i want to buy a new PC......what is the best Specifications ????

[khalid81]

hi all

i want to buy a new PC......

what is the best Specifications to work good with video programs ???

and thanks alot

[johns0]

If you want to do blu-ray(avchd) encoding then go with quadcore with 4 gigs of ram.Depending on budget you can go from the new $100 phenom ii to the $1200 i7,just depends on what you want to spend.

[stiltman]

Fi7epower MLK1610 PC houses an Intel core i7-965 Extreme Edition CPU (overclocked to 3.73GHz) atop an X58 chipset, 9GB of DDR3 RAM, an 80GB Intel X25-M SSD, 1TB standard hard drive, a Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card with 2GB of GDDR5 RAM, and it’s all put on ASUS’ P6T motherboard.

[MJA]

whats your budget first

[stiltman]

Sorry, my info was a little old. Here's an updated one

Maingear ePhex
Core i7-975 Extreme Edition CPU overclocked to 4GHz.
12GB of Kingston DDR3/1600
Asus Rampage II Extreme board
2TB Western Digital drive
two Intel 80GB X25-M SSDs in RAID 0
three GeForce GTX 285 cards in tri-SLI.
1,200 watt PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool PSU.

[MJA]

maybe the dudes budget is only $500

BTW .I don't think he is coming back

[stiltman]

Then I guess the title should be different

Heck the one I listed is only ~$6,516.01 US


BTW, $500 could get him a solid colored empty case

[Noahtuck]

BTW, $500 could get him a solid colored empty case

Yeah, if he wanted a MAC

[stiltman]

Exterior Finish: Black Brushed Aluminum Finish
Included

M.A.R.C. my MAINGEAR: Yes, laser etch my system!

Power Supply: 1200W Silverstone DA1200 Power Supply
$277.96

Graphics Accelerator: 2x NVIDIA® Quadro™ CX 3GB GDDR3 in SLI for Adobe Creative Suite 4
$4,089.98

Motherboard: Asus Rampage II Extreme Intel X58 Chipset
$166.25

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme Edition 3.33GHz
$920.40

Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR / Asetek Maintenance-Free X20 Liquid Cooling
$199.99

Memory: 12GB Kingston HyperX Triple Channel 2000MHz Low Latency
$645.00

MAINGEAR Redline Service: Yes, Redline my system!

Hard Drive One: Intel® X25-M 160GB Solid-State Drive
$510.75

Hard Drive Two: Intel® X25-M 160GB Solid-State Drive
$572.00

Hard Drive Three: Intel® X25-M 160GB Solid-State Drive
$572.00

Hard Drive Four: Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache - SATA II
$356.25

RAID: RAID 0 - Increase and speed up your storage array (requires 2 or more HDDs)

Memory Card Reader: All-in-One Internal USB 2.0 Flash Card Reader & Writer
Included

Optical Drive One: Pioneer Black 8X Blu-Ray DVD Burner w/ Software - SATA
$227.00

HD TV Tuner One: ATI TV Wonder 650 HD PCI-Express Combo HDTV Tuner Supporting HD OTA and Analog Cable
$155.00

Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series
$199.99

Network Card: Onboard Dual Marvell 88E8056 Gigabit Controller
Included

Wireless Network Adapter: D-Link Xtreme N™ 802.11n DWA-552 PCI Adapter
$109.99

Primary Display: SAMSUNG 305T Black 30" 6ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor
$1,248.00


Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate (64-Bit) SP2 with FREE Windows 7 Upgrade Coupon!
$95.62

The Final Finesse: Flawless Hand-crafted Wiring and Cable Management
Included

Warranty: Lifetime Labor and Phone Support with 3 Year Hardware Warranty
Included


Product Subtotal: $12,421.98

[Noahtuck]

stiltman

Why are you cheaping out on the Mobo ??

[stiltman]

They only offer 2, and that's the faster of the 2

[MJA]

one more thing.The guy lives in Jordan so if it cost 5k here it wwill cost 10k there. I think tariffs are high on electronics

[usually_quiet]

He is a relative newbie here and English is probably not his first language. Give him a break!

@khalid81 -- If you have not been discouraged by some of the humorous replies here...

Could you give us an idea about the kind of video work you plan to do with this computer -- professional, college coursework, home video... ...Or what software you have in mind to use for it. ...Or maybe a budget? Perhaps then the jokesters will settle down and provide some useful information.

Quad cores, fancy video cards, and lots of RAM are needed for some kinds of video-related tasks, but not for all of them by any means. Nor are they sufficient for everything done to video. I think movie studios still use supercomputers to add some kinds of special effects.

[Noahtuck]

He is a relative newbie here and English is probably not his first language. Give him a break!

And who said anything about his language or writing until you ??


And who gave him crap that anyone would need to give him a break ??

[usually_quiet]

He is a relative newbie here and English is probably not his first language. Give him a break!

And who said anything about his language or writing until you ??


