What you should know when you buy or upgrade your computer
Video editing is one of the most demanding tasks for a modern video editing computer system to accomplish...
Even more demanding on a computer than playing the latest high power video games...!
You Need a Lot of Computing Power to Video Edit With Ease...
And that's because video editing applications push a computer's performance so HARD!!...Computer magazines and computer review web sites frequently use video editing programs to stress test and benchmark new computers and computer systems!!
If you don't have a powerful enough video editing computer system even the "once in a blue-moon" editing can be tiresome, very restrictive, and not something that you'll enjoy at all.
Or even worst...
The system can crash!
Believe me... It can be extremely aggravating!!
Whether you're compiling and editing your home videos, creating professional short films or editing high quality photos...
It's very important to consider the video editing software specs when buying a new computer for editing or customizing and upgrading your old one.
Unfortunately, many older computers simply aren't fast or powerful enough for video editing, and you'll need to upgrade your system.
Just remember that many computer software and hardware vendors will list a minimum computer system spec to run their software that is often not adequate to really do the job.
While you will have just enough computing horse power to make the editing software run...
You may not get the full advertised performance from your video editing software and you will be disappointed.
The Important Things to Consider When Buying or Up-Grading a Video Editing Computer...
The Central Processing Unit (CPUs)...
Billions of calculations go into modifying even the most basic of video clips.
For this reason, nearly every digital video editing computer software package available recommends running Dual Processors or Multi-Core CPUs.
For a More In-depth View of CPUs See...
Random Access Memory (RAM)...
Depending on the size of the video files and the power needed for the computer programs you're working with...
you might end up using whatever the maximum limits of what your motherboard allows.
Extra RAM is always a good investment.
For more information on Random Access Memory for your computer see...
Hard Drives...
Digital video footage takes up a lot of file storage space, and you'll need somewhere to put it. 
With many users selecting an ultra-fast hard drive where their operating system, video editor and current working files are located...
And then a larger, slower hard drive for mass data storage.
A large external hard drive is also one way to solve the problem of not enough storage space but, read and write speed may become a problem so select external drives carefully.
If you can buy a video editing computer with a lot of internal hard drive space, you can put off buying any external hard drives for a while.
More more information on hard drives see...
Monitors...
Many video editors recommend use of multiple monitor displays...
You can greatly expand your virtual desktop space.
That way... you will have plenty of room to work when you are creating your videos.
The more display space the better!
To do this however...
You'll need a powerful dual-output video card!
Video Cards...
There are 2 types of popular monitor connections on video cards... 
- VGA (an analog signal, found on the older CRT type monitors) and
- DVI (a digital signal used for modern LCD type flat screen monitors).
You can look for either one...
The dual display VGA and/or DVI video card will work for you very easily in your video editing computer
For more information about video cards see...
Computer Video Inputs and Ports...
Be sure to look very carefully at the inputs and video capture ports on any video editing computer you plan to buy. The best and fastest way to download video is through a Firewire input.
You will normally use this port to connect your video camcorder or digital camera to the computer and download your video footage or photos.
A USB 2.0 port will also work in place of a Firewire port but...
They aren’t nearly as fast, as a Firewire port, and don’t give you as many options for connecting and downloading external video devices to your computer...
So it's best to use a Firewire port for downloading video
If you need to up-grade your computer - get a Firewire connection added by installing a Firewire connection add-on card.
Learn more about the different capture ports here...
Multimedia Peripherals for Video Making...
Most videographers eventually find themselves doing some soundtrack manipulation and basic audio engineering and editing. 
Many of these cards will come with some kind of audio recording utility software and basic audio mixing/editing tools for you to play with.
If you plan on making videos and DVDs, you'll want a good sound card, speakers and headphones for your computer.
They are, of course, a must for High-Def (HD) video work.
At 50GB (or more) per disc...
they are also great for...
- Backing up data and
- Archiving video material.
Video Editing Doesn't Have to be Difficult or Complicated...!
Video editing doesn't have to be difficult or complicated... 
Whether you are looking to become a pro and make video editing a full time job...
Or are looking to edit the occasionally home movie of the kids...
You will still need to have the right computer equipment or you’ll find that video editing, as stated above...
can become cumbersome and annoying to do...
But...
With the right equipment...
It’s a breeze!!!
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