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7th Apr 2008, 17:52
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| Hi all,
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A friend of my has just bought a high definition video camera and wants me to upgrade his current computer so that it can play the things he records through his HD television. The current spec is as follows: Case: Aerocool Aerocube CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 6400 (2.13Ghz) Video: Geforce 7900GT 256MB MoBo: ASRock Conroe945G-DVI (Micro Atx) HDD: Seagate Barracuda.10 IDE 320GB RAM: A-Data Vitesta DDR2-677 2x512mb PSU: CGMI450 450watts 100-240v DVD: NEC DVD-RW PSU cooler: Zalman CNPS8000 TV Card: Hauppauge PVR-250 (model 32032) O/S: Windows XP Pro Keyboard: Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard Mouse: Generic mouse This was originally a machine used for gaming but wont be used for that purpose any more. The new uses will be day to day things such as surfing the internet and office applications, and video editing/playing (high definition). I dont have any experience with High definition stuff so figured I'd seek some advice. Currently I am looking at making the following changes: * Change the video card from 7900GT to 8500GT passive card with HDMI. There will be no gaming done on the PC so I figure to just downgrade it o the lowest HDMI passive card. Passive will also reduce the noise. * Upgrade the RAM to 2GB * Install an internal firewire card - his camera is firewire but the board currently does not support this. * Either change the existing DVD-RW to Blu-ray or use an external Blu-ray drive As I said I am no expert so any feedback on the changes or anything you think I've missed will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks Cyber My System: The Elephant
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7th Apr 2008, 20:24
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| Yeah, looks like you're right on the money here. Shouldn't need a bigger PSU because you're only using a passive 8500, so changes look good.
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8th Apr 2008, 16:53
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| Thanks for the reply. He has decided that Blu-ray is still too expensive so he wont get the blu-ray drive untail maybe next year. He has a Hi Def sony video camera (1080p) and wants to be able to watch the Hi Def stuff he records and edit it. I am assuming that above spec changes, excluding blu-ray, would allow him to do that - Is that right? he would simply connect to the HDTV using the HDMI port. Would any changes be necessary in the settings of the video card? |
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8th Apr 2008, 23:45
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| Correct. Make sure the motherboard has onboard FireWire or whatever standard the camera uses, too.
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