Fastest Multimedia PC

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thecubemonkey

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Hi everyone,

I'm a new to this board as you can see. I'm glad to join!

I'm looking for the fastest multimedia PC on the market. I'm NOT a gamer, however. By multimedia I'm talking about using the PC as a high-end video editing tool, capturing the highest quality level of sound and video without dropping a frame, DVR capabilities, etc.

I want what's fastest, most powerful PC on the market for my needs.

Thoughts?

Thanks!
 
sounds like you want a prebuilt computer, i would not reccomend it and most of the forum members will agree. either take the plunge and build your own or we can help you with a parts list and you can get one custom built. for video editing you will definitely be wanting a dual core, and if you are willing to pay anything for "the fastest" i would suggest basing the pc around an FX-60 processor.
 
nitestick said:
sounds like you want a prebuilt computer, i would not reccomend it and most of the forum members will agree. either take the plunge and build your own or we can help you with a parts list and you can get one custom built. for video editing you will definitely be wanting a dual core, and if you are willing to pay anything for "the fastest" i would suggest basing the pc around an FX-60 processor.

Unless he has lots of money to burn, I would not recommend a FX-60. Just get a Opteron 165 and oc it. I got mine to 2.53Ghz on stock voltage using a memory divider (my ram was running at 250mhz or ddr500). I did not even try to push it further.

I belive the Nvidia's Quadro video card series can help render video.

I also recommend building your own pc as with prebuilt ones you cannot overclock, problably no video card to help rendering and a couple of other reasons. If you don't want to build it you could hire me to build it for you :)
 
Hey everyone, thanks for the response. I need to read all of them thoroughly but I have a budget of $4,000.

I'm really worried about building my own. I know practically zero about building my own. I might reconsider if I could get my "dream" configuration for A LOT less than ordering it pre-built (like $1000 or something).

Anyway..thanks for the suggestions..keep them coming.
 
You should start with 2 GB of ram. This should do:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220040
For the Processor, the AMD 4400 X2 should do for 458 dollars
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103546
Or if you want to spend more, the FX 60
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103608
This for the Motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130037
and for the sound card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102188

That should start you out.
 
good point slick, if you're going to vbe doing high-end AV work you will definitely want an X-FI sound card. i think you should look at either the athlon x2 4800+/opteron 180 or athlon FX-60/opteron 185. the opterons would probably be good in your case as they perform identically to their athlon counterparts but can take more use and abuse. you should probably get a tuner/capture card if you are going to work with video so that you can digitise analogue sources of video
 
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