Question for anyone with LGA775 cpu

[Quakindude]

Seeing as how I was editing video/converting from Mpeg4 to Divx on an AMD T-bird 1600 CPU, I think you'll do just fine there.

[Dread]

I've done a smattering of video editting (and still do), and have noticed that besides the clock speed of the CPU the L2 cache and amount of RAM is what makes or break an editting system.

Priorities for an edit box:

1. CPU speed
2. CPU L2 cache (the more, the better)
3. RAM, amount of, and speed
4. HDD capacity and speed

Video really stresses the sub-system too, so the faster the bus (without saturation) the better. Dedicated video workstations are not cheap, and the reason is listed above.

I'd go with any C2D 6x00 system with at least 4MB L2, 2GB DDRII-800 RAM minimum and dual 500GB 7,200 RPM HDD's in a RAID array. And of course a speedy, large memory, video card really helps but is not as important as you'd think.

[Gig-O-Ram]

Originally Posted by Dread

I've done a smattering of video editting (and still do), and have noticed that besides the clock speed of the CPU the L2 cache and amount of RAM is what makes or break an editting system.

Priorities for an edit box:

1. CPU speed
2. CPU L2 cache (the more, the better)
3. RAM, amount of, and speed
4. HDD capacity and speed

Video really stresses the sub-system too, so the faster the bus (without saturation) the better. Dedicated video workstations are not cheap, and the reason is listed above.

I'd go with any C2D 6x00 system with at least 4MB L2, 2GB DDRII-800 RAM minimum and dual 500GB 7,200 RPM HDD's in a RAID array. And of course a speedy, large memory, video card really helps but is not as important as you'd think.

Well, we have 3ghz on the cpu, and 2MB L2 if I recall right, and I will definately bump up the RAM. There is already 160GB on the main hdd, so all I need is another drive. Maybe I'll get two more hdd's in a large capacity, so she doesn't have worry about taxing her main drive. Plus I want her to have a better video card anyway. And since her mobo supports AGP 8x AND PCIe, that's a plus...easy to change the platform there.