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Is this pc spec good enough?
Hi
Im looking to get a new pc for editing. I was wondering if the following is good enough. Im not looking at hardrive space as im using external drives.
Processor 1 x AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ ( Dual-Core )
1 GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) – DDR SDRAM – 400 MHz – PC3200
Graphics Controller NVIDIA GeForce 6150Your input is appreciated.
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35 Replies
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No. You need to tell what material you want to edit with what applications, what sort of projects you usually handle, etc. Also what budget you have.
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Ill be using premier pro and after effects, editing a dvd.
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Still no. Wrong CPU, wrong video card, not enough memory, etc.
Since you have no upper limit on your budget, consider at least a mobo with Seaburg chipset, 2 quad core X5365’s and at least 8 GB RAM. -
i use a P4 2.8 single processor, 512 MB graphics and 1 GB of memory – my Premiere Pro, AE 7 and Encore 1.0 all run just fine on that. Why is 8GB needed. I would love to have that much memory, but it doesn’t really seem necessary. Thanks!
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My thoughts exactly.
At the moment i am editing on a laptop with 1Gig Ram and slow processor and works ok. so i thought with a much faster processor and dual core it should meet my needs?
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Since you didn’t answer the questions I posed, I have to assume you want a good system and cost is no object. 8 GB Ram is worthwhile when running Vista and using PP, PS, EN, AE, SB all at the same time.
Why anybody would use AMD at this moment, when Intel is way ahead in price/performance is a mystery to me. Your initial specs tend towards old day technology, severely outdated.
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i think what harm is trying to say is simply, yes – those are good enough components, though they aren’t the most up to date.
i imagine the mystery as to why anyone else would use AMD is really only a subjective one. I have only used Intel so i can’t argue for or against AMD.
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No, I wanted to say the proposed components may, just may be marginally acceptable for DV work only. Prepare to invest in new hardware in a short time, so depreciation is significant. The expected technical life span is less than 12 months. For HDV it is no good.
The real question, that was not answered, is what is the budget and what kind of projects with what material (SD or HDV) need to be done.
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[Harm Millaard] “No, I wanted to say the proposed components may, just may be marginally acceptable for DV work only.”
The processor and memory are no more marginal than P-IV a few years ago, obviously this is supposed to be a inexpensive editing system, the major drawbacks are: the GeForce 6150 is a motherboard GPU which means its probably a all-in-one MoBo that uses shared memory, plus using external drives, both of which can be problematical. -
Not really worth getting more than 3 or 4 gb max as windows can’t even address it.
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