Video Editing Comptuer HELP

nsahawks7 · Apr 13, 2013

Hey guys! I have been editing on this old Win XP computer for a while and it is annoyingly slow. So, I am gonna build a new one.

I have built before, but for gaming, not for video editing, so idk what is good or what is overkill.

My budget is $275. But I have:

-OS (WIN 7)
-Peripherals (monitors, mouse, etc)
-Power Supply (600W OCZ)
-Ram (4GB DDR3)

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I need a CPU, Motherboard, case, video card. I would normally do this myself, but like I said, I am new to video editing so IDK what is overkill or not. Thanks!

I will be using Camtasia Studio 8 and Power Director. RES: 1280x720 (720P HD)

UniqueName · Apr 13, 2013

What is your CPU currently?

nsahawks7 · Apr 13, 2013

Old Pentium D 820.

UniqueName · Apr 13, 2013

In general for Video Editing you want more cores. However, Camtasia and Power Director don't seem well threaded in particular Camtasia appears capable of using only 2 cores. Are both your cores being used currently? FX-6/8 or a true quad core like Intel and Phenom II X4 would be best but even a Pentium G2020 would blow your machine away.

Here is a build but it won't game. You can fall back to a FX-6100 or Phenom II X4 965BE if you want a decent graphics card.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($46.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Toshiba 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ Outlet PC)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 1GB Video Card ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($29.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $271.94
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-04-13 13:55 EDT-0400)

nsahawks7 · Apr 13, 2013

Thanks a ton. Do you think 4GB RAM would be enough?
And by used correctly, I am not exactly sure what you mean by that.

UniqueName · Apr 13, 2013

nsahawks7 :

Are both cores used currently not correctly. Right-Click Taskbar and Open Task Manager. Click Performance Tab. If both your processors are near 100% then at least your software can use 2 cores and potentially 4 cores.

As long as you have 4GB total, Dual channel (ie 2x2GB or 2x4GB) is more important than amount. Both your programs are 32-bit programs so they can't use more than 2GB RAM in general anyway.

nsahawks7 · Apr 13, 2013

Both are at about 50% usage, give or take.

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