The Media-Editing Computer

Posted in: PC | July 19th, 2009

Hey guys, Icarus here!

Some of you are probably wondering why I skipped the part where I give you a sample gaming computer. However, the next few topics will make the reason clear. But today, I’m going to be talking about the media-editing computer!

So let’s get started!!! From here-on-out, I’m going to refer to the media-editing computer as the media computer. It’s just much easier!

I’m going to start you off by giving you some of my key emphasis when I plan out a media computer:

  1. The media computer is a bit like a gaming computer, but there’s much, much more emphasis on the CPU and motherboard. It’s all about the processing power baby!
  2. You also need to include software into your budget now because a media computer is nothing without the media software like Photoshop, Coral Move Editor, and other software.
  3. You may also need external peripherals like speakers, headphones, and multiple monitors now. Multiple monitors make multi-tasking so much easier when you need multiple windows open at once. Speakers and headphones are a must if you’re editing
  4. A sound card is an extremely good investment if you’re editing music. With a quality sound card(like the ASUS Xonar Essense Sound Card, it’s expensive but definitely worth the money if you’re into listening and editing quality music or sound bites), you can practically hear everthing.

So that’s my key emphasis. Some of them are more important to some than others depending on what kind of editing you’re doing.

However, whether it’s video editing, music editing, or something else, a good CPU and motherboard is a MUST.

Anyways, that’s all for the media computer! Hope you guys enjoyed my post!

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Cheers!

~| Icarus



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    2 Responses to “The Media-Editing Computer”

    1. silvertuxx Says:
      September 13th, 2009 at 10:19 pm

      Nowadays GPU processing is at a glance, why not use it? There are so many programs that support GPU encoding/decoding and they make you job a lot easier and really faster than CPU decoding. Remember to insert a performante GPU inside that editing RIG. ;)

    2. Icarus Says:
      September 13th, 2009 at 10:24 pm

      Well, remember this article was written a few weeks before I started hyping about NVidia’s GT300, AMD’s RV870’s, and Intel’s Larrabee GPGPUs.

      But I can’t agree with you more on that. Especially when Intel’s Larrabee comes out, because the Larrabee can take on applications that usually the CPU handles, so the CPU will be able to do much more. Then, we will have to see which is faster, CPU decoding or GPU decoding.

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