Good PC edit suites?

[newsphotog]

I'm looking to spend $600-800 on an editing system. Any suggestions?

[tonsofpcs]

The entire system or just a computer or just software or a computer upgrade with software?

[disturbed1]

$600-$800 will get you a nice editing software suite, or a decent effects board.

Avid http://www.videoguys.com/liquidfamily.html
Canopus (Grass Valley) http://www.videoguys.com/ediuspro4.html
Vegas+DVD http://www.videoguys.com/vegasvideo.html


What is it your looking to accomplish?

[newsphotog]

i have software...just looking for a good brand of computer. Dell or HP or something else. Looking to do some hardcore editing. thanks for the quick reply!

[tonsofpcs]

What software do you have? What editing style are you looking for [how many layers/effects will you be using, like will you be doing quick news cutting or fancy commercialistic effect sequences]?

[newsphotog]

I'm currently using Premiere Pro, upgrading to Premiere Pro 2.0

I edit a lot for freelance work. So I will be cutting anything and everything.

Looking at a computer, w/o monitors, with 160-300 gig internal hard drive, either AMD or Intel Processor, more than likely a dual core, USB 2.0, and 1 gig of RAM

[tonsofpcs]

Well, working video, you're going to want at least two drives, one for your system and software and another for your video. You're also going to want XP Pro and at least 2GB of RAM. I do well on a notebook with a T2500 (centrino Duo 2.0 GHz per) 2 GB of RAM that cost roughly $2000 about a year and a half ago... something similar could be nice for you. I recommend ATI graphics cards for video and 3D work, as they render highly complex scenes faster without quirks.

[newsphotog]

hey,

while browsing the net i found this emachines PC

http://www.emachines.com/products/products.html?prod=T5246

for $430...any good?

[edDV]

Core2Duo or Quad. 2GB RAM to start.
Premiere Pro requires SSE3 support.

What video format? This determines your disk drive system.

[newsphotog]

Core2Duo or Quad. 2GB RAM to start.
Premiere Pro requires SSE3 support.

What video format? This determines your disk drive system.

I'm not sure I understand what SSE3 is. Video format...i think just DV, no HD.

[edDV]

Core2Duo or Quad. 2GB RAM to start.
Premiere Pro requires SSE3 support.

What video format? This determines your disk drive system.

I'm not sure I understand what SSE3 is. Video format...i think just DV, no HD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSE3

Some AMD CPUs support SSE3 others don't. DV format editing is fine on a second hard drive. In a pinch (e.g. laptop) you can get by with one drive.

[lordsmurf]

I edit in Premiere Pro CS3 and I don't have SSE3. I edit DV, uncompressed, MPEG, HuffYUV and MJPEG. I've only got 1GB RAM, so it's a bit slow. It runs better on 2GB or more.

All that said, if buying a new computer, there's no reason to avoid a Core 2 Duo system.

A used RT card may be helpful, as somebody else mentioned.

News photog, huh? What do you primarily shoot? (Both equipment type and topics covered).