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Building budget NLE Desktop with best bang-for-buck.
  • mikedmiked

    I am looking into building my own machine for serious video editing (but not limited to...also for basic After Effects, Lightroom/Photoshop/Ilustrator, etc).

    But I am also looking to save some money. I am quite out of the loop when it comes to hardware.

    What's adequate for my needs? What kind of money can I expect to drop? Can I possibly build a machine for ~$600 (not including monitor, keyboard, etc.)

    The most intensive tasks I would expect to be doing besides actual ingesting/cutting of footage would be some motion graphics, as well as Color Correction, and extensive use of Adobe's Warp Stabilization tools in AE/Premiere.

    Thanks!

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  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    You can just get ready one

    http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/174856#Comment_174856

    http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/comment/175189#Comment_175189

    Normal level is i5 or i7 4 core CPU, 8GB RAM (the more - the better), >=1TB HDD

    Add just mid level NVidia GPU card, may be SSD/second HDD (can be external) and it is enough.

  • JOFOJOFO

    I have Intel i7-4770s, 120GB SSD, 2GB GT640, 27" Philips MVA panel and 10TB of storage acessed through GbLAN and quiet coolers and supply so it's not disturbing. So far it's quite fast for NLE. I use Edius and rendering FullHD 24fps clip with some color corrections and stabilisation takes about 0.6x duration of clip.

  • mrbillmrbill

    Go to v*******s.com - they specialise in DIY builds to suit most pockets, and their advice is spot on.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @mrbill

    Please, no shops links in the topic.

    If you want you can link to really good discount or such, but not shops. Any computer shop can make good build, it has really nothing to do with video specialty.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    You need something like it

    Lenovo IdeaCentre K450, Core i7-4770 3.90GHz 1TB 12GB DVD WiFi NVIDIA GTX650 2GB, $729

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-IdeaCentre-K450-Core-i7-4770-3-90GHz-1TB-12GB-DVD-WiFi-NVIDIA-GTX650-2GB-/271535076100

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