whuch computer should i get?

[SailorStar]

alrighttt so my computer is really realy old and im gonna get a new one. and im finding it pretty hard, on what computer i should get for video editing. Im having a really hard time thinking if i should get an imac or another type of computer. i uses sony vegas but ill switch to final cut. but which one do you think is better and the which computer is the best suitable for video editing.(:

[SailorStar]

someonee pleasee give me some advice(:

[jman98]

You really need to wait more than a hour (try 1 day) before you bump your own post. Nobody gets paid to answer, you know.

I have an iMac via work and I'm not a Mac fanboy. There are things I like and things I don't like. There are fewer choices with Macs. There are usually one or maybe two programs at most on Mac to do anything video related and if they don't work for you, it's just tough. Windows, which really sucks by the way, has a ton of choices. If program X doesn't work under Windows for you, just use program Y or program Z or program A, etc. Note that Macs don't support BluRay and may not ever do so, should you care about it. I think Jobs objects to the licensing agreement.

I use neither Vegas nor Final Cut and I can offer no help with them.

[lordsmurf]

What kind of editing? Input, output, and editing.

Mac is usually the wrong tool, unless you're making indy movies from DV or HDV camera sources.
Beyond that, forget about it.

[Soopafresh]

Get an Intel I5-750 Processor with 4GB of RAM and 1 TB of disk space. Nvidia GT 220 or ATI 4850 video card. Windows 7 - probably the 32bit version will be good for now. This will be pretty fast and pretty affordable.

[Classic '57]

What is your budget? This will go a long way on us helping you.

[romanstopme]

more information would be helpful

[budz]

I just did a configuration for a friend via HP website for a HPE-150t series. Since you didn't list a budget here's a configuration I did that's similar to my friends one.


Operating system: Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-750 quad-core processor [2.66GHz, 1MB L2 + 8MB shared L3 cache]
Memory: FREE UPGRADE! 6GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [3 DIMMs] from 4GB
Hard drive: FREE UPGRADE! 640GB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 500GB
Graphics card: 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 [DVI, HDMI, VGA]
Primary optical drive: LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
Networking: Integrated 10/100/1000 (Gigabit) Ethernet, No wireless LAN
Front Productivity Ports: 15-in-1 memory card reader, 1 USB, 1394, audio
TV & entertainment experience: No TV Tuner
Sound Card: Integrated 7.1 channel sound with front audio ports
SpeakersNo speakers
Keyboard and MouseHP multimedia keyboard and HP optical mouse
Productivity softwareMicrosoft(R) Works 9.0
Security softwareNorton Internet Security(TM) 2010 - 15 month

Cost is $889.99. Shipping can be free as well.

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_series.do?storeName=computer_store...%20performance

[edDV]

Comes down to what you want to do and how much you can spend.

First do you have $3-4k for a suitable Mac for Studio? Or are you talking used?
What are your input formats and export intentions?

Give us some clues.

[lowellriggsiam]

If you can build one here's a reasonably priced board/cpu combo http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5024444&CatId=4297

[edDV]

If you can build one here's a reasonably priced board/cpu combo http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5024444&CatId=4297

That sets the extremes $134 upgrade to $4000.

[DarrellS]

My Nephew wants to build a new PC and here is what we're looking at.

GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3P LGA 1156 Intel P55 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard ...........................................$149.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128417

XFX GT220XZHF2 GeForce GT 220 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card .....................................$74.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150468

Thermaltake TR2 TRX-750M 750W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.91 80 PLUS Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply ................$109.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153117

Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80605I5750 .....................................$194.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-4GBNQ .....$104.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive ......................$119.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533

COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus Intel Core i5 & Intel Core i7 compatible RR-B10-212P-G1 120mm "heatpipe direct contact" Long ....$34.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065
.................................................. .................................................. .......................$789.93

He has a case, HDDs, DVD-RW and an OS.

[budz]

^^^My new CM Hyper 212 Plus from Amazon is on it's way & it has free standard shipping. Nice i5 system!!

[lowellriggsiam]

If you can build one here's a reasonably priced board/cpu combo http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5024444&CatId=4297

That sets the extremes $134 upgrade to $4000.

What can I say I see possibilities, and just look at all the USB ports.

[lordsmurf]

I've never understood why people continue to reply with random suggestions.

The suggestions given above are useless when:
1. He wants something powerful (like SDI captures). Not likely, but still.
2. He wants simple Youtube uploading from MJPEG video shot off a cheap P&S still camera. Overkill on the suggestions!
3. He doesn't want to build a computer, would rather buy a pre-made system like Dell or HP.

