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Hello Tom's Community,
I've been trying to build my first rig, and have been using the forums here as a guide/information portal. My goal is to build the most efficient machine for the money, cheapest possible. See, I'm trying to build a business/career out of video editing and film production, but have a very modest budget.
Ideally I'd need it to be able to run, smoothly, Lightworks Pro, ( system requirements) and potentially the Adobe suite and Blender (not as crucial for this build). I'm not too worried about rendering times, only because this isn't meant to be a full-on professional workstation yet; just a machine that can do a modest amount of work to help me get recognized/gain internet fame. It's not going to have to handle video projects longer than 30 minutes anytime soon. Though I would like my rig to be expandable as much as possible, so as I am able to upgrade, I can (not as important as a usable rig though).
So, here are my specs/ideas, any advice or help would be wonderful!
Budget: Up to $1000, not including OS or Monitor (though I need an OS, that is easy to decide)
Purchase Date: ASAP (no later than next week)
Usage: Hobbyist/Semi-Professional Video Editing
Overclocking: Probably Not
SLI: Probably Not
CPU: Intel i7 4770 or AMD, hyper-threading semi-equivalent
RAM: 16gb min (with ability to up to 32 or 64)
Storage: Ideally an SSD and a 7200+rpm SATA
Motherboard: Something that is RAID ready (ideally a 64gb capable board, but 32 is fine)
Graphics: PCI Express, CUDA (Nvidia)
Sound Card: 5.1 capable, good for sound design (Audition or Audacity)
Other than that, I just need what will work. I know I should probably get a CPU cooler. I have NO IDEA what I need in a case, or motherboard type, quality power supply etc,. I have done a lot of research and know kind of what I need, but no idea how to pick quality, low-priced stuff.
Alternatively I have an old desktop computer purchased for internet/word processing. It used to be able to handle Lightworks (10), but when they upped to 11 it ceased working. I upgraded to 4gb memory, to no avail. CQ5500Y Specs I know it's current build is useless, but if it would be cheaper to upgrade that to get what I need, I'd be open to that. I just don't know what I'd need to do.
Thanks for reading! I look forward to hearing from you, I definitely need your knowledge.
- Frank Stratton
Owner/Operator Evolved Film Productions
I've been trying to build my first rig, and have been using the forums here as a guide/information portal. My goal is to build the most efficient machine for the money, cheapest possible. See, I'm trying to build a business/career out of video editing and film production, but have a very modest budget.
Ideally I'd need it to be able to run, smoothly, Lightworks Pro, ( system requirements) and potentially the Adobe suite and Blender (not as crucial for this build). I'm not too worried about rendering times, only because this isn't meant to be a full-on professional workstation yet; just a machine that can do a modest amount of work to help me get recognized/gain internet fame. It's not going to have to handle video projects longer than 30 minutes anytime soon. Though I would like my rig to be expandable as much as possible, so as I am able to upgrade, I can (not as important as a usable rig though).
So, here are my specs/ideas, any advice or help would be wonderful!
Budget: Up to $1000, not including OS or Monitor (though I need an OS, that is easy to decide)
Purchase Date: ASAP (no later than next week)
Usage: Hobbyist/Semi-Professional Video Editing
Overclocking: Probably Not
SLI: Probably Not
CPU: Intel i7 4770 or AMD, hyper-threading semi-equivalent
RAM: 16gb min (with ability to up to 32 or 64)
Storage: Ideally an SSD and a 7200+rpm SATA
Motherboard: Something that is RAID ready (ideally a 64gb capable board, but 32 is fine)
Graphics: PCI Express, CUDA (Nvidia)
Sound Card: 5.1 capable, good for sound design (Audition or Audacity)
Other than that, I just need what will work. I know I should probably get a CPU cooler. I have NO IDEA what I need in a case, or motherboard type, quality power supply etc,. I have done a lot of research and know kind of what I need, but no idea how to pick quality, low-priced stuff.
Alternatively I have an old desktop computer purchased for internet/word processing. It used to be able to handle Lightworks (10), but when they upped to 11 it ceased working. I upgraded to 4gb memory, to no avail. CQ5500Y Specs I know it's current build is useless, but if it would be cheaper to upgrade that to get what I need, I'd be open to that. I just don't know what I'd need to do.
Thanks for reading! I look forward to hearing from you, I definitely need your knowledge.
- Frank Stratton
Owner/Operator Evolved Film Productions
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