GaryTwisted
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Sorry, I don't know a huge amount about computers so apologise in advance. I've been trying to spec a PC for the last few weeks but seem to be getting nowhere and would be grateful for any advice
My budget is a bit limited - about £600 including monitor / keyboard/ mouse but could go a little higher if I needed to (probably absolute maximum of £700)
I don't intend using the computer for gaming, it will be general internet browsing, MS office etc but primarily video editing. A lot of capturing analogue video (from VHS) which obviously be in SD. I assume I'll have to find an external capture method using USB to do this (my old PC had composite and s video but I suspect these aren't an option nowadays)
I plan to do a certain amount of HD video editing but nothing really high definition and converting video to MKV files.
A certain amount of photo editing but again nothing too high definition. Probably using software such as adobe, davinci resolve, handbrake
It is possible I may start doing some sound recording and mixing but this is not a high priority. If I do then hoping to use Protools or other similar multi-track software. If my old MBOX is compatible then Protools will be run in conjunction with this, otherwise I'll be looking at other recording/mixing options
Unlikely to do any gaming, any games will likely to be older games not needing a great deal of processing power
I'll need a monitor but am probably looking at something like the AOC 21.5 E2270SWDN Also mouse, keyboard and DVD drive
Not looking at overclocking
Have a large number of external hard drives but looking at various builds it seems all systems have a reasonable number of USB slots so this shouldn't be a problem
will be processing video and capturing quite a lot so a fair amount of internal storage, although a lot will be moved off to external drives on a regular basis.
Sorry again for my total lack of knowledge on this and am grateful for any guidance anyone can give me
Many thanks
Gary
My budget is a bit limited - about £600 including monitor / keyboard/ mouse but could go a little higher if I needed to (probably absolute maximum of £700)
I don't intend using the computer for gaming, it will be general internet browsing, MS office etc but primarily video editing. A lot of capturing analogue video (from VHS) which obviously be in SD. I assume I'll have to find an external capture method using USB to do this (my old PC had composite and s video but I suspect these aren't an option nowadays)
I plan to do a certain amount of HD video editing but nothing really high definition and converting video to MKV files.
A certain amount of photo editing but again nothing too high definition. Probably using software such as adobe, davinci resolve, handbrake
It is possible I may start doing some sound recording and mixing but this is not a high priority. If I do then hoping to use Protools or other similar multi-track software. If my old MBOX is compatible then Protools will be run in conjunction with this, otherwise I'll be looking at other recording/mixing options
Unlikely to do any gaming, any games will likely to be older games not needing a great deal of processing power
I'll need a monitor but am probably looking at something like the AOC 21.5 E2270SWDN Also mouse, keyboard and DVD drive
Not looking at overclocking
Have a large number of external hard drives but looking at various builds it seems all systems have a reasonable number of USB slots so this shouldn't be a problem
will be processing video and capturing quite a lot so a fair amount of internal storage, although a lot will be moved off to external drives on a regular basis.
Sorry again for my total lack of knowledge on this and am grateful for any guidance anyone can give me
Many thanks
Gary
