looking for a cheap mobo 4 video editing

[naorai]

I`m building a rig for a friend, im thinking e6600, 2/4gb value ram, baracuda 7200.10 320gb, and a basic graphic card (x700p maybe).
the computer wont be used for anything but video editing, but he's on a tight budget, so im looking for a cheap, basic mobo that can do with the core2 duo, and maybe get a good value memory on the way (-;

naorai

 

[sithscout80]

Here are all compatible motherboards that support PCI Express x16, have 4 slots for DDR2 ram and support Core 2 Duo.

If the computer will only be used for video editing, you can get one of the motherboards that has onboard video. Just don't plan on playing any games on it.

For hard drives, I have found it best to use 3 hard drives. 1 for the operating system and applications, 1 for the captured video, and 1 for the rendered sequences. This has sped up my system very well. You can find the best $/GB for hard drives here.

For memory, you can get any speed if you are not overclocking. The difference between 533, 667, and 800MHz is negligible with the Core 2 Duo.

 

[myfree]

If you don't care about upgradeability, then there are many choices in the 945 chipset or the n-force 4 chipset. These are all hovering around $100 +/- $20.

Otherwise you are talking $125+ in order to get most of the 965 or 975X chipset boards.

 

[sithscout80]

If you want to use integrated video, here is a list of compatible motherboards.

If you get an Intel motherboard you won't be able to overclock at all. One good thing about Intel motherboards is that they are really stable. I haven't had any problems with I have ever used.

Asus and Gigabyte are both good brands and will serve you well. Just choose the best motherboard for the price and what you needs are.

 

[naorai]

thnx to all of you, I think i will go with this board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813121051

its really cheap, has everything I want it to have and decentlu upgradable (-;
bout the HD, IF I understood correctly, youre talking bout one for the op, one to work on and one for storage.
so ideally, a decent, small HD (windows install), raptor (to work on) and a massive not-necessearily-as-fast HD, I get youre point and it sounds logical.
how about a 150gb raptor devided to 2 partitions, 50-100 or somthing, and a 500 gb baracuda. will taht be significantly better than a single hd and not signifinetly inferior to three?

naorai

 

[sithscout80]

For video editing you don't need a Raptor because you are always processor limited. You could store your OS/Applications on one partition and your captured video on another partition. Then use a second hard drive for temporary files.

I use Premiere Pro and every time I render or import audio, it makes temporary files on my other hard drive. Even if you had a Raptor, the drive heads would constantly need to be reading data on one part of the drive then writing to another. I think this could make the hard drive the limiter in the speed.

Also only buy the capacity hard drive you really need. You probably don't need anything bigger than a 200GB HD for your temporary files. To fill 200GB with uncompressed video, you would need 15.5 hours of video.

I currently am using a 40GB for my OS/Applications, 200GB for my video and personal data, and 120GB for my temporary drive.

 

[sithscout80]

thnx to all of you, I think i will go with this board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813121051

If few things to notice on the motherboard.

1. On the G965 motherboards, there is only 1 IDE slot. If you have old IDE hard drives you are wanting to use, you should get an PCI IDE expansion card.

2. Many faster RAMs use a higher voltage or lower latency, so just be advised that they may not work.

"Only DDR2-800 memory supporting JEDEC approved 1.8V operation with timings of 5-5-5 or 6-6-6 is supported"

 

[naorai]

ok, I think I'll get a drive for the os and storage -two partitions - and another one for temp.

bout the memory, the board supports 667 and 533 mhz, the question is, should I go cheap with the memory or is the performance loss to great?

 

[sithscout80]

I'd go with the cheaper, I found this review that tested different speeds of RAM.
Look at the numbers, the graphs are misleading because of the scales. There is a only a few frames per second difference either way. Sometimes the 533MHz is better, sometimes the 667MHz is better.
Just look for the cheapest for the money, and if there is only a few dollars difference, go for the faster one.

 

[naorai]

OK.

thnx, you really helped me out!

naorai

 

[cptblackeye]

If you haven't made your mobo purchase yet, then I suggest you look at the Intel DP965LT because it has onboard 1394a connectors. I do a lot of video work with Pinnacle Studio 9 plus and my system works great. Before I had a P4 1.5Ghz with 1 GB of ram and a 120GB HD. It would take 6 hours to render 120 mintues of video. My new rig does it in 1 hour. I'm Happy! Will be adding 1 more GB of ram (2 X 512) and 1 more Seagate 7200.1 320GB. I'll use one Seagate for raw video and the other for rendered video.