Now just to raise the cash.

 

[PhilF]

Hi,

When looking for a ‘video editing’ PC, it’s probably important to take into consideration the potential need for a powerful processor and enough RAM. Last year, I received an email from PCS, which included the following comments:

“The ranges of the systems vary for what you need them for really, a cheaper system with an i3, would be ideal for editing videos in standard definition, off a DV cam or something like that.

The medium range systems, i.e. about £600-900 would feature i5 processors, these are brilliant for standard definition, and decent enough to do a bit of HD editing, with the performance to do the advanced features on SD videos.

The high end systems e.g. £1000+ would be perfect for HD video editing, up to 1080P quality, these would feature an i7 processor, good amounts of RAM etc.

CUDA comes into play with high end apps like Adobe Premiere and the like, but not all software.
The GTS 250 features this, to go for a higher GPU would not really be necessary, as they are more designed for 3D graphics operation and would not help with the rendering speed of the videos as such.”

Of course, the GTS 250 has probably been replaced by the GTS 450 or GTX 460. I’m sure that the experts may also recommend a SSD but you may well be able to get away with a 500GB WD Caviar Black Hard Drive with 64MB Cache for the OS and programs.

This is a very specialist field and it would be really helpful if you could talk to a specialist video editing systems supplier (someone who deals with Avid, Matrox, Adobe Premiere Pro or Sony Vegas) or someone who edits a lot and who can appraise the type of work you intend to do. Some specialist video editing suppliers often tailor the system in line with the video editing software application you use or intend to use.

Also, I’ve noted that the specialists always recommend Windows 7 Pro and often configure systems with two screens.

I haven’t bought my replacement system yet but wish you well with your selection.

Phil

 

[Seedsy]

Thanks

Thanks Guys

One Final Question

Could the Graphics Card Support 2 Monitors showing different things?

Andrew Seeds

 

[Meds]

It sure can! When you get the PC with Windows 7, just hold down the Windows Key and tap "p". This will give you a number of different options including Single Screen, Duplicate Screens, Extrend Desktop (this is the one you want) and Projector.