I have a friend that would like to build a video editing computer with a budget of 1400 dollars.?

Question

Hes currently using an imac for his video editing and doesn’t find the mac to be fast enough. Any help would be appreciated

Answer 1

I don't know about Ultra Grip-We don't have them in Europe.But the specs are ok.Get a Core 2 Duo-not a quad, not to many editing programs get along with quad-not yet.

A 500GB or more HDD would be great

Answer 2

I bought a Dell XPS 420 with monitor and speakers for $999 at Walmart. I bought Sony Vegas Pro 8 for $350 (Or so, this was a year ago and I don't remember the specifics.) I did have to ad a $150 firewire hard drive (WD 500 GB MY BOOK)

If this puts you  over your limit, you might go with Vegas Platinum Propack for around $150, or possibly New Tek Speed Edit for around $300.

Optionally, add the maximum amount of ram to the Imac you can. It is less money than a new machine.

Tony

* This is my opinion as of 8/28/08, video equipment changes literally daily.