Roger Lee
October 7th, 2010, 03:29 PM
Any suggestions for a turnkey (expandable) system in the $2K price range?
I'm looking for a system I can use right out of the box and a system that I can add to as funds become available....a turnkey system that is expandable.
I'm willing to expand in these areas as funds become available.
(1) Ram memory
(2) Video card
(3) Sound card
(4) Video editing software..using Adobe Primiere Elements 8 now...works for me...since I've got pretty basic jobs but will go Adobe CS next time around whatever version.
(5) Hard drives.
What I don't want to mess with and have to expand at a later time:
(1) Motherboard(given I guess)
(2) Powersource
(3) Chipset = i.e. Intel 7 or Xeon etc.
(4) Cooling system(well....maybe)
(5) O.S. = currently I'm running Windows 7/64 bit and can work with that but want something that I can work with in the future.
I've owned a couple of Compaq systems, a couple of Dell Systems, an HP here and there...and a few proprietary systems when I worked in industry. All these systems probably ran me in excess of $25K over the years...starting 10 years ago.
I want something basic I can build on for the future. I want to spend $2K or so to start.
When I'm done I'll probably have several thousand $$$ in it but I want something for the future and something expandable.
Here's what I've got:
(1) XH A1(XF 300 in the future)
(2) HP video machine(off the shelf from Newegg) with 8 gb ram(I added 6 gigs and it's a mini-tower...I'll never do that again..mini tower that is)
Windows 7, 64 bit.
I spit my HD into Vista 32 bit and Windows 7, 64 bit but never use the Vista 32...truth is my Windows 7, 64 bit works fine with everything I've got.
This is what I am doing and want to continue to do:
(1) HD(read high def)
(2) SD(read std def)
(3) Upload SD and HD youtube and vimeo
(4) Burn SD and HD to disk.
(5) Actually have a system on my PC that allows me to watch downloaded video from my camera in real time.
O.K. enough rambling.....
What tower/desktop/box.... do I get...turnkey...that is expandable?
Tx.
I'm looking for a system I can use right out of the box and a system that I can add to as funds become available....a turnkey system that is expandable.
I'm willing to expand in these areas as funds become available.
(1) Ram memory
(2) Video card
(3) Sound card
(4) Video editing software..using Adobe Primiere Elements 8 now...works for me...since I've got pretty basic jobs but will go Adobe CS next time around whatever version.
(5) Hard drives.
What I don't want to mess with and have to expand at a later time:
(1) Motherboard(given I guess)
(2) Powersource
(3) Chipset = i.e. Intel 7 or Xeon etc.
(4) Cooling system(well....maybe)
(5) O.S. = currently I'm running Windows 7/64 bit and can work with that but want something that I can work with in the future.
I've owned a couple of Compaq systems, a couple of Dell Systems, an HP here and there...and a few proprietary systems when I worked in industry. All these systems probably ran me in excess of $25K over the years...starting 10 years ago.
I want something basic I can build on for the future. I want to spend $2K or so to start.
When I'm done I'll probably have several thousand $$$ in it but I want something for the future and something expandable.
Here's what I've got:
(1) XH A1(XF 300 in the future)
(2) HP video machine(off the shelf from Newegg) with 8 gb ram(I added 6 gigs and it's a mini-tower...I'll never do that again..mini tower that is)
Windows 7, 64 bit.
I spit my HD into Vista 32 bit and Windows 7, 64 bit but never use the Vista 32...truth is my Windows 7, 64 bit works fine with everything I've got.
This is what I am doing and want to continue to do:
(1) HD(read high def)
(2) SD(read std def)
(3) Upload SD and HD youtube and vimeo
(4) Burn SD and HD to disk.
(5) Actually have a system on my PC that allows me to watch downloaded video from my camera in real time.
O.K. enough rambling.....
What tower/desktop/box.... do I get...turnkey...that is expandable?
Tx.