Is this suitable for HD Video Editing?

Norman-B

ACER Aspire X3960 - Core i3-2100 Desktop PC - 3GB RAM - £319.99 @ PC World

I need to replace my old desktop as I want to do simply video editing. As my PC is 7 years old, I wondered if the PC above would be capable of the task.

Thanks.

paddyrg

It would depend a lot on the bitrate of the camera you're using, and the software you're using too.

Do you have a camera and software in mind?

Norman-B

Thanks for your reply.

I have a Panasonic TZ7. I don't have software yet. I was thinking of buying Sony Vegas (?) package.

stilltheone

Whilst it will easily handle AVCHD Lite, the problem with that machine is the small form factor. That can will hinder you, if for instance you would like to fit a graphics card at a later date.

spakkker

I would think so - that new cpu scores better than most older intel quad cores, better than all athlon quad cores and better than most phenom quads !!
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
An i5-2500k system would be faster but maybe not justify extra 2-300 cost.

Norman-B

Thank you both for the info. I was just unsure that onboard graphics card would be able to cope.