Building a new video processing rig for a friend

[nyker96]

Hi, got a friend who is hoping to get a new rig for Xmas for himself. Need suggestions on a good setup that fits the following criteria:
1) 1K budget, already got monitor/bk/mouse etc. just need the box
2) for media, video, audio, graphics encoding//processing work
3) overclocking is no problem since I'm building it for him.

please drop some suggestions for the best rig for the money. Tanks all!

 

[thecoolnessrune]

What kind of media work is he doing? If it's CAD etc. he'll need focus on graphics. However if its mere video editing he'll just want a card that does h.264 decode and put more budget on the processor for the reencoding/transcoding.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Mid range P35 board $120
Q6600 $280
2gig ddr2-800 $80 (newegg has corsair for $48 AR)
Corsair 520hx PS $120
300-500gb HD $100
8800GT $250
DVDrw $30

Throw in a budget case of your choice and with shipping it will be a little over the budget,
but would pretty much cover all the bases except for a good aftermarket HSF if you want to overclock

 

[nyker96]

Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
What kind of media work is he doing? If it's CAD etc. he'll need focus on graphics. However if its mere video editing he'll just want a card that does h.264 decode and put more budget on the processor for the reencoding/transcoding.

yes he's doing xvid/h264 encoding, plus decoding. Also bunch media editing stuff, adobe premier for video, phtoshop and audio editing. Mostly for movies. no CAD, he's not an engineer just do video editing/playing.

 

[nyker96]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Mid range P35 board $120
Q6600 $280
2gig ddr2-800 $80 (newegg has corsair for $48 AR)
Corsair 520hx PS $120
300-500gb HD $100
8800GT $250
DVDrw $30

Throw in a budget case of your choice and with shipping it will be a little over the budget,
but would pretty much cover all the bases except for a good aftermarket HSF if you want to overclock

yes, I was thinking along the same lines. But I started with a cheapo setup that's OCable:
that abit P35-E board - $100 or lower
E4xxx/E21xx - $100 or Q6600 for $260
ACfreezer pro - $25
2gig RAM $100
nice PSU - $100
2600HD - $100 (h264 decoding)
2x500GB in raid ( I think he needs lots space for video editing) - $250
rest case, DVD-ROM etc.

 

[bfdd]

Originally posted by: nyker96

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Mid range P35 board $120
Q6600 $280
2gig ddr2-800 $80 (newegg has corsair for $48 AR)
Corsair 520hx PS $120
300-500gb HD $100
8800GT $250
DVDrw $30

Throw in a budget case of your choice and with shipping it will be a little over the budget,
but would pretty much cover all the bases except for a good aftermarket HSF if you want to overclock

yes, I was thinking along the same lines. But I started with a cheapo setup that's OCable:
that abit P35-E board - $100 or lower
E4xxx/E21xx - $100 or Q6600 for $260
ACfreezer pro - $25
2gig RAM $100
nice PSU - $100
2600HD - $100 (h264 decoding)
2x500GB in raid ( I think he needs lots space for video editing) - $250
rest case, DVD-ROM etc.

8800GT for sure, has h264 decoding on it and is a much more powerful card so you can get away with the lower end CPU. The HD2600 is still going to put a big demand on the CPU especially a low end E4xxx or E21xx.

 

[Arglebargle]

I have done a bit of audio recording and editing, and I have always preferred seperate OS and data drives.

 

[nyker96]

Originally posted by: bfdd

Originally posted by: nyker96

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
Mid range P35 board $120
Q6600 $280
2gig ddr2-800 $80 (newegg has corsair for $48 AR)
Corsair 520hx PS $120
300-500gb HD $100
8800GT $250
DVDrw $30

Throw in a budget case of your choice and with shipping it will be a little over the budget,
but would pretty much cover all the bases except for a good aftermarket HSF if you want to overclock

yes, I was thinking along the same lines. But I started with a cheapo setup that's OCable:
that abit P35-E board - $100 or lower
E4xxx/E21xx - $100 or Q6600 for $260
ACfreezer pro - $25
2gig RAM $100
nice PSU - $100
2600HD - $100 (h264 decoding)
2x500GB in raid ( I think he needs lots space for video editing) - $250
rest case, DVD-ROM etc.

8800GT for sure, has h264 decoding on it and is a much more powerful card so you can get away with the lower end CPU. The HD2600 is still going to put a big demand on the CPU especially a low end E4xxx or E21xx.

Is the new 8800GT that much better in decoding? I didn't realize it has a much better H264 decoder, thought just a more powerful g-card side and a rehashed h264 decoder. I need to check this one out. thanks for pointing it out.