And who gave him crap that anyone would need to give him a break ??

As a sample...

Fi7epower MLK1610 PC houses an Intel core i7-965 Extreme Edition CPU (overclocked to 3.73GHz) atop an X58 chipset, 9GB of DDR3 RAM, an 80GB Intel X25-M SSD, 1TB standard hard drive, a Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card with 2GB of GDDR5 RAM, and it’s all put on ASUS’ P6T motherboard.

Sorry, my info was a little old. Here's an updated one

Maingear ePhex
Core i7-975 Extreme Edition CPU overclocked to 4GHz.
12GB of Kingston DDR3/1600
Asus Rampage II Extreme board
2TB Western Digital drive
two Intel 80GB X25-M SSDs in RAID 0
three GeForce GTX 285 cards in tri-SLI.
1,200 watt PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool PSU.

Then I guess the title should be different

Heck the one I listed is only ~$6,516.01 US


BTW, $500 could get him a solid colored empty case

Then I guess the title should be different

Heck the one I listed is only ~$6,516.01 US


BTW, $500 could get him a solid colored empty case

BTW, $500 could get him a solid colored empty case

Yeah, if he wanted a MAC

Those replies were entirely serious? Everyone needs a system costing thousands of dollars to use video programs. My mistake. I thought you and Stiltman joking. especially with all the humor emoticons.

And yes, I do believe it is likely that someone from Jordan might not speak English as his primary language. I also believe that as a newer member he might not have understood that using the word "best" in an question here would earn him the kind of flippant replies he received from some people here who have a quirk regarding the use of that word.

[Noahtuck]

Ummm.... okay....

He is a relative newbie here and English is probably not his first language. Give him a break!

And exactly what does his "language", first or otherwise, have anything to do with anything we said ??


And no one gave him a hard time so how can anyone give him a break ??

He asked,

what is the best Specifications to work good with video programs ???

With no specific requirements or price range, he simply asked "the best" and stiltman posted an answer.

And maybe 1 or 2 of us made a joke that had nothing to do with the OP, where he is or anything to do with what his first language is...
I understood exactly what he asked, and it was pretty vague, but other then that, totally comprehensive.

Seems like you were making something out of nothing

[ocgw]

He is a relative newbie here and English is probably not his first language. Give him a break!

And who said anything about his language or writing until you ??


And who gave him crap that anyone would need to give him a break ??

As a sample...

Fi7epower MLK1610 PC houses an Intel core i7-965 Extreme Edition CPU (overclocked to 3.73GHz) atop an X58 chipset, 9GB of DDR3 RAM, an 80GB Intel X25-M SSD, 1TB standard hard drive, a Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card with 2GB of GDDR5 RAM, and it’s all put on ASUS’ P6T motherboard.

Sorry, my info was a little old. Here's an updated one

Maingear ePhex
Core i7-975 Extreme Edition CPU overclocked to 4GHz.
12GB of Kingston DDR3/1600
Asus Rampage II Extreme board
2TB Western Digital drive
two Intel 80GB X25-M SSDs in RAID 0
three GeForce GTX 285 cards in tri-SLI.
1,200 watt PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool PSU.

Then I guess the title should be different

Heck the one I listed is only ~$6,516.01 US


BTW, $500 could get him a solid colored empty case

Then I guess the title should be different

Heck the one I listed is only ~$6,516.01 US


BTW, $500 could get him a solid colored empty case

BTW, $500 could get him a solid colored empty case

Yeah, if he wanted a MAC

Those replies were entirely serious? Everyone needs a system costing thousands of dollars to use video programs. My mistake. I thought you and Stiltman joking. especially with all the humor emoticons.

And yes, I do believe it is likely that someone from Jordan might not speak English as his primary language. I also believe that as a newer member he might not have understood that using the word "best" in an question here would earn him the kind of flippant replies he received from some people here who have a quirk regarding the use of that word.

I heard "Jordanians" have a great sense of humor lol

ps. I knew when I read "best" in the title it was going to get interesting

ocgw

peace

[jagabo]

For video editing and encoding start with:

Very low budget: AMD Athlon 2 X4 620, ~$US100
Moderate budget: Intel Core i7 920, ~US$300
High budget: Intel Core i7 975 EE, ~US$1000

Don't use integrated graphics. Shoot for a discreet graphics card with dual DVI or DVI+HDMI outputs. Video editing/encoding doesn't require a high end graphics card. A US$75 card is sufficient. There are some encoders that are starting to take advantage of GPU encoding but as of yet they have not been high quality (although they have been pretty fast). I wouldn't count on GPU encoding for a few years. At that time it may be worth spending more on a faster graphics card.

[stiltman]

Give ME a break usually_quiet. The question was "what is the best Specifications to work good with video programs ??? "

Did the OP list a budget?
I answered with what I thought was the best in my second reply, as the first reply was a little out dated. Do I have systems that cost more that are for video editing, Yep. Do I have systems that cost less, Yep.

