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I Would Love Some Advice About Building A Video Editing Comp

by notaxiforme Dec 21, 2004 10:27AM PST

Hello all, I rarely post here but when I have you have been very helpful. I am going to be building my next pc, and I was looking for some suggestions on what I should spend my money on. Any and all ideas are welcome. If this kind of thread is frowned upon here, I am sorry.

Here is what I want it to do: (for roughly $800 but no more than $1K)
-Fast
-Quiet
-Able to multitask well
-Video Capture (Hi-def would be nice)
-At least 140 GB
-Great sound
-Front 1394 a plus

I am not a "gamer" if that helps at all.

(no need to worry about moniter, optical drives, key board/mouse, OS)

Thanks for any insight.

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after a quick look..

by justchillin Dec 23, 2004 7:46AM PST

i checked this out at newegg...you could trim some $ here or there depending on how much video editing you plan to do...

KINGWIN BLACK All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, Model "KT-424-BK"
Item# N82E16811170014 $84.50

Western Digital 160GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD1600JD, OEM Drive Only
Item# N82E16822144152 $95.25

2x Kingmax 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 (1gig total)- OEM Item# N82E16820156006 $129.00

ASUS "P4P800-E Deluxe" i865PE Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU -RETAIL
Item# N82E16813131492 $113.50

COOLMAX 550W Taurus CX Series Silent Power Supply, 1 x 120mm fan, 3 Speed Fan Control Switch (Auto, Low, Medium), BLACK, Model "CX-550B"
Item# N82E16817159026 $69.50

Intel Pentium 4/ 3.0E GHz 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail
Item# N82E16819116171 $189.00

ATI AIW RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/CATV/VIVO, 8X AGP, Model "ALL-IN-WONDER 9800 PRO" -RETAIL
Item# N82E16814102297 $239.00

total: 919.75+tax/shipping