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jack-daniels:
I know this thread is mainly about the hardware, but have a quick look at this video, it might help. It does give some basic specs for each editor.

Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: jack-daniels on February 18, 2020, 12:13:28 am ---I know this thread is mainly about the hardware, but have a quick look at this video, it might help. It does give some basic specs for each editor.



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I think I've mentioned it on here before but Chris Barrett (the video's host) is somewhat of a crusader of squeezing the best out of the hardware and software of these SBC's. You only have to watch a select few of his videos to have a good shopping list for a great set-up.

peter-h:
I've been doing video editing for years and it is not a big deal unless you want to shoot in and render to 4K. Then you need a top spec machine.

For shooting in HD (1920x1080) you just need a quad core i7, or even a recent i5. I use a quad core i7 machine I built 5 years ago, for 4K in and HD out.

Re software, I now use Vegas Pro 16 but one of the cheap old Sony Movie Studio 13 Platinum ones will be fine. Much less buggy than the low end junk I used from say Pinnacle or Adobe. You can still buy cheap old stock online. Well under $100.

There is a significant learning curve on video editing but basic operations are easy.
Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: davelectronic on February 17, 2020, 08:51:06 pm ---I've got not a lot of experience in video editing, from what my Son shows me, he puts clips of super heroes together. It loks reasonably seamless with some fast action content. He also adds music tracks to the length of the video. I'm of little help with video editing, he has mentioned starting a YouTube channel in the near future.

From what i can glean from the internet is the cpu does a lot of the work, and a reasonable amount of memory is also a must. I have read a gpu can be less critical, although i wouldn't get a useless card for this system he wants. What sellers want for old hardware in some cases is just daft. For now i have crossed out AMD as pointed out it can be pedantic at times. I'm looking at the fastest 775T core 2 quad Q9650 or 1155 socket and an earlier I7 second or third generation processor. As for Ram, 16Gb in 4 slots. The memory can be a bit tricky to find second hand. Brand new hardware is out of the question for now.
Thanks for all the tips and replys.

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If you're looking at that generation I'd avoid AMD as they weren't producing the fastest hardware around back then. Avoid the Core 2 models too. It's fairly old hat you're looking at either way though. If you can find a decent 2700K or 3700K you have something not too terrible. Sandy Bridge tends to overclock better if you want to go that route. Be sure not to spend too much on old hardware when a comparatively modest increase in budget could get you a new system. For gaming you'll need a more modern video card.
Electro Detective:

Give those old Intels a miss unless they are dirt cheap, heaps of older well priced used multicore AMD rigs out there,
gamers would not touch them if they were no good.

I think our EEVblog host uses AMD, and one or two of the Moderators = ?

I can vouch an old x4 or x6 with 4 gigs of ram and stock onboard graphics will do video editing and fast conversions without a problem

Up the ram to 8 gigs and a 1 or 2 gig graphics card for more oomph,
parts which I still haven't gotten around to fitting, as the system working fine as is, and I'm forgetful/slack..  :-[


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