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Hey Everyone,
Let me first start off by saying I've been a viewer of this forum for a few months now and am blown away by the knowledge and friendlyness of users on this forum.
In a few months I will be graduating from film school, I hope pursue my career of becoming a video editor. Recently my computer of 7 years decided to finally call it quits and die. I said goodbye to both the computer and my "gaming" days. :lol:
Basically, with the immersion of Windows 7 - I'm in the market for a new PC. For awhile I was going back and forth about getting a Mac, however, I decided to stick with a Windows based computer as I feel I can get more 'bang for my buck'.
What I need from you guys is some computer knowledge, I know some but not nearly enough. If someone wouldn't mind taking the time to help me pick the right computer for me, I'd really appreciate it...
What I need this computer to do:
As I mentioned, I hope to one day become a video editor.
I deal with a lot of HD video (huge file size) and experiment with nearly every editing software on the market. I need this computer to be able to render, compress, and multi task at a fast rate. This computer will basically be my personal and business computer, I do not play games - but feel I need a decent video card just to experience no lag when editing. I would also like this purchase to realistically last me 3 to 5 years, and be able to be tweaked with more RAM etc down the road.
I was looking at the Dell XPS 9000 - Would this machine be powerful enough for my needs? Here are the specs:
Software & Services
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Intel® Core™ i7-975 processor Extreme Edition(8MB L3 Cache, 3.33GHz)
No Productivity software pre-installed
2 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis - Important Information
No Security software pre-installed
12GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs
1TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Blu-ray Disc (BD) Burner (Writes to DVD/CD/BD)
nVidia GeForce GTX 260 1792MB
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Dell USB Consumer Multimedia Keyboard
Dell Studio Optical Mouse
No Modem Option
Integrated 10/1000 Ethernet
Are there any other computers on the market you would recommend? Please help! What should I be looking for?
Thanks guys.
Let me first start off by saying I've been a viewer of this forum for a few months now and am blown away by the knowledge and friendlyness of users on this forum.
In a few months I will be graduating from film school, I hope pursue my career of becoming a video editor. Recently my computer of 7 years decided to finally call it quits and die. I said goodbye to both the computer and my "gaming" days. :lol:
Basically, with the immersion of Windows 7 - I'm in the market for a new PC. For awhile I was going back and forth about getting a Mac, however, I decided to stick with a Windows based computer as I feel I can get more 'bang for my buck'.
What I need from you guys is some computer knowledge, I know some but not nearly enough. If someone wouldn't mind taking the time to help me pick the right computer for me, I'd really appreciate it...
What I need this computer to do:
As I mentioned, I hope to one day become a video editor.
I deal with a lot of HD video (huge file size) and experiment with nearly every editing software on the market. I need this computer to be able to render, compress, and multi task at a fast rate. This computer will basically be my personal and business computer, I do not play games - but feel I need a decent video card just to experience no lag when editing. I would also like this purchase to realistically last me 3 to 5 years, and be able to be tweaked with more RAM etc down the road.
I was looking at the Dell XPS 9000 - Would this machine be powerful enough for my needs? Here are the specs:
Software & Services
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Intel® Core™ i7-975 processor Extreme Edition(8MB L3 Cache, 3.33GHz)
No Productivity software pre-installed
2 Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis - Important Information
No Security software pre-installed
12GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs
1TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Blu-ray Disc (BD) Burner (Writes to DVD/CD/BD)
nVidia GeForce GTX 260 1792MB
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Dell USB Consumer Multimedia Keyboard
Dell Studio Optical Mouse
No Modem Option
Integrated 10/1000 Ethernet
Are there any other computers on the market you would recommend? Please help! What should I be looking for?
Thanks guys.