Building a Video Editing Machine

[Machine514]

I could not find a proper place to put this and it is a bit off topic so please redirect if it is improper.
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I have been reading and reading for the best options to build a machine for video editing. I searched and did not find any recent posts for suggestions.

So could anyone help me to build a video editing PC?

Questions...
Should I go dual or single processor?
What speed for the editing hard drive?
Can you suggest a processor?
Can you suggest a motherboard?

I am looking to spend about $500 to build this.

I have the following items or have access to them...
200GB 7200RPM Western Digital hard drive
512MB PC2700 Kingston RAM
I can get a DVD burner for ~$75
Standard floppy drive
Firewire card

-Machine

[Capmaster]

Go to SatStorm's guide and scroll down about halfway to the "hardware" section. He addresses the PC issues for getting into the hobby:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/181153.php

It is accessible by using the guides section in the upper left, then go to Articles, then the Newbie section, if you need to read more.

[BJ_M]

"computer" seemed like a good place to move it to ..

[reboot]

Either
Fast
Faster
Fastest

200gig drive, nice size. Partition it wisely!
512 RAM, up that to a gig, especially if using XP.

[rallynavvie]

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=203419

Read that first. Prices are cheaper now. Don't partition that 200GB, leave it as is and use it as a second drive. If you're going to do video work I highly recommend having two drives. Get another drive for a boot drive, whatever you want to pay for. 512MB of RAM is all you need for XP. Video apps generally don't use that much memory. The only reason I have loads of it is because I'm running a dozen things at once or doing massive RAM previews in AfterEffects.

Read the above link, it will explain much...

[koolaidwa]

CPU any amd 64 cpu will be great

1 gb ram is good, 512 is ok u really want 1 gb if u can afford it, make sure u get pc3200 or higher u dont have to but its better if u do