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$400-600 secondary Video editing Machines (2 total)

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Zolty

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Ok so I am looking for some advice on 2 machines I am building for a friend. These will be used in an office environment when she has consultants working. Other than that they will be all networked together to give her a little rendering farm when she doesn't have consultants working.

These will be running Windows 7, assume I have the license already.

Any advice is appreciated.




1. What YOUR PC will be used for. That means what types of tasks you'll be performing.

-Adobe CS5 work, particularly Premier Pro and After Effects - HD rendering / editing

2. What YOUR budget is. A price range is acceptable as long as it's not more than a 20% spread

-Looking around $500/system but it is a little flexible.

3. What country YOU will be buying YOUR parts from.

-USA

4. IF YOU have a brand preference. That means, are you an Intel-Fanboy, AMD-Fanboy, ATI-Fanboy, nVidia-Fanboy, Seagate-Fanboy, WD-Fanboy, etc.

-I have been happy with Intel and nVidia in the past

5. If YOU intend on using any of YOUR current parts, and if so, what those parts are.

-nope these are fresh builds

6. IF YOU have searched and/or read similar threads.

-I have a decent idea from some of the threads I have looked at.

7. IF YOU plan on overclocking or run the system at default speeds.

-Default speeds

8. What resolution YOU plan on gaming with.

- Don't plan on gaming but do plan on editing 1080p

9. WHEN do you plan to build it?

- Soon

10. Don't ask for a build configuration critique or rating if you are thin skinned.
 
For a business client I would be very tempted by the Vostro 460. Call up Dell, tell them that you will buy two of the "ships fast" systems for $900 total. I give it 50/50 odds that they will bite at that price, and they will almost certainly sell them to you for $1000.
 
Mfenn's suggestion looks generally good except for the RAM. When you get them, buy 2 2x4gb modules from Newegg (such as these; but most are in this price range.) That gives each machine 8GB for a total <$100. Dell's offer of $200 to upgrade each machine to 8GB is a total rip-off!
 
Having looked over the Vostro 460 I am curious as to the Intel HD Graphics 2000. Will it be able to handle display resolutions of 1080p? Will I have to drop another hundred on a video card?
 
Zolty said:
Having looked over the Vostro 460 I am curious as to the Intel HD Graphics 2000. Will it be able to handle display resolutions of 1080p? Will I have to drop another hundred on a video card?
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Yep, it will handle 1080P no problem.
 
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