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In the Market for my first, lower end, editing system
I’m a college senior, and i’m looking to invest in an editing system for my home, so that i no longer have to rely upon going to a lab, and so that i may experiment with new software and what not. The reason I am doing this right now is that i want to take advantage of the 90% educational discount on the avid software as long as i’m a student, getting it for only $299.
Overall, I’m looking for the best possible desktop PC & A monitor, that i can get and spend roughly 1,000 dollars, not counting the editing software. if it was cheaper, that would be even better! but if i had to go under or above 1,000, i would go under. I’m not going to be editing any 1080p feature films anytime soon, so it doesn’t have to be a monster, but something that can handle HD, even if it is a bit slower than the best.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
(also a quick follow up. opinions on Ebay & Refurbished systems?)
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Avid is a great system, make sure whatever system you put it on has a powerful NVidia card. The Nvidia FX 1100, and 1300 are great cards, and are just enough to do good editing with effects.
On ebay you will find xw8200 systems, which are great buys in the $500 price range. Great computers, and they are robust. Add your own 1 TB SATA drive (you can only add one after the OS). Again, make sure it has an Nvidia 1300 or higher (higher the number, the better 3500 would be great). Make sure you have 3 GB of Ram. Don’t fall for adding more, windows XP can only use 3.12GB of ram, even if you have 10GB it doesn’t matter.
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