Hi,
I'm building a new system which I want to use for Video encoding and as a PVR.
The base config is going to be:
Pentium 4 2.8GHz,
Asus P4P800 Deluxe (Intel 865.PE Motherboard)
36GB Western Digital Raptor SATA - system drive
250GB Maxtor MaxlineII SATA - storage drive
Plextor 708A 8x DVD-/+RW & Pioneer 16x DVD-Rom
Asus GeForce FX 5600XT 128MB (SVideo-in)
Canopus ADVC1394 Analogue-Digital video converter/encoder
My question directed expecially at those of you that have some experience in video encoding is: should I go for 1GB RAm, or should I get 512MB but get really fast memory?
On my current system, running XP, I never use more than half of my 384MB RAM, so I'm unconvinced about the need of 1GB, even though people often talk about it as a minimum.
I'm only interested in the context of working with video anbd general usage. I never play games, so I'm not at all interested in fast 3D etc.
Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks!
I'm building a new system which I want to use for Video encoding and as a PVR.
The base config is going to be:
Pentium 4 2.8GHz,
Asus P4P800 Deluxe (Intel 865.PE Motherboard)
36GB Western Digital Raptor SATA - system drive
250GB Maxtor MaxlineII SATA - storage drive
Plextor 708A 8x DVD-/+RW & Pioneer 16x DVD-Rom
Asus GeForce FX 5600XT 128MB (SVideo-in)
Canopus ADVC1394 Analogue-Digital video converter/encoder
My question directed expecially at those of you that have some experience in video encoding is: should I go for 1GB RAm, or should I get 512MB but get really fast memory?
On my current system, running XP, I never use more than half of my 384MB RAM, so I'm unconvinced about the need of 1GB, even though people often talk about it as a minimum.
I'm only interested in the context of working with video anbd general usage. I never play games, so I'm not at all interested in fast 3D etc.
Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks!