Video and Photo editing 2000 dollar budget = ]

[NickySix]

wow, this board moves fast hahah, i should stop editing and just post >.>. heres what i edited in above:

ok, PZEROFGH's setup is just a tiny, tiny bit pricy, but thats no big deal. the only things i found odd was that theres no sound card (which i think is needed for the speakers i want to get) and the video card is a really nice one (i think, its 400 dollars compared to the 60 dollar one i picked lol). on another forum i asked for help on, one of the people said that a really nice video card wasnt needed for video editing. was he wrong?

(/edit)

ack, and i still have to buy an OS = [. so, it look like i'll be spending a little more than i wanted, but thats to be expected hahah. i totaly forgot about an OS. oh well, its just money.

 

[NickySix]

ok here it is. i had to lower my precious speakers to keep it in my price range lol. is this what you had in mind? will it all fit? anything else for cooling? is that video card nessary? (lol) whats a heatsink and do i already have it? will i need a soundcard for these speakers? i think thats all. lol.

thank you guys soooooooooo much for the help. = ]


whoops, forgot the system lol!! here::



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ok, had to add a dvd burner and firefire port and the grand total with shipping and handling and taxes and all that fun stuff is...(drumroll) 2143 dollars. a bit more than i wanted to spend, and i had to downgrade my speakers and keep my old monitor, but hopefully this setup will be well worth the money = ].

 

[Waphlez]

You can get that video card cheaper: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130256

 

[PZEROFGH]

dude just buy one raptor then dont buy two and then you can get your z-5550 with an audigy2 and hdd size doesnt matter, if you dont need that much then get 160GB or something

 

[uzi9mm]

Hard drive size does matter.

DV-AVI's take up 3.5megabytes for each second.

 

[PZEROFGH]

then get two 250GB seagate hdd and put them in raid 0

 

[uzi9mm]

then get two 250GB seagate hdd and put them in raid 0

Perfect!!!!!!!!! *APPLAUSE*

 

[efd753]

take off that 7800 gt dude u doing video edidting. thoses cards are for gamign. the card u had at top is fine. Danm i hate when ppl tell others to get sh!t they dotn need. if your lower your video card u can get more hds whic u will need like an external one and u can add a dvd burner on. Lower your card is overkill for video editing are u gooan even game with this if not lower your card waste fo money.

 

[uzi9mm]

he should get a used opengl workstation card. That should streamline his effects in After Effects and or Premiere.

 

[NickySix]

thats what i thought, and you're the third person to tell me that hahah. i downgraded to the 6800 but even that is a bit over kill for what i'll be doing. i dont play games like....at all hahah. i play gunz and maple story very very rarely, but i can play those fine with whatever POS is in my computer right now lol. so i'll shave some money off their, upgrade my speakers, get a audio card, and change the harddrives to two 250gb.

i also upgraded my RAM to OCZ platinum. i may get one more stick if the price isnt too high after doing the above = ].