[Scgeeks] Re: Can a celeron processor do what I want?

[AndrewB]

Miss Betsy wrote:
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> "Twayne" <nobody at devnull.spamcop.net> wrote in message 
> news:g7evub$b9a$1 at news.spamcop.net...
>> Video processing is very intensive work.  The most intensive is the 
>> rendering modes.  For capture and for rendering you need fast drives, 
>> lots of RAM, a very good Video card with its own onboard RAM and as 
>> high a speed processor as you can afford.
>>   When I upped my RAM from 512 to a Gig, it almost halved rendering 
>> time. So I went to 2 Gig; without noticeable improvement.  There's 
>> always a bottleneck to chase so you have to decide where the point  of 
>> diminshing returns is.  I use Ulead for video work.
> 
> So, in my specs, the 1GB RAM is probably ok, for now.  And make sure the 
> video card is the very best on the market now.  But is 80GB hard drive 
> fast enough?

If your motherboard has 2 slots for memory, you'll probably want a 
single 1gb stick.  Most computer makers will put two 512mb sticks in, as 
they are cheaper.  Having one stick will allow you to insert one later. 
  Rather than buying 2 and having what you got originally left over.

Memory is CHEAP these days.

80gb hard drive fast?  Size does not make a hard drive fast or slow. 
The RPM's of the drive make it fast or slow.

80gb would be the absolute low end these days in hard drive size.  Fry's 
Silicon Valley has a 500gb SATA Maxtor for $80, and a WD notebook 160gb 
for $60 (PATA and SATA versions) on sale this weekend, for comparison.



AndrewB