I'm looking for a new editing PC for somewhere under £1000. Ideally I'm looking for something "off the shelf" rather than buiilding it myself...at least I then have someone to poke with a stick if it isnt all compatible!

So, here are the details:

• Editing on Adobe Premiere
• Filming on Mini DV with a view of upgrading to HD in the next year
• Output to the web, or DVD
• PC, not MAC
• I already own 2 x 22" monitors and associated hardware

Please recommend systems, rather than individual components if possible, or other altrnatives I should consider.

Hope you can help, thanks!!

Matthew

Go for 4 cores and 2 drives and 2 gig of ram. Avoid slow ram as you can get bottlenecks.
Looks like you have enough cash.

Spec a fast fast c drive (raptor 10000) for progs and apps - really worthwile.

You may also be able to afford a raid array for the media drives - some consdior this essentail whilst others dont see the need - it depends how concerned you are at loosing video if a drive fails - mirroring the drives ensures you are very unlikely to ever lose any video. Safe raid does cost, 2 50o gig drives will only give you 500 gig to use, but it is very safe.

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Off the shelf,i bought an HP Pavillion,model number A6150,from John Lewis,with 2 year guarantee,without monitor for £650.
Specs are
Quad core q6600,2.4ghz
2gb ram
nvidia 8400sg graphics card,256mb ram,analogue svideo & dvi & hdmi output.
dual layer drive.
6 x usb
2 x firewire
other audio sockets which i haven't used
built in card reader 15 in 1
Vista home premium.
i just added a double esata port(£5 from maplin) on the rear for connecting an external harddrive.
The pc also comes with a seperate "pocket" portable harddrive,80gb, wich slides in and out of the front of the pc,much like a vhs cassette goes into a video recorder.
I have vegas pro 8 on this and it renders fast ! ie HD down to SD in about 2x.
I connected my Samsung monitor and it looks sweet.

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