Let me start by saying I am new to the site and hello to all and thanks in advance for your help/advise.
I am wanting to replace my Sony Viao PC with a new or newer model. Current specs are Intel P4 @ 2.4ghz/533 FSB/1gm DDR PC2700 ram/80gb HDD/nVIDIA MX440 4X AGP 64mb card. I figure I will hand this down to the kids.
What I feel like I mainly need is a PC for video editing. I am not much of a gamer, but do play MS2004 now and then. Even this is choppy at times on the P4. The most CPU hungry apps I do are converting video from my digital camcorder (tape) to DVD and .avi files to DVD. So I know there is alot of converting going on and DVD burning. I have been researching on the best CPU type (Core 2 duo vs. Quad) but am starting to get a little confused on which way to go.
I thought someone who uses their PC for this type of work could tell me what works good for them. Or some who has this experience and knows what works best for these types of conversions. Please keep in mind I don't know anything about overclocking so not sure i want to go that way. Your advise would be greatly appreciated
I am wanting to replace my Sony Viao PC with a new or newer model. Current specs are Intel P4 @ 2.4ghz/533 FSB/1gm DDR PC2700 ram/80gb HDD/nVIDIA MX440 4X AGP 64mb card. I figure I will hand this down to the kids.
What I feel like I mainly need is a PC for video editing. I am not much of a gamer, but do play MS2004 now and then. Even this is choppy at times on the P4. The most CPU hungry apps I do are converting video from my digital camcorder (tape) to DVD and .avi files to DVD. So I know there is alot of converting going on and DVD burning. I have been researching on the best CPU type (Core 2 duo vs. Quad) but am starting to get a little confused on which way to go.
I thought someone who uses their PC for this type of work could tell me what works good for them. Or some who has this experience and knows what works best for these types of conversions. Please keep in mind I don't know anything about overclocking so not sure i want to go that way. Your advise would be greatly appreciated