Computer editing hardware question

[Jaspenn1]

Hello, In your opiniions, is this system-- HP Pavilion 500-214 Desktop, AMD A8-6500 Quad-Core 3.5GHz, 8GB DDR3, 2TB SATA, 802.11n, Win8.1-- sufficient for basic, short-form video editing? Short-form meaning real estate videos under 5 minutes and very limited graphics and effects.Thanks for your input.

[redwudz]

Yes, it should be.

But you left out a few important items, the format of your videos, Mpeg, H.264, etc., and what type of graphics and effects? Also what editor are you looking at using?

I would also suggest you have more than one hard drive. Not a good idea to edit on your boot drive. But, if that's a newer PC, it may have USB 3.0 connections for an external hard drive, though even USB 2.0 connections should be sufficient for storage and editing. A extra (Or two) internal hard drives would be better, though.

Win 8.1, 32 or 64 bit OS?

And welcome to our forums.

[LMotlow]

The O.P. stated he's using Win8.1. Could be a limitation with a lot of the free software available today, but OK for most retail NLE's. I doubt the O.P. would be getting into Avisynth, etc.

But redwuz is right: you need another hard drive for processing. Some retail PC's are too small and closed-in for adding an internal drive, but an external USB-3 drive would work OK. Make certain the external drive runs on A.C. power. USB external drives are too slow.

[bendixG15]

Your computer looks fine for basic video work. Just try it and if you hit some limitations then its easier to fix.
You know ... just do it.