I can tell edDV sees this too. (Smart guy, pro level.)
A few of you come close, asking for budget, but that's honestly the least important detail right now.
Why don't the rest of you understand this?
It's a problem -- really, it is.
I see too many people buying crap they don't need, because of threads like this one.
No offense to anybody, but I do think this needs to be said.
Don't turn videohelp into Yahoo Answers, where people just seem to blurt out random advice.

[jagabo]

Budget is the most important detail.

[DarrellS]

I've never understood why people continue to reply with random suggestions.

The suggestions given above are useless when:
1. He wants something powerful (like SDI captures). Not likely, but still.
2. He wants simple Youtube uploading from MJPEG video shot off a cheap P&S still camera. Overkill on the suggestions!
3. He doesn't want to build a computer, would rather buy a pre-made system like Dell or HP.

I can tell edDV sees this too. (Smart guy, pro level.)
A few of you come close, asking for budget, but that's honestly the least important detail right now.
Why don't the rest of you understand this?
It's a problem -- really, it is.
I see too many people buying crap they don't need, because of threads like this one.
No offense to anybody, but I do think this needs to be said.
Don't turn videohelp into Yahoo Answers, where people just seem to blurt out random advice.

The OP said he wanted a Computer for video editing. He said he could afford a MAC but was open to anything else. Someone suggested building his own computer (which I agree is the way to go) so I put the list that I was looking at up since it will make a pretty good VIDEO EDITING MACHINE.

You are really starting to become an obnoctious jerk that is confrontational with everyone.

[handyguy]

Costco has a nice return policy & extra guarantee. Try this one for $700:
Zt Affinity 7351Ma

Processor & Memory:

• AMD Phenom™ II X4 Processor 955 (3.2GHz)
• AMD 760G / SB710 chipset
• 8GB DDR3 SDRAM memory (16GB Max, 4 DIMMS)

Drives:

• 1.5TB (7,200RPM) SATA Hard Drive
• 22x max DVD±RW optical drive
• Front panel 19-in-1 multimedia card reader

Graphics & Video:

• Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 graphics

Communications:
10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN

[budz]

I've never understood why people continue to reply with random suggestions.

The suggestions given above are useless when:
1. He wants something powerful (like SDI captures). Not likely, but still.
2. He wants simple Youtube uploading from MJPEG video shot off a cheap P&S still camera. Overkill on the suggestions!
3. He doesn't want to build a computer, would rather buy a pre-made system like Dell or HP.

I can tell edDV sees this too. (Smart guy, pro level.)
A few of you come close, asking for budget, but that's honestly the least important detail right now.
Why don't the rest of you understand this?
It's a problem -- really, it is.
I see too many people buying crap they don't need, because of threads like this one.
No offense to anybody, but I do think this needs to be said.
Don't turn videohelp into Yahoo Answers, where people just seem to blurt out random advice.

The OP said he wanted a Computer for video editing. He said he could afford a MAC but was open to anything else. Someone suggested building his own computer (which I agree is the way to go) so I put the list that I was looking at up since it will make a pretty good VIDEO EDITING MACHINE.

You are really starting to become an obnoctious jerk that is confrontational with everyone.

I gotta with DarrellS that the OP said he could afford a MAC which is a clue that he is willing to spend at least $1000.00. The suggestion of the HP system I posted is in that range. It wasn't random advice LS....read the OP's first post.

[lordsmurf]

Budget is the most important detail.

Not really. The conversation should go like this:

Q: What's the best item for XYZ task? ("Best" being a stupid word of course, so you just ignore it.)
A: Minimum needed is item ABC for $500. Better would be DEF for $2,000.

If Q does not have adequate details for A, you ask for more info until you have enough to answer the original Q.
We don't have anywhere near enough info right now. All advice is guessing at random.

If you just asked budget, the conversation goes like this:

Q. What's the best item for xyz task? I have $200.
A: Nothing, $200 is not enough.

You can see that A doesn't give any info.
At least with the first Q&A model, you have something to save up for, you know what is needed.
With the budget-only approach, you still don't know what to buy.

Ideally, the best Q&A will happen when Q gives both bits of info -- the needs details AND budget.

This is all CRM / marketing type stuff -- I don't expect anybody here to know it.
But I do think the "random answers" approach can be easily spotted, even by a layman.
The worst offenders that I've seen are Yahoo Answers and the techguy.org forums.

You can call me whatever names you want -- but I'm not wrong here.
And I'm not alone, edDV clearly sees this, based on his posts.

Without more info from the OP, the next post may as well read "buy a Dell, dude!"

[budz]

^^^

Im having a really hard time thinking if i should get an imac or another type of computer.

Imac prices start at $1000.00!

[lordsmurf]

It's not uncommon for somebody to wonder about an item without knowing its cost. "Oh, I didn't know it was that much, I can't afford that." --- I hear and see/read that all the time. Until you get a number, you cannot assume.

I see the same thing you did.

But again ... waiting on OP.