proffesional editing system ?

Digital Dan · #1 (**permalink**) 06-10-2005, 07:57 AM

Anybody any experience with DELL desktop pc’s for video editing? I just invested in a new one scince I had to drop my old pc from the 5th floor to get some speed from it. :lol: See below for system specs. I know the video card is a bit over the top for video editing but since I enjoy a good video game now and then I decided to invest extra so I’m settled for a few years at least. An external firewire capture disk is on the list and I’m ready to take off. I also have a dualboot system were win2000 is dedicated to video editing only. Now my pc wasn’t exactly cheap, eventhough DELL is cheaper then the local pc builder, but if I compare it to some proffesional video edting systems the price is sometimes 8 times higher! Are they so much better to justify the price difference? I paid 1300 euro while on creativevideo.co.uk I saw a system at over 11000 euro. (Over 7000 pound) I guess the last one is much faster but does it do more? Is it more stable then an ordinary DELL? I mean, do you need such an expensive system to create great looking films?

Mike Thorpe · #2 (**permalink**) 06-10-2005, 09:06 AM

We use a lot of Dell PCs where I work (the university of manchester, who are officially the best customer of Dell PCs in the UK higher education sector) and they seem to be a lot more reliable than other brands we have, a far lower % of faulty PCs. If I had any suggestions, for that, I'd add an extra hard drive.

OnTheWay · #3 (**permalink**) 06-10-2005, 10:52 AM

you will produce nice enough stuff with your system spec, but yes there is a lot better and therefore a lot more expensive.

For example I have a matrox real time editing card in mine, these are about 1,000 pounds and it makes all the difference when using premiere.
These more expensive systems you mention probably have stuff like this in along with dual processors, 2-4 gig of ram and probably 3 HDD. And yes when you pay 7,000 they will be more reliable because they will be built with high end reliable branded parts.
Probably not worth the money, but you get what you pay for. A lambo car spec maybe only 50% better than a RX8 just for example but then the price is 20 times more.