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Video editing computer (Windows)?

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Qacer

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My desktop computer is from 2006. It still runs good for basic things such as web browsing, graphic editing, and so on. I also use it for basic video editing (using Pinnacle Studio 12). However, rendering video for preview is really slow. I think I am due for an upgrade.

I was thinking of taking advantage of this deal:
http://www.fatwallet.com/Dell-Consumer-coupons/code-690098/

It's for a Dell XPS 8500 with:
3rd Gen Intel Core i7
Windows 8 Pro
12GB Memory
Bluray and CD/DVD writer
2TB Hard Drive plus 32GB SSD
AMD Radeon™ HD 7770 2GB GDDR5

It's about $930 with a coupon.

For those editing videos (especially HD), is this a decent setup. I was thinking of building my own PC, but I figured that I won't be able to commit the time for now to build it. I figured if I get a well configured PC, then I can just slowly upgrade it over time.

For my video editing needs, I would like a PC that can render full HD videos quickly so I can preview my project almost instantaneously. With my current setup, I have to wait a long time for the project to render. It especially takes longer if the software starts rendering the transitions. These are just basic fade in / fade out transitions, about 3 seconds long.

Thanks!
 
Qacer said:
My desktop computer is from 2006. It still runs good for basic things such as web browsing, graphic editing, and so on. I also use it for basic video editing (using Pinnacle Studio 12). However, rendering video for preview is really slow. I think I am due for an upgrade.

I was thinking of taking advantage of this deal:
http://www.fatwallet.com/Dell-Consumer-coupons/code-690098/

It's for a Dell XPS 8500 with:
3rd Gen Intel Core i7
Windows 8 Pro
12GB Memory
Bluray and CD/DVD writer
2TB Hard Drive plus 32GB SSD
AMD Radeon™ HD 7770 2GB GDDR5

It's about $930 with a coupon.

For those editing videos (especially HD), is this a decent setup. I was thinking of building my own PC, but I figured that I won't be able to commit the time for now to build it. I figured if I get a well configured PC, then I can just slowly upgrade it over time.

For my video editing needs, I would like a PC that can render full HD videos quickly so I can preview my project almost instantaneously. With my current setup, I have to wait a long time for the project to render. It especially takes longer if the software starts rendering the transitions. These are just basic fade in / fade out transitions, about 3 seconds long.

Thanks!
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Depends what level of video editing you want to?

Maybe you'll need an Apple?

Pinnacle soft doesn't have that good reputation...I wouldn't use even as a video hobbyist....

There's a very good site for such questions/answers: http://www.videohelp.com/
 
I do video work. From what I understand:

1. Get the fastest processor possible.

2. Get an nVidia card because only nVidia cards offer video acceleration when doing video editing. ATI cards do not.

3. Have three hard drives. Have your OS stored on the first (an SSD). Have your original clips stored on the second (can be rotary). Have your output files outputted to the third (can also be rotary).

4. Load it up with RAM. When I use Premiere it's not uncommon for it to want to use 10GB+ of RAM.
 
I do video work. From what I understand:

1. Get the fastest processor possible.

2. Get an nVidia card because only nVidia cards offer video acceleration when doing video editing. ATI cards do not.

3. Have three hard drives. Have your OS stored on the first (an SSD). Have your original clips stored on the second (can be rotary). Have your output files outputted to the third (can also be rotary).

4. Load it up with RAM. When I use Premiere it's not uncommon for it to want to use 10GB+ of RAM.
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I'm running an E3 1230v2 (basically an i7) and 32GB of ram on my photo/video editing rig and it is a pretty good machine. I'm not sure about the video acceleration deal, I'm just using a real basic Gigabyte GeForce 210 video card but I didn't really feel the need for something better. Just an opinion but I went with 4 drives, a 64GB SSD for my OS, a 500GB HDD for installed programs, and a 2x 1TB HDD's in RAID 1 config for stored files just to be safe and have stuff backed up.

I've never heard anything bad about Dell XPS's but $930 seems a little steep.

edit: nvm Lenovo is charging about $875 for same setup - video card. Seems like companies are charging like $100+ for every 4gb of ram they add on.

I'd almost say go for something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-57311365-H520s-Desktop/dp/B009MPBCK6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1366152337&sr=1-1&keywords=lenovo+h520s and buy a 2x8GB RAM kit for $100ish and you'd be in pretty good shape. If you wanted to add a video card you could always pick up a GT640 for under $100 and still come out under $700 which would give you money left over for hard drives. The i5 isnt quite as good as the i7 but if you're coming from a Core2Duo or something along those lines you're still going to see a massive increase in performance.
 
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IntoxicatedPuma said:
I'm running an E3 1230v2 (basically an i7) and 32GB of ram on my photo/video editing rig and it is a pretty good machine. I'm not sure about the video acceleration deal, I'm just using a real basic Gigabyte GeForce 210 video card but I didn't really feel the need for something better. Just an opinion but I went with 4 drives, a 64GB SSD for my OS, a 500GB HDD for installed programs, and a 2x 1TB HDD's in RAID 1 config for stored files just to be safe and have stuff backed up.

I've never heard anything bad about Dell XPS's but $930 seems a little steep.

edit: nvm Lenovo is charging about $875 for same setup - video card. Seems like companies are charging like $100+ for every 4gb of ram they add on.

I'd almost say go for something like this: http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-57311365-H520s-Desktop/dp/B009MPBCK6/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1366152337&sr=1-1&keywords=lenovo+h520s and buy a 2x8GB RAM kit for $100ish and you'd be in pretty good shape. If you wanted to add a video card you could always pick up a GT640 for under $100 and still come out under $700 which would give you money left over for hard drives. The i5 isnt quite as good as the i7 but if you're coming from a Core2Duo or something along those lines you're still going to see a massive increase in performance.
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http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Adobe-Premiere-Pro-CS6-GPU-Acceleration-162/

First of all, it is very, very clear that using a supported GPU makes a huge difference in terms of performance. While a GTX 650 1GB would add an extra 3.5 minutes to a one hour render/encode, and a GT 610 would add 40-60 minutes, using just software only would add roughly four additional hours. What this shows is that even if you are on the tightest budget, getting at least an NVIDIA GT 610 1GB is well worth the monetary cost.
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http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/tech-specs.html
 
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