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Building a computer

Jun 8, 2009 12:53AM PDT

I want to build a video editing computer what do i need

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RE: building a computer
Jun 8, 2009 1:21PM PDT

If you want to build a computer for video editing, you need a big hard drive (more than 1TB), high performance CPU and video card, and a big RAM over 4GB is recommended. A powerful and stable power supplier is also important for your work. Of course, the specific configuration depends on how intensive your editing task is. If you have more details maybe I can help more.

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An addition to Inkerster's post..
Jun 12, 2009 3:08AM PDT

If you're going to use more than 4GB of memory, you will need to run a 64-bit OS so that you can see all of the Memory and not just 4GB.

32-bit OS can only read 3.5gb to 4gb


Check this link out for more info on Memory limits: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778.aspx