System Building - Used for Downloading & Editing DV Video

[Splitfyre]

I'm currently building a system for a family member. This system is not for me, but I've been given some requirements:

- Only a 17" LCD
- Must be $2K USD (tops)

The system is going to be used for transferring and editing video mostly. Let me know what you think. Any suggestions would be great:

Case: Antec Sonata Quiet Chassis ATX Piano Black (3.0 Ghz Compatible
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ S939 San Diego 2.2GHZ 1MB L2 Cache 90NM
RAM: 2x OCZ EL PC3200 400MHZ DDR 1024MB Dual Channel Gold VX Memory Kit
2X512MB CL-2-3-3-8 184pin
HDs: 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 300GB SATA NCQ 7200RPM 8ms
Floppy: Mitsumi 7-IN-1 Floppy Drive & Flash Reader CF/SM/SD/MMC/MS Black
Video Card: MSI NX6600GT-VTD128 AGP8X 6600GT DDR3 128mb 128bit VGA DVI Vivo
DVD Writer: Benq DW1625 Lightscribe Black DVD+-RW 16X4X16 Dual-Layer+R 4X IDE
CD Writer: Lite-On 52X32X52 ATAPI IDE Black CD-Rewriter Smart-Burn
Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 711T 17IN TFT LCD Monitor 1000:1 Black 1280X1024
Analog / Digital
OS: Windows XP Pro


Came to about $2204 USD.. so I am close. I could remove one of the 2 hard drives but I'm thinking I could just roll back the memory to just 1GB to get to the $2K USD requirement.

Thoughts?

 

[suicidalpigeon]

do you really need the xp pro? home works almost the same except a few hidden settings between them.

 

[RyanB18]

wouldn't a less powerful VIVO video card suffice? Also is a cd-writer and a dvd-writer necesary?

 

[Splitfyre]

The reason for the CD Writer is so my bro can make music cd's

 

[Venomous]

Originally posted by: Splitfyre
I'm currently building a system for a family member. This system is not for me, but I've been given some requirements:

- Only a 17" LCD
- Must be $2K USD (tops)

The system is going to be used for transferring and editing video mostly. Let me know what you think. Any suggestions would be great:

Case: Antec Sonata Quiet Chassis ATX Piano Black (3.0 Ghz Compatible
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3700+ S939 San Diego 2.2GHZ 1MB L2 Cache 90NM
RAM: 2x OCZ EL PC3200 400MHZ DDR 1024MB Dual Channel Gold VX Memory Kit
2X512MB CL-2-3-3-8 184pin
HDs: 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 300GB SATA NCQ 7200RPM 8ms
Floppy: Mitsumi 7-IN-1 Floppy Drive & Flash Reader CF/SM/SD/MMC/MS Black
Video Card: MSI NX6600GT-VTD128 AGP8X 6600GT DDR3 128mb 128bit VGA DVI Vivo
DVD Writer: Benq DW1625 Lightscribe Black DVD+-RW 16X4X16 Dual-Layer+R 4X IDE
CD Writer: Lite-On 52X32X52 ATAPI IDE Black CD-Rewriter Smart-Burn
Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 711T 17IN TFT LCD Monitor 1000:1 Black 1280X1024
Analog / Digital
OS: Windows XP Pro


Came to about $2204 USD.. so I am close. I could remove one of the 2 hard drives but I'm thinking I could just roll back the memory to just 1GB to get to the $2K USD requirement.

Thoughts?

The ram will take a performance hit on your system. Running 4 X 512 modules will force you into 2T timings. Pick up some OCZ or Crucial Ballistix 2 X 1 gig modules instead.

Although the san diego core is nice with the cache, you would be better off with a Venice 3500+.

You didnt specify a motherboard.

LCD. Go with a Dell. You can get a better monitor, larger, for less.

 

[teutonicknight]

Originally posted by: Venomous
The ram will take a performance hit on your system. Running 4 X 512 modules will force you into 2T timings. Pick up some OCZ or Crucial Ballistix 2 X 1 gig modules instead.

Didn't they fix that in a recent revision?

Anyway, the DVD burner will burn CD's, no need for the two burners.

What editing software is he going to use? (most editing software doesn't use the graphics card.)

 

[keeleysam]

Get an Athlon 64 X2 4400+.

 

[Venomous]

All they fixed in the E6 stepping was the ability to go from 4 X 512 at DDR 333 to DDR400.. The 1-2 timing issue is still there. Only way to combat it is to go with 1 Gig modules... I would recommend him an X2 as well but it blows out his budget.

I would personally scale down the HDs to 200 or 250's and drop the extra gig. Dual core would really enhance the overall speed and multitasking of the machine though.

 

[Splitfyre]

I think my bro will get his own monitor. As for the RAM I changed it up to the 1GB OCZ instead. I've got a friend who's got the dual core already. Then again he uses his system for media and music production.

His system cost him $15,000

 

[thecoolnessrune]

Screw the 6600gt. If all your doing is playing video, then I'd just use like a Radeon 7000. But I'd go for broke on the memory and the processor. Sencondly, I'd at least go either dual core, or my preference, a small opteron setup.