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Challenge by Jay H: Upgrade computer for editing !!!!HELP!!!!?

Im upgrading my computer because i can’t really afford a whole new one but i need it to be better because i tried using my new High Definition camcorder footage and its extremely jumpy and laggy and takes hours to edit the tinniest peices of footage. I need it to edit movies for my school A Levels as i am doing a double media course. I was wondering what things i should update (CPU, RAM, Graphics card etc.) because i really have no idea lol. Also, Nothing to expensive if it can be helped. THANKS! BTW, i only have 512mb of RAM which i know isn’t very good.

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Answer by SeeYouLater_Zee

Editing high definition on an old computer? Possible? Sometimes. Reasonable – no way.

Quad cores, Intel Core i7 or previous Yorkfields are the way to go. At least 2GB of RAM recommended.

Answer by SterPre

OK, firstly, forget what the guy above mentioned, I mean an “i7″ processor? Blah! Lets get down to the “broke-uni-student” level

OK, the best “CPU” that’s a bang for your buck is the “Q6600″ it’s Quad Core and runs at 2.4ghz (overclockable, get a friend that knows to do so.)

For ram, you will need around 2GB minimum, if you look around on eBay, you will find VERY cheap ram these days (stay away from the non-branded ones.)

The best cheap ram’s out there today are the “Kingston ValueRAM” and the “Transcend Ram.” You can go onto eBay and search it, they cost around $ 20 for a 2GB?

And for a graphics card, I would say you will need a very cheap but good card, I would recommend the “8600GT DDR3 PCI-e” its VERY cheap, and plays any game up until the end of 2008 on low settings, so its still a very good card (for gaming, for editing its an excellent card.)

But the main problem here is finding out if your Motherboard can support these upgrades. If you computer is below the year 2005, then you may still be using “DDR” ram not “DDR2″ and your Motherboard also may not support DuoCore’s. (you need a 1066FSB support motherboard. Yours may be 800FSB.)

Please look into that, if it doesn’t you can pick up motherboards that support Quad Cores, PCI-e and DDR2 for around $ 25 of eBay or newegg.com

So you will need:

- Q6600 CPU (around $ 100)

- 2GB-4GB DDR2 800Mhz Ram (around $ 20-$ 35)

- 8600GT DDR3 PCI-e Graphics card (around $ 40)

- $ 25-$ 35 Motherboard that supports the above (if your current one doesn’t.)

Hope this helps.

Edit: If your REALLY broke, and only have $ 100, then I suggest you upgrade the current ram you have now to at least 2GB and get a friend to overclock your processor a few mhz, and that will REALLY cut down the editing/loading time by so much. I mean, if your running a Pentium 4, and upgrade of ram from 512mb to a 2-4GB will boost your editing time from a few hours to around 2-3 minutes.

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