However, that was not the question. The question was the Best. I also assumed consumer and not professional too. The systems go WAY up in price when it comes to pro systems that do better than real time encoding and multiple layers in time lines

So yes, I answered the question with MY opinion of what I thought was the BEST.

Language and Nationality NEVER came into question by me

Please don't take my replies out of context. I was replying to MJA about the title and the budget not to the OP

So yes, usually_quiet, you are making something out of nothing by assuming the OP meant something other than the original post

[khalid81]

thank u all guys 4 helping me

my budget is around 800$

and i want to usr the pc 4 my own work

i capture videos from satellite and do some works on it and keep it


thats all

and thanks again

[stiltman]

SD or HD?
Do you care how long it takes to encode?

Do you want a pre-built system or are you going the DIY route?

[MJA]

plus give us an example about the prices in Jordan

like the price of Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200,or 8400

are u going to buy it from the US(through relatives who live here),or Jordan?

[redwudz]

Yes, $800US for a PC from parts is tough to meet when you are in another country. Shipping costs and parts costs vary so much.

Best is usually a fast CPU, quad core preferred, then a compatible motherboard, RAM, decent power supply, case and cooling and lots of hard drive space. But even a slower CPU will do the same work, just take a bit longer. Video cards aren't so critical, depends on your output needs.

If you have a good US or European supplier that is available to you, much better. You may be able to get some good prices. If you want a pre-configured/pre-built PC, then it's a bit harder to find one that has good quality components in that price range. Beware of some companies that seem to have good specifications, but use low quality parts.

[Noahtuck]

ps. I knew when I read "best" in the title it was going to get interesting

ocgw

peace

Yeah... only if we were lucky enough for some jack@$$ to come along and try to stir the pot because of something in his own mind

[usually_quiet]

@Stiltman and Noahtuck. I apologize for thinkng the two of you were joking and saying so. Your past history of giving new members joke answers for poor nettiquette, bad grammar, or questions that didn't meet your standards in some other way should not have influenced my interpretation of your answers here, and I should not have mentioned my suspicions. The two of you would never do anything like that now.

Next time I have suspicions, I will just use the "report this post link" and let the mods decide if someone is giving new members a hard time.

[Nelson37]

The guy asks for the best specifications for video and then comes back with a budget of $800.00.

I don't see that he was given a hard time previously. However, I sure as hell think he richly deserves one now. $800.00 doesn't get you the best anything in the PC world. Leaving out a major condition such as that indicates a serious effort to do nothing more than waste a bunch of people's time, effort, and energy. My 12-year-old knows better than that.

Language barrier my ass. Anyplace in the world you want to buy anything, you would have to be willfully ignorant not to notice that the top-tier pricing is far beyond your limited budget.

I guess if you're gonna start reporting nasty folks for giving people a hard time, you better put my name on your speed-posting feature.

[plcpower]

ok my computer crashed,now its time for a new one would like something around $2500.00? would be used for everything from putting videos together to games.looked into cyberpower,and ibuypower machines. Any ideas?

[Soopafresh]

ok my computer crashed,now its time for a new one would like something around $2500.00? would be used for everything from putting videos together to games.looked into cyberpower,and ibuypower machines. Any ideas?

If you don't want to build yourself, BOXX puts together very good machines. A little pricey though.

http://www.boxxtech.com

Dell's newer Studio XPS 8000 machines are actually built quite well. Get one with an NVIDIA GTX260 video card for very good gaming performance. Add an I7 processor and 2 hard drives. Not bad and less than $2000.

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/studio-xps-8000?c=us&cs=19&l=...corp&~lt=popup

[usually_quiet]

ok my computer crashed,now its time for a new one would like something around $2500.00? would be used for everything from putting videos together to games.looked into cyberpower,and ibuypower machines. Any ideas?

Look around. I think you will be amazed at what you might buy or build for $2500. I built my computer this time, partly for the sake of the experience, since I had never built one before, and I saw a lot of great-looking new hardware when I was shopping.

Of course you will want significantly better components, but as an example of what can be done with careful shopping and re-use of some old parts, I put this budget system with upgrade potential together for around $460, including shipping:

MSI 785GM-E65 MATX motherboard
Kingston 2 x 1GB DDR3 1333 Memory
AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz Dual-Core Processor
IN-WIN EM020 MATX Chassis with 350W PSU
Vista Home Premium 32-bit with free upgrade to Windows 7
Samsung LightScribe DVR-SH-S223L DVD Burner
80mm front fan
floppy drive (I still want one)
MS basic keyboard and mouse
cables for the fan and drives
Cable ties

I re-used the 2 EIDE HDDs from my old Dell, which were purchased within the past 2 years, and the on-board video is good enough for me.

I could even have saved a bit of if everything I wanted had been available at the same time and from the same place, and if I had purchased another chassis in the same series with a different front bezel.

[stiltman]

floppy drive (I still want one).

We're the only 2 left in the world