[CUBE] Which upgrade for video editing?

[Hal]

I agree with Seth. I'm assuming you meant that you have 1GB of ram. 
That's a good amount to start with for graphics work. I'd consider a 
fast (7200 rpm, 8mb cache) hard drive and one of the Powerlogix or 
Sonnet CPU upgrades. The 800mHz and 1gHz have come down quite a bit in 
price, and from a 450, you'll see a nice increase in speed.

good luck

-Hal
On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 01:51 PM, Seth wrote:

> A large special edition hard drive will probably help with those read 
> write times.  A faster processor will make a large difference also.  
> Video card will not make a great difference unless you are into > gaming.
> Seth
> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 03:45 PM, Meirion Roscoe wrote:
>
>> I recently bought my cube, after selling my imac, because it is a 
>> stunning piece of beautiful engineering.  I could have bought a new 
>> iMac with a superdrive and solved all my Pioneer dvr105 'inside 
>> outside hack' issues - but it wouldn't be the same. I've always 
>> wanted a cube and will probably always have one.
>>
>> My problem is though, that most of my work on it, is video and photo 
>> editing.  As I am of meagre means (and obviously devoid of computer 
>> knowledge) I can't afford every upgrade on the market.  So where do I 
>> start?  My cube is a 450 with DVD and 20gig HD.  It has 1Mb of RAM 
>> and not much else.  More RAM I can probably afford, but which upgrade 
>> is going to help me cut down the time iMovie spends chuntering away 
>> exporting stuff?  A new CPU or a fancy Video card?  And whichever one 
>> it is - how far down the line do I need to go.  The DVD on the 
>> umbiblical sounds great if it will work with IDVD3, but do I need 
>> more muscle to get it to work efficiently.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for even reading this!
>>
>> Rossi
>>
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