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Recommendation for video editing system

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Gabe Logan

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Hi All...I have a camera that saves in Avchd and I use Pinnacle Studio to edit and convert. Its really slow so I want to build a new system. Any help other CPU & video would be appreciated. I was looking to go Intel this time but I'm open to anything.

TIA

GL
 
You might be able to reuse your DDR2 RAMs with a Gigabyte 785g AM2+ mobo and snag a Phenom 1055T for less than $300.

Do you wish to go DDR3?





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I have Canon HF100 and do the AVCHD stuff all the time. IMO beyond the fastest CPU you can get, you will definitely need a nvidia GTX 260 and above. GTX 285 would be nice but according to your budget, GTX 260 or 275 is enough. Microcenter has the 260 for $170 shipped. Buy the Badaboom software too, it's not expensive at all. What it does is to use the video card CUDA function to encode the video in real fast speed.

For high quality stuff to keep, use MenGUI (CPU based), for normal quality stuff, use Badaboom. Compare the result if you have time to do both.

4GB memory is minimum, motherboard will depend on your CPU type.
 
metalmania said:
I have Canon HF100 and do the AVCHD stuff all the time. IMO beyond the fastest CPU you can get, you will definitely need a nvidia GTX 260 and above. GTX 285 would be nice but according to your budget, GTX 260 or 275 is enough. Microcenter has the 260 for $170 shipped. Buy the Badaboom software too, it's not expensive at all. What it does is to use the video card CUDA function to encode the video in real fast speed.

For high quality stuff to keep, use MenGUI (CPU based), for normal quality stuff, use Badaboom. Compare the result if you have time to do both.

4GB memory is minimum, motherboard will depend on your CPU type.
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Badaboom is fast but crap, I wouldn't recommend it.

There's no gpu encoder which is remotely close to the quality of free (x264) cpu ones.
The cpu (i7-920?) is more important then the video card.
 
I too have a Canon but the HF S100 and I was using a 3.4Ghz 775 Yorkfield and it just wasn't cutting it in Premier Pro CS4. The more cores the better.

Rig 2 is my new AVCHD machine. Thanks
 
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yeah, the badaboom is a bad advice. crappy quality compared to something free for cpu encoding.

since you are video editing, i recommend spending more on the cpu and io systems rather than the video card.

like others have said, you can go 920/930 or the 1055t route. based on your budget, ill look out for those frys/microcenter deals as they have some really good ones for the money.
 
If you do a number of transitions or efx you should look at a good video card. If you do mainly cuts without layered efx, go with a better CPU.
The video card is what speeds up previews of the render...
Some video applications (like Avid) won't even run properly without at least a Quadro based card on-board.
Also, keep in mind that a good gaming card isn't necessarily a good editing card and vice versa.
The other thing you need a workstation video card for is doing graphics and photoshop for your editing.

Other than that, a really good cpu and mobo with a mediocre video card would be fine.
 
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