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PC Question

by cvaughn
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I have started with my plan and have found a few softwares that I am going to use. I am also going to do atleast 1 video daily. So, my question is when buying a new PC I want to be sure that I have enough HD space and a great processor... what do you guys recommend?
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  • Profile picture of the author WillDavid
    I say get as much as you can afford - it's surprising how quickly you can fill up your disk space lol!
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  • Profile picture of the author King Shiloh
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    Yes, it depends on your budget and your location. And please make sure you install a very good anti-virus and other PC protective software tools because it's quite frustrating when you want to get some work done yet you can't because of some little things.

    There are great PCs all over the place. But I will advice you to buy whose company is located in your location or country so that you will easily access their customer support, service or care line.
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  • Profile picture of the author nick1123
    Originally Posted by cvaughn View Post

    I have started with my plan and have found a few softwares that I am going to use. I am also going to do atleast 1 video daily. So, my question is when buying a new PC I want to be sure that I have enough HD space and a great processor... what do you guys recommend?
    It really depends. What kind of videos are you making? Do you really need to be stored as high definition?

    I make videos with Camtasia and a normal sized hard drive works just fine for me.
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    • Profile picture of the author cvaughn
      no HIgh Definition just yet... Camtasia. Thanks guys.
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    • Profile picture of the author bretski
      These days hard drives are so cheap (and sometimes cheaply made) that it's difficult to find a new pc or laptop with less than a couple hundred gigs of space. You can also buy usb storage by the terabytes for chump change....if nothing else I'd suggest getting some usb storage to back up your stuff. I've seen more Toshiba Travelstar and Deskstar hard drives crash over the past 5 years than I can even count.

      Get a good fast processor and lots of ram and you'll be a happy camper Personally, I don't buy new...I'd rather pick up a laptop off of Ebay with XP pro on it, MS Office and maybe even Dreamweaver for a few hundred bucks than deal with Microsoft's latest OS of the year.
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  • Profile picture of the author joadcrank
    I recommend you that after you buy the PC to think at this things:
    - a dual core processor at ~ 1.8 Ghz with 2 ~ 4 MB Cache will be good
    - a 250 Gb hard drive it's enough (if you want more space, buy a external HDD)
    - a video card ~ 256 Mb
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  • Profile picture of the author Gary King
    Buy what you can afford within reason... Don't go overboard.

    There's a price point where bumping things up to the next level becomes cost-prohibitive. Stay below that.

    You can always add storage, internal or external.

    If you're trying to save money, get a desktop vs a laptop - for the same money, you'll get much more capability since it doesn't all have to be mini-sized. :-)
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  • Profile picture of the author danicat
    I got a gateway from hsn on flexpay around christmas last year. It even has a radion graphic card. Does hd video just fine, opens all my adobe software at once and i use it with no lag. But, if you cant do minor tech support yourself id pass, the tech support sucks. All in all it cost me $450. Well worth it.
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  • Profile picture of the author lamberw
    What's your budget and skill level with computers?
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  • Profile picture of the author Shinxware
    CPU i7 Intel
    HDD Western Digital Raptor 150gb for the OS + one or two 2TB for data storage
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  • Profile picture of the author Josh Richardson
    As others said, whatever you can afford.

    IMO if you can, build it yourself, knocks about 20% of the price off at least.

    Also worth noting, invest in a external hard drive to back up things, or worst case, you NEED to get rid of some files for something.
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