A friend of mine is looking to get in to video editing. His current PC is an ancient P2-400, or something in that range. Needless to say, he's looking to buy a new box. He was looking at pre-builts, but I told him his dollar would go farther if he built it himself (well, if I built it for him). He gave me a budget of ~$700 (without monitor), but I told him to save a few more paychecks and shoot for something around 1k. Here's what I've configured:
Mobo - Chaintech VNF3-25 (nForce3-250) - $82
CPU - A64 2800+ - $148
RAM - 2 x 512 Mushkin PC3200 - $154
Case - Coolermaster Centurian 2 (silver) - $30
PSU - Thermaltake 420w - $40
HDD - Samsung SATA 160gb (8mb cache) x 2 - $200
Optical - NEC 2500A + media - $100
Capture - Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U - $135
Video - ECS 9200 - $51
OS - WinXP Home - $90
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Total - ~$1040 before cooling, cables, etc....
I'm unsure of what video card to use. Does video card speed effect capture/encoding? This guy loves video games, but I have to cut corners where I can.
All opinions and suggestions are quite appreciated.
Mobo - Chaintech VNF3-25 (nForce3-250) - $82
CPU - A64 2800+ - $148
RAM - 2 x 512 Mushkin PC3200 - $154
Case - Coolermaster Centurian 2 (silver) - $30
PSU - Thermaltake 420w - $40
HDD - Samsung SATA 160gb (8mb cache) x 2 - $200
Optical - NEC 2500A + media - $100
Capture - Plextor ConvertX PX-M402U - $135
Video - ECS 9200 - $51
OS - WinXP Home - $90
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Total - ~$1040 before cooling, cables, etc....
I'm unsure of what video card to use. Does video card speed effect capture/encoding? This guy loves video games, but I have to cut corners where I can.
All opinions and suggestions are quite appreciated.