Dear computer community,
I need your advice. I need a new computer at short notice, but I have not budgeted for it. Meaning, I can't realize my dream but would like to buy what is necessary for the least possible amount of money.
I would also refrain from using a notebook in favor of a desktop to save costs.
I do not need a super gaming computer, but he has to be able to image and video editing in acceptable speed. 4K is not necessary!
What kind of system would you advise me? I5 or AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or is even a 4 Core 2400 enough? Or are there older counterparts that can do something? What graphics card? 16 GB DDR 4, or will you still be happy with DDR 3?
No advice from "Mega Gamers" telling me that only the best is good enough. So far, I've done everything with an approximately 10-year-old Acer Aspire Ethos 8943G-5464G50Bnss Core i5-460M 2.53GHz, 4GB of RAM and was actually super happy… It was just slow and HDS of my GoPro I could not do anymore with my video editing program to open.
I would also buy a used one. Maybe even someone has a link to a great calculator for a fair price.
Imaging and video editing are almost as demanding in terms of a computer's graphics performance as gaming.
the greater your image- or video files are, the more increases the demand on CPU and GPU performance, or is a weaker system more slowly.
good used pcs in all power levels are plentiful, I have with fa. ITSCO has very good experiences, which also sell on eBay with auctions.
Pay attention to at least 8 GB RAM, an SSD hard drive for the operating system brings tremendous speed advantage.
Maybe you can improve such a neat with an upgrade kit. Helpful tips and suggestions about good value for money can also be found in the gaming magazines, eg. Game star and pc games. They also make benchmarks with all cpus and gpus.
If you do not want to render with CUDA, but by CPU, the iGPU is enough.
Processor cores and RAM is the "magic word", It's just the question of how much you want / can spend. The current 8000 generation of Intel has thanks to the competition of AMD already from the i5 6 cores (i5-8400) and 8 GB of RAM it should be, better 16 GB
A gaming PC and a PC for something more ambitious image and video editing are not far apart from the requirements.
You should call your budget, only so you can advise reasonable.
Imaging and video editing are almost as demanding in terms of a computer's graphics performance as gaming.
That's not quite true. When video editing is much live rendered, which is due to the CPU, because of decompression. It mainly eats RAM and CPU, since there are hardly any 3D elements that the graphics card has to calculate.
That's why many video editors have no 1080 1070, but a FirePro or Quadro with 64GB (or more ram).
My tip: with 16GB of RAM and 4-6 cores (or 8-12 threads) you are very good at it. Best still a fast SSD and a 1070 (1060 is usually enough)
I would prefer to spend no more than 500 euro. But if you do not get a computer that I need, then I have to spend more.
OK, then I would rather guess to a good used calculator, e.g. Something here:
https://www.itsco.de/pc-lenovo-thinkcentre-m93p-intel-core-i5-4570-vpro-4x-3-2ghz-10a8.html
This is a 4-core CPU, I would install a fast SSD 500 GB (about 80 euro, http://ogy.de/1h53
Then add 8 GB of RAM, then you are still under 500 euro.
If you still have shortcomings in practical operation, then you could also consider a graphics card (which you could possibly continue to use later).
Addendum: This one is not bad either:
https://www.esm-computer.de/dell-precision-t3610-quadcore-xeon-e5-1607-v2-3-0-ghz-1015784/
If anything, only one SSD would be needed here (could you install immediately: plus 89 euro for 240 GB SSD)
I have to think about it. Would a 120 GB SSD not suffice for the system as well? I still have that… Recently bought.
If you do the installation yourself, then you can install Windows 10 on the SSD, even the most important programs on it and the rest on the HDD (if necessary, all programs on the HDD install).
However, 120 GB could be scarce, you should always have (after all installations) about 30-40 GB of free space for the updates / upgrades of Windows 10.
