Upgrading My Computer: New Hardware from TigerDirect.com

[Krazie]

I just purchased some new pieces of hardware for my computer from TigerDirect.com. I bought this: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=171736&Sku=P67-1086
, a dvd burner, a 160 gig hard drive, and windows xp (I currently have ME).
My computer only has 512 MB of RAM, and a Pentium 3 933 MHz processor, do you think that this will suffice with editing video? I know that it will be slow, but will it work?

 

[russ_watters]

Using that capture device, the cpu shouldn't be a problem unless you re-encode in another format after capturing the video. You should be fine.

Watch your memory usage though - you're cutting it a little close with XP. It'll depend on the software.

 

[alexkerhead]

I just purchased some new pieces of hardware for my computer from TigerDirect.com. I bought this: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=171736&Sku=P67-1086
, a dvd burner, a 160 gig hard drive, and windows xp (I currently have ME).
My computer only has 512 MB of RAM, and a Pentium 3 933 MHz processor, do you think that this will suffice with editing video? I know that it will be slow, but will it work?

just don't try and do divx 4 coding..

 

[Krazie]

Why not try to do divx 4 coding? Sorry, I don't really know too much about computers.

 

[alexkerhead]

Why not try to do divx 4 coding? Sorry, I don't really know too much about computers.

it is pretty much optimized for a P4 2.4GHz and higher.

 

[Krazie]

so should I use divx 3?

 

[Krazie]

I want the best quality possible. Sould I use an s video cable as oposed to composit?

 

[alexkerhead]

if you want the best possible, look into selling the old P3 rig, and look into buying a Hyper Threading P4 system