PC for video editing

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I'm looking for a decent PC that will be capable of video editing so i want an i7, at least 8GB of RAM, a good graphics card then obviously a MB and PSU that can handle the hardware. i don't need the a fancy case or expensive cooling this is for work so i need a decent warranty on it as well. any ideas where i should be looking for this?
 
I don't think a expensive gpu is that important, rather spend more on ram.
 
I'd either go with an Haswell i7 or AMD X6 CPU with 16-32GB of RAM for video editing.
I would also get a decent amount of HDD space and make sure that I have the same (or more) space for backups.

You can start off with onboard graphics and if you notice that the editors are sluggish, then upgrade to a dedicated workstation graphics card.

My friends who are doing video editing mostly use Mac Pros, but I suppose the newly launched ones would be very expensive!

What software will you be using?
 
Depending on how much you can spend get:
Haswell i7 CPU
16GB+ DDR3 RAM
256GB SSD
2TB HDD
AMD FirePro GPU (there is a wide range available, depending on your budget)

The mobo, PSU, and case is not that relevant as you said. Preferably, get a case with USB3.0, a PSU at around 550Watt (depending on that GPU), and the mobo a Haswell (1150) socket.
 
Software-wise, there are only 2 options for pro editing... Final **Censored** and Adobe Premiere Pro. Since you are on PC, I take it you would be using Adobe Premiere since **Censored** is **Censored** only. SSD's are very useful, but 256GB would be cutting it a bit lean depending on the size of the project. I have 2 SSD's in my **Censored**. One for the OS 120gb and one for rendering 256gb and wish I had gone bigger. A raid setup might also be an option. The faster data can read, processed and dumped to disk as output, the smoother your experience will be. The source data needs to be on an equally fast disk device.

The CPU you chose is cool, but the graphics card is just as important since Premiere Pro allows extensive use of the GPU for rendering purposes. In terms of GPU hardware requirements, this link http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm has some useful info. The AMD Firepro is not actually that necessary in that popular gaming cards provide all the GPU power you would need at a more affordable price and with more uses than just rendering.

However, if you are not going to be using Premiere Pro, then ignore the above and... erm, good luck.
 
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Why are people even talking about Apple in this thread, or does Apple have something crappy old clone PC's don't?

You need software that utilizes GPU decoding/encoding. Then you need the GPU. Disk space is a given. I am not sure these programs extend to multiple cards, on the general commercial front, but I am pretty damned sure there are solutions that do use multiple cards in the process.

How much time do you have, and how fast do you want things to happen?
 
Thanks for all the info! Is there a place that will sell these pre built? i don't want to buy all the parts fit it and then struggle with something. Also if i have a problem 2 months down the line i send it in gets repaired get it back. That is what i like about the Mac option buy one and you're ready to go. I work in education so we get incredible Microsoft and Adobe specials so that's why i want to go this route. I need about 10 of these PC's and it needs to be up by August.
 
we have a CS6 site license so we will be using premierre mainly for now and i have about R15000 for a PC.
 
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