Super Computer

[speedtripledan]

Can anyone advise me on where or what to get ? i need a new desktop pc that can handle hd mp4 video generated by my go pro hero 3 black camera.

It will need to be high spec but not a gaming machine just good for photo / video editing and office use.

[Guest MarkB]

Zx80 should be your level mate

[owlman2222]

All depend on how much u want to spend and what u want it for

[owlman2222]

Zx80 should be your level mate

GLad u said it i was thinking amstrad

[philshelton]

No NO he will need at least a zx spectrum

[brumster]

I would go for something with a decent 'scratch disk', that being where you store all your temporary video files while you're cutting it together. If you really are 'going for it' on the spec, maybe even run 2 SSDs and 1 hard drive. Say a 100GB for the OS, a 256GB for the scratch device, and then obviously a pretty large conventional drive to store the raw footage on (1TB+).

 

Otherwise the usual spec should do - 8GB ram at least, multi-core CPU and a middle-end graphics card.

[stevedohc2b]

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17776666

 

No NO he will need at least a zx spectrum

This might be of intrest

Stephen

[Snapperpaul]

[stevedohc2b]

A mac has been able to take loads of ram years I have 20gig at work where windows has only just allowed more than 4 gig.

A mate has just left the video editing profestion and they went bac to MAC

 

not an I mac but a tower have a look on ebay

 

Stephen

[theduck]

Another mac vote here. Very easy to use to.

[Guest iank]

To be honest Dan the question is really more about the software you will be using to edit (assuming that's what you want to do) your videos.

 

Before spending money on hardware have a look at the editing software that available. For hi quality slick professional video editing I would agree with the concensus so far that a Mac wins handsdown. BUT you may actually find a perfectly suitable editing package for the machine you have now.

[owlman2222]

All depends if you want to pay over the odds for your software or get it free and spend in on the hardware or you could pay over the odds for the hardware and software. I know what I would do but it all depends on what you a use to using/ ease of use.

[Snapperpaul]

I use serious mac stuff at work with the full Adobe creative suite but have bought a cheap second hand Mac mini for home, later 2011 upwards models will take 8Gb+

Even the simple iLife with iMovie, iTunes, iDVD will deliver a great product

[theduck]

New macs come with iMovies which is plenty powerful enough to make very good quality videos.

[David S]

I am in the middle of putting together a video from the Normandy trip. I am using iMovies on a Mac for the first time and I am finding it very straight forward to use. The footage comes from my GoPro hero Silver, a Sony Handycam filming in HD and some stills.

 

As an option, there is GoPro's own editing suite that would work on windows and that also seems fairly simple to use.