Help with vid editing computer.

[danman12003]

Hello everyone. i think i finally have the build down that i want. I WILL NOT BE GAMING with this computer, just video editing ,surfing the web, e-mail - stuff like that. NO GAMING. I allready have my mouse and keyboard - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823126169 and i am not sure on an lcd yet. I will probably decide on the day i order and the price. With that said here is what i have lined up =

Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450Watt SmartPower
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811129155

MSI K8NGM2-FID Socket 939 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 Micro ATX
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813130529

AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 1GHz FSB 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103562

OCZ Value Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit x2
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820227039

SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16821103203

PLEXTOR Beige IDE DVD Burner Model PX-716A/SW
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827131338

Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16837102059

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD4000KD 400GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive x2
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822144423

extra sata cable
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16812105911

This comes to $1292.46 w/o shipping. I am going with the mobo for the on board video. I do not think i need a vid card from this thread - http://www.techist.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=77323
I do have a couple of qeustions. I chose 2 kits of 2 x 512mb for the price. According to MSI's website the mobo will downclock the ram if it is doulbe sided. How do i know if it double sided or not? Also, would you go with the 4 sticks of 512 or go with 2 sticks of 1024? I was kind of thinking each core could get a set of ram. I know this probably isn't so but hey. I know that i am going with a mATX board and a mid tower case. In the Jan 06 issue of MAXIMUMPC there $300 machine had this and it worked. I also asked on their forum and a guy there said it worked. Please tell me it does. My budget is $1500-1600 - depends on my bonus in mid feb. It will be my first build. That is all i can think of right now.

dan

 

[danman12003]

thanks for the help guys.

 

[mike4realz]

that computer will fit your needs. exept for the floppy drive. don't know why people still buying them but you wouldn't be using it once installed.

 

[The_Tobes99]

if you are doing video editing you might need a better video card, it helps with mpeg encoding/decoding

 

[uzi9mm]

if you are doing video editing you might need a better video card, it helps with mpeg encoding/decoding

in video editing..... there is no mpeg encoding/decoding........

Everything is done with uncompressed avi's

 

[jerry5739]

Not really sure why you are asking this question if you already know the answers.

 

[danman12003]

if i knew ALL the answers i would OWN this forum, but i don't. i added the floppy because i saw floppies in the pics for the mobo. do i Really need one.

THANKS FOR THE HELP.


dan