1a2bcio8 Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Yo, Once upon a time I was a computer Nerd but these days I'm at a loss as to what's what. I'm currently looking at this as an upgrade so that my computer can handle editing with dslr AVCHD without any conversion to something of lesser quality. I think I might prefer a 6 or 8gb ram setup but overclockers say this will mess up the bios settings they have configured and thus void the warranty. Anyway, is this any good or can anybody point me in the direction of something better somewhere else? Also, does anybody have any experience with cases that claim to be very quiet? I'd like to be able to listen to music quietly without my fans drowning it out. Finally, does anybody know much about adding wireless controllers for your pc so that I can turn it off from my ceiling bed without having to get down. I'm having trouble sleeping and I think having some music on may help me get to sleep but I don't want the pc on, wasting energy, when I do actually get to sleep. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Finally, does anybody know much about adding wireless controllers for your pc so that I can turn it off from my ceiling bed without having to get down. I'm having trouble sleeping and I think having some music on may help me get to sleep but I don't want the pc on, wasting energy, when I do actually get to sleep. Thanks in advance. In some thread someone was complaining about their computer turning off at 8:00 every night, which was a bios setting. So you could use this to your advantage, set your computer to shut down at 01:00 or 02:00 or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1a2bcio8 Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 In some thread someone was complaining about their computer turning off at 8:00 every night, which was a bios setting. So you could use this to your advantage, set your computer to shut down at 01:00 or 02:00 or something. Interesting idea except my sleeping pattern is incredibly erratic and there's often a difference of a few hours between when I get to sleep Thanks anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 I use 4GB in my main editing machine and that manages a full HD video stream without a hitch despite being slower older RAM than that. Fan noise is easily sorted via the use of a fan controller The akasa ones are pretty good and fairly cheap. If you set yourself a playlist of music and set the computer to enter sleep mode after your specified time of inactivity you can listen to the playlist and when it ends the computer will shutdown after say 10 minutes and you'll hopefully be asleep. This can be done via the power management settings in the windows control panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Get a wireless keyboard and mouse, most keyboards have a sleep or off function. This also means you can use the PC in bed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1a2bcio8 Posted January 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 I use 4GB in my main editing machine and that manages a full HD video stream without a hitch despite being slower older RAM than that. Fan noise is easily sorted via the use of a fan controller The akasa ones are pretty good and fairly cheap. If you set yourself a playlist of music and set the computer to enter sleep mode after your specified time of inactivity you can listen to the playlist and when it ends the computer will shutdown after say 10 minutes and you'll hopefully be asleep. This can be done via the power management settings in the windows control panel. Is the HD video, AVCHD though? It's just this makes a difference because of the very complex compression involved in that type of video file. My current pc handles raw HD just fine but AVCHD destroys it. Is the ram in that link decent ram? Okay that's a fairly good idea about the shutdown. Thanks on both accounts. Get a wireless keyboard and mouse, most keyboards have a sleep or off function. This also means you can use the PC in bed However this sounds like a better idea. Unfortunately my bed is up by the ceiling and out of eye contact with the pc screen. Presumably some of them come with sound control as well which would also be ideal. Thanks also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 You can get infra red remote controls for PCs really cheaply. You can set that to power off / volume etc. I bought a StreamZap remote control which will do everything you want. I've since started using WinLIRC which lets you customise the commands. Or DIY. Or if you have anything clever like an an iPhone you can often control the PC via that (wifi .'. no line of site required). Logitech Touch Mouse is the one I have - works flawlessly as remote keyboard / mouse but it lacks specific media commands (E.g. vol up/down, skip, power off etc). I believe there are others that have this functionality. On the subject of silent cases - it's sort of a misnomer. Cases don't make noise, unless they have a fanless PSU (which some do). But if you fill that with a high energy-consumption CPU and graphics, it will still need more cooling (I.e. fans) to avoid overheating. By far the noisiest component in my PC (which admittedly is 7 years old...) is the graphics card fan, and plenty of passively-cooled graphics cards are available now. If you think about it carefully and plan the best components, you ought to be able to make a computer nearly silent, but that would be a combination of CPU / GPU and case design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1a2bcio8 Posted January 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 You can get infra red remote controls for PCs really cheaply. You can set that to power off / volume etc. Or if you have anything clever like an an iPhone you can often control the PC via that (wifi .'. no line of site required). On the subject of silent cases - it's sort of a misnomer. Cases don't make noise, unless they have a fanless PSU (which some do). But if you fill that with a high energy-consumption CPU and graphics, it will still need more cooling (I.e. fans) to avoid overheating. By far the noisiest component in my PC (which admittedly is 7 years old...) is the graphics card fan. If you think about it carefully and plan the best components, you ought to be able to make a computer nearly silent, but that would be a combination of CPU / GPU and case design. Okay, I have to admit I don't have the patience at the moment to do much research. I think I'll just have to risk it with that motherboard combo and maybe the Antec 300 case which somebody mentioned was quiet. Thanks for your help, Tomm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leistonbmx Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 That processor is only dual core btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1a2bcio8 Posted January 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 That processor is only dual core btw. That's my budget. How much does it matter? Can you recommend anything else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Is the HD video, AVCHD though? It's just this makes a difference because of the very complex compression involved in that type of video file. My current pc handles raw HD just fine but AVCHD destroys it. Is the ram in that link decent ram? Okay that's a fairly good idea about the shutdown. Thanks on both accounts. However this sounds like a better idea. Unfortunately my bed is up by the ceiling and out of eye contact with the pc screen. Presumably some of them come with sound control as well which would also be ideal. Thanks also Yep, it's AVCHD. The RAM is good yeah, i wouldn't be worrying about it holding you back at all to be honest. The processor on the other hand though.... Dual core should be fine for 720p but for 1080p you'll be wanting a quad core. I'm still running the old lga775 components and picked up the ancient q6600 to make editing smooth with the HD footage. They're quite cheap now but fortunately intel made such a good chip with them they are still able to offer amazing performance. If you get a 2.4ghz wireless instead of infra red it doesn't have to be line of sight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Question though, why would you listen to it on your PC for such a reason? And yeah that processor will handle AVCHD with ease. I use a 2ghz Phenom for editing and that's fine with 3gb DDR2. Rendering times are pretty darn short too. That processor is only dual core btw. It has 4 threads. So kinda a quad core. Exact same as i got on here, just not overclocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 If you could stretch slightly more. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-339-IN http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-315-GI http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-183-OC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leistonbmx Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Not "true" quad core. Pretty sure all intel processors have hyperthreading. There's a thread on ocuk that goes through all of the i3/5/7 but i7 is fairly pointless right now. You could get i5 760 for not s great deal more and it would be more "future proof". You getting s full build or just mobo, CPU and ram? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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anzo Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 In some thread someone was complaining about their computer turning off at 8:00 every night, which was a bios setting. So you could use this to your advantage, set your computer to shut down at 01:00 or 02:00 or something. No need to touch BIOS, just go to Task Schedule and run a shutdown script at whatever time you require Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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