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#1692324 19-Dec-2016 17:36

FYI

this one you linked http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/no-monitor/auction-1224661972.htm vs this one on CL http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?partid=28103

Processor

Intel Skylake Core i7 6700 vs Intel Skylake Core i5-6400 - about 18% faster overall

Ram
16GB vs 8GB - Double the ram but this isnt necessarily needed for what you are using it for.

Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2H vs Gigabyte GA-B150N-GSM Intel B150 Mini-ITX - only has 4 SATA3 slots, lacks M.2 support

Hard Drive
West Digital/ Seagate 2000GB SATA3 Hard Drive vs Western Digital Green 240GB 2.5" SATA3 SSD - ~3-4x slower but larger.

Graphics Card
Gigabyte Nvidia Gefore GT730 2G DDR3 vs Sapphire Radeon RX470 Nitro+ OC 4GB - 2GB less ram, and about 830% less performance. Also at least a couple of generations old and pretty much the lowest card in that series.

OS
None vs Windows 10

PSU
Not mentioned vs SilverStone Strider Series ST50F-ESB 500W - Likely a cheap low wattage unit

While it does have some things that may be a little better, overall it will be a slower system than the CL one

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#1692325 19-Dec-2016 17:36

richms:

Have a look at benchmarks on GPU video encoding, I seem to recall linus tech tips did something aboot it a little while ago. If getting video up to youtube is your prime concern that is where you can see huge benefits. Also for youtube ingest if you have really fast upload then it can be better to forgo some of the more advanced encoding options and just pick a massive bitrate and hit go, as they recompress it anyway.

HDD for storage, and SSD for your apps and stuff is the way to go, the video access when you are encoding it pretty low rate and linear so there is not the huge benefit in an SSD that people would lead you to believe. While scrubbing around the timeline yeah, SSD will be better but nothing much that will impact the export process unless you are putting many many videos ontop of each other. You;re only talking HD actioncam footage, not cinema grade bitrates.

In general video editing is very hard core, everything is stressed on your system.

Need a fast multicore CPU for complex tasks - all the time

Need a fast GPU for rendering the video itself (less complex, repetitive, but a GPU does it very very well, something a CPU cannot) - ie some of the time

Need a lot of RAM to for things needing to be worked on by the CPU - if you skimp on this everything will come to a standstill IF the RAM is full 8GB is ok, 16 to be safe

Need a fast hard drive to move files around (it needs a "scratch disk" to do things) - depends on how big your videos are!

What would one skimp on - I don't know, I'd skimp on the expensive stuff, ie GPU, which is used less than all the rest, it is only used for the rendering bit and not much else, also happens to be the ost expensive of the lot. However OP is lucky the Pascal (10x0) is vastly superior to anything anyone has ever seen in the history of time. THe other to skimp on could be SSD, also rather expensive, but bang for buck is so much higher, because you use this thing all the time unlike the GPU. I recommend 256-512GB of m.2 samsung 950/960 SSD (best bang for buck)

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#1692326 19-Dec-2016 17:38

joker97:

Is there 20% off this? That would bring it to your bracket and will be the awesomest video editing rig you can make

http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentpop.asp?partid=27810

No its the prebuilt systems in the link i posted

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#1692327 19-Dec-2016 17:39

@joker97, its a gopro video, not the next star wars video

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#1692328 19-Dec-2016 17:46

Jase2985:

@joker97, its a gopro video, not the next star wars video

Really depends on how much OP values his time, how many/how often/how large the videos. If he can wait for his edits then I'd recommend last last year's system secondhand (the 6xxx series is actually last year, in about 30 days INtel is releasing the 7xxx series which is about 20% faster in multicore benchmarks).

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#1692346 19-Dec-2016 19:09

I really appreciate the replies but I swear parts of it is like trying to understand Japanese....lol..

I figure any PC is better than what I currently have (AMD Athlon IIx4 635 Processor 2.90GHz) but it has lasted me 8 years so if my next one gives me a similar run I will be happy.

@Jase2985 do you own computerlounge?

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#1692394 19-Dec-2016 20:22

Nesianstyle:

I really appreciate the replies but I swear parts of it is like trying to understand Japanese....lol..

I figure any PC is better than what I currently have (AMD Athlon IIx4 635 Processor 2.90GHz) but it has lasted me 8 years so if my next one gives me a similar run I will be happy.

@Jase2985 do you own computerlounge?

Ok here are some suggestions

http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/no-monitor/auction-1225278773.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/no-monitor/auction-1222947264.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/no-monitor/auction-1221109783.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/no-monitor/auction-1223536935.htm

If I were you I'd take the bottom one seriously (it has and SSD and a HDD)

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#1692442 19-Dec-2016 20:50

only problem with the bottom one is if you dont have an Operating system then you need to add that to the cost

@Nesianstyle no i dont, they are just a very good quality and affordable computer store that many round here would recommend.

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#1692454 19-Dec-2016 21:13

Jase2985:

only problem with the bottom one is if you dont have an Operating system then you need to add that to the cost

@Nesianstyle no i dont, they are just a very good quality and affordable computer store that many round here would recommend.

None of the ones he's posted do.

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#1692459 19-Dec-2016 21:18

correct, im just pointing that out as a potential extra cost

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#1692461 19-Dec-2016 21:20

Can OP afford Ghost on the computer lounge page. for 200 quid more you'd get a lot more better stuff. I do recommend if he bought a 2TB hdd to go with that.

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#1692463 19-Dec-2016 21:22

from this computerlounge page a 2TB is $125 extra

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#1692465 19-Dec-2016 21:36

joker97:

Nesianstyle:

I really appreciate the replies but I swear parts of it is like trying to understand Japanese....lol..

I figure any PC is better than what I currently have (AMD Athlon IIx4 635 Processor 2.90GHz) but it has lasted me 8 years so if my next one gives me a similar run I will be happy.

@Jase2985 do you own computerlounge?

Ok here are some suggestions

http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/no-monitor/auction-1225278773.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/no-monitor/auction-1222947264.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/no-monitor/auction-1221109783.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/desktops/no-monitor/auction-1223536935.htm

If I were you I'd take the bottom one seriously (it has and SSD and a HDD)

Thanks for taking time to scope out some decent pc's for me. Much appreciated.

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#1692471 19-Dec-2016 21:44

I have a Windows 7 key if you want. it is unused. it is upgradable to windows 10.

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#1692474 19-Dec-2016 21:52

joker97:

I have a Windows 7 key if you want. it is unused. it is upgradable to windows 10.

Thanks, I'll get back to you about that.

One last question, the last trademe pc you listed or Ghost from computerlounge, which one would you choose?

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