Best budget PC for Sony Vegas 10 encoding?

[sdsumike619]

I'm currently running a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz which is a few years old now. I'd like to buy a new $500 or so complete system for video encoding, perhaps from Newegg, Tigerdirect, etc. Any pre-built systems that you can recommend that will perform better than my current system? From what I recall, Intel consistently performs better with video encoding so that's a starting point at least.....

[edDV]

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I think you need to slow down and examine your assumptions.

What are you trying to accomplish?

[sdsumike619]

No assumptions here. One of the office PC's went down and I need to buy a new system. I'll pass my current video editing system along to that person. Whatever I buy today for around the same price that I bought a few years ago, is going to be better just by the nature of how the CPUs continue to improve. I want to know what pre-built system from newegg or tigerdirect, for my budget I should get for best performance in video encoding.

[Bodyslide]

Intel I5 for 500.00

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883113171

AMD X4

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883103371

[edDV]

The "prebuilts" often have in inferior components and/or are full of crapware. Better to build your own or work with a local custom PC shop.

[sdsumike619]

I know about all the junk software.. The hard drive can always be wiped clean and start with a clean OS. I'm more interested in the hardware. With encoding, the CPU is the most important component, so I was looking for a pre built budget system with a good CPU for encoding. I'm not looking for top of the line obviously.. The Intel I5 looks pretty nice from what I've read so far..

[sdsumike619]

Ok, I've decided to go the build my own route. Been reading on this page:

http://www.videoguys.com/Guide/E/Videoguys+System+Recommendations+for+Video+Editing/0x...ce243a6c6.aspx

Do you like their recommendations?

Thinking of going with this CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115074

But not sure which motherboard to purchase with it....

[aedipuss]

i might go for the newer Core i5-2405S with hd3000 graphics or an i5 "k" model with unlocked multiplier for overclocking.

motherboard depends a lot on whether you want to use the cpu's onboard graphic or an add-in video card.