Amatuer doing video editing

[dwilson68]

What is the best computer/processor for video editing? I have been researching HP.

 

[nna2]

budget?

 

[ulillillia]

Knowing what your budget is will help, and also whether you intend to overclock or not. I do extensive video editing myself and I have an i7-2600K overclocked to 4 GHz and it does very nicely. I can record into the H.264 format at 1024x768 at 60 fps smoothly without dropped or inserted frames even at clock speeds with complex scenes (like a rainy level). If budget is low, the i5-2500K is also nice.

 

[amuffin]

Does your software support gpu acceleration?

 

[rds1220]

Depending on your budget the first choice would be the I7 2600k and if that is to much the the I5 2500K.