Desktop PC for Video Creation

[Simon998]

There was a 256GB SSD on HUKD's the other day for £87. Legit windows can be got for ~£20. Agreed it's another £100 but still a bit of a bargin for someone not wanting to build a rig.

 

[Paul RS]

Where/how do you get windows for £20?

 

[Simon998]

My W8 key was a whole £18 on ebay, the cheapest I see the 8.1 Pro keys are £29.99 on there at the minute though. Perhaps @StephenMcC has a more reliable source?


Edit: I say my key, it was one I got for my little brothers build. I haven't ran a legit version of windows since I got the internet.

 

[Cartunes]

Buy a Mac?

I already have two top line MACS 15" i7 MPB and 27" i5 Retina

The editing software my brain can use is windows - only, the camcorder I use only has windows software bundled and I don't want to run windows on my MACs, hence the request!!

 

[Cartunes]

@Cartunes

http://reallymeansounds.com/forum/t...building-a-new-pc.135550/page-62#post-2725121

As mentioned you won't need to spend £1200 unless you go for a massive top end screen.

AND WHY ON EARTH WOULD i NOT WANT A MASSIVE, TOP-END SCREEN?? - sorry for shouting.......

 

[Paul RS]

Oh we've a high roller over here

My point was you'd build the computer for way less than £1200, but you'd meet you budget if you went for a good monitor. I know the Dell Ultrasharps are in and around £600 for a 27"

Macs R gey anyway

 

[Reno_LV]

Well because top of the range screen alone will be out of your budget No human eye here will appreciate the colour accuracy so I'd say a good £500 budget will get you a nice 27" screen that will beat the apple retinas! dell ultrasharp 27 or the recent 27 Lg pro was on overclockers recently for less than 600 and was a bargain! or sell both apples, buy an eizo and a proper pc

 

[Reno_LV]

Well because top of the range screen alone will be out of your budget No human eye here will appreciate the colour accuracy so I'd say a good £500 budget will get you a nice 27" screen that will beat the apple retinas! dell ultrasharp 27 or the recent 27 Lg pro was on overclockers recently for less than 600 and was a bargain! or sell both apples, buy an eizo and a proper pc

 

[Cartunes]

Oh we've a high roller over here

Macs R gey anyway

lol@High Roller - coming from....... I'll shut up!!

I sometimes sleep with my Mac, thanks for the heads-up chum

 

[Paul RS]

lol@High Roller - coming from....... I'll shut up!!

I sometimes sleep with my Mac, thanks for the heads-up chum

Never be front spoon

 

[StephenMcC]

My W8 key was a whole £18 on ebay, the cheapest I see the 8.1 Pro keys are £29.99 on there at the minute though. Perhaps @StephenMcC has a more reliable source?


Edit: I say my key, it was one I got for my little brothers build. I haven't ran a legit version of windows since I got the internet.

Dear god no, i'm pretty sure they're stolen keys lmao, but they work and have never had any issue with them since the days of vista!

I get mine from this guy: anotherdaytomorrow@gmail.com

his keys were $22 for windows 8 pro when I got the last one!

 

[roverspeed]

LudicroUs amount of pc spec willy waving going on there lol.

For 1080p video editing you don't need anywhere near those specs

I'm doing 1080p with 5.1 sound tracks and a little bit oh 4k on a quad core xeon with 12gb ram and ssds. And it's still only using about 4gig of ram. I have a gtx graphics card but the software doesn't use the gpu for some reason. It will render a hour long 1080p in probably 15-20 mins. 4k is pretty much real time