Computer techies out there/

[modey]

I'm looking at building a pc tower mainly for photoshop, video editing and possibly usuing ableton music software. anybody who builds pc's give me a bit of advice.

Would this motherboard,processor, psu and ram be sufficient and are they all compatible? Or would i need something else?

MD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition Socket AM3 3.2 GHz 8MB L3 Cache Retail BoxedProcessor

ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO 785G Socket AM3 DVI VGA HDMI Out 8 Channel Audio MATX Motherboard

Arctic Power 700W PSU - With PCI-E, 4x SATA, 20+4, ATX12V, 8pin +12V Connectors

Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz Memory Kit Unbuffered CL9

[pehaw]

I'd be very tempted to get 8 gig ram if your going to do a lot of video editing.

[rabid]

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[pehaw]

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[modey]

I'd be very tempted to get 8 gig ram if your going to do a lot of video editing.

Edited October 19, 2010 by modey

[pehaw]

wasn't sure if 4 would do, it's just basic video editing, is the ram i listed compatible with that motherboard?

[modey]

Thanks a lot, useful site that too, cheers

[rabid]

Thanks a lot, useful site that too, cheers

[modey]

Don't forget a decent case too, plenty of cooling.

[windy_miller]

My computer is about 2-3 years old and it runs Ableton with no problems.

For video editing you're going to need a decent graphics card. Seems that motherboard has ATI built in. I always go for nVidia myself so can't comment on if that ATI card is any good.

[windy_miller]

what sort of money shpuld i be spending on a decent case, do get one with the psu included or buy that seperately?

[rabid]

what sort of money shpuld i be spending on a decent case, do get one with the psu included or buy that seperately?

[pehaw]

For your requirements I would just buy a decent DELL or something...

[dakyras]

I used to build my own computers all the time but these days it hardly seems worth it unless you want some monster of a gaming PC... For your requirements I would just buy a decent DELL or something...

[ampersand]

techie thread!

problem with new computer. on youtube i can't seem to increase the video quality. when i do, it just freezes the image as the sound continues. which means i can't watch full screen. anyone any ideas how to solve this?

[llcoolphil]

techie thread!

problem with new computer. on youtube i can't seem to increase the video quality. when i do, it just freezes the image as the sound continues. which means i can't watch full screen. anyone any ideas how to solve this?

[ampersand]

Dont watch it full screen. Hope that helps

[Ed209]

can't watch in 720p or higher in small screen either.

[ampersand]

get a better graphics card?

Edited March 20, 2011 by ampersand

[Greeny_Musicchild]

its a computer with a 1080p capable monitor. sure the graphics card is fine.

it's doing my nut in.

*edit* it even does it when changing from 360 to 480, or whatever the numbers are.

Edited March 20, 2011 by Greeny_Musicchild

[ampersand]

Just because it's capable doesn't mean its actually doing it. Also, the monitor spec really has nothing to do with what your graphics card is capable of.

edit: is it a laptop?

Download a diffirent browser and see if it does the same thing.

[Greeny_Musicchild]

its this one an all in one. dunno a lot about graphics card but they're not going to have a monitor like that and pack it with a shit graphics card. anyway, that's irrelevant, cos it plays videos in 360p if that's what it gives you when it loads. yet it won't let you switch and watch in 360p if it loads up as 240p.

just tried in ie, and it seems to let me. so firefox is the problem. bollocks, might need to change to chrome then.

Edited March 20, 2011 by Greeny_Musicchild

[ampersand]

Firefox has gone a bit shit recently. Crashes a lot when I'm watching videos these days.

and, (even though you've found the problem now) I wouldn't assume that just because the monitor is flash it has a decent graphics card. Especially if you got it from Currys/PC World.

edit: Looked it up. It's a Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD HM55. It piggybacks the RAM, nothing special but not shit.

[ampersand]

nah, chromes doing the same as well. sake.

[Ed209]

check they've installed the correct drivers for your system. If i was you I'd grab the latest ones from the intel site and reinstall them