I am looking to build a computer a computer to do video editing. I’ve seen gaming systems that can houses many hard drives and would like to find a case that can least hold five hard drives. Also want one that can hold many sticks of RAM and a fast processor. I need something that can handle Adobe Premier and where I can hook my audio mixer up to. I do have an adaptor that converts my RCA audio cables to the USB but I would if there is a way to have a built in RCA jacks in the computer.

Also what video card would be needed if I want to send video out to a TV or DVD recorder? Unless you know a DVD program that can allow me to place more then two hours on a DVD. I am mainly videoing weddings right now but might want to expand later.

The compartments that hold hard drives are called driver bays. NOTE you do not actually have to have the case compartment avaialable so much as the power supply cord and the data cable available on your motherboard. However, the case is sized based upon the form factor of your mother board...usually ATX or BTX but not always the case.


Not exactly the newest technology out there but something called DDR seems to be what your driving at. I believe DDR 3 is available right now. It stands for double data rate and transmits data double times 3. Or at least double times 2 with DDR 2 presumably times 3 with DDR 3. Highly recomend dual channel memory which does house many primary memory sticks. This also double the transfer of data from primary memory. It is sort of like dual core processing except for your memory.


I think it was A or P socket for the AMD's that operate at high frequencies. you can shop around yourself...you may want to look at something called the FSB (front side bus) of the processor. It affects how quickly data moves from the north bridge of your board. Video card and memory are on the north bridge so faster fsb's are preferable and tuned to the frequency of the processors frequency with something called the multiplier. not saying that these are the best out there for FSB stats (they are higher than average though) but you cannot beat the price and finding them in hex cores and quad cores is surprisingly easy. Which makes for even quicker data processing. AMD's are not known for long lifes as much as Intel so be warned. I purchased a laptop used with an athalon and it gave problems so be double warned.



You can prolly pick up the card for that at radio shack. Or get a video card that provides those connections. Look into to the circuit boards referred to as cards they have many of them and I am not too knowledgeable on the varieties they have. Simply match your cards to the PCI slots (or possible agp for video) on your board. Same thing with DVD and TV recorder.

http://www.outletpc.com/fh5653-70sb127000002-sound-blaster-x-fi-titanium-hd.html

I have this card in my computer and I can listen to my Mitsubishi WS-55315 television speakers with RCA jacks or the Emerson speakers hooked up on my desk. I am using Lubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail and it works great. I am using a Nvidia 9500 GT PCI-E for the X16 slot and the sound blaster is using the X1 slot. I am using the 55 inch tv with my Dell 22 inch wide monitor with the vga port to the Dell and the S-Video to the Mitsubishi. Eventually I will figure out how to run the Dell 19 inch monitor with both of those on the dvi port even though it is still Linux.

Don't forget to put cooling fans in...with all those hard drives you'll need them.

You can build (customize the order) from:
http://www.newegg.com/ which has
the latest and coolest stuff at the best
prices, and they ship within a day or two,
always been happy with them.

Could not buy a cheaper one, and you build it
with whatever your needs are.

my son just built a gaming machine with 16 gigs - newegg.com

yeah,newegg would be my suggestion also.that's where i order parts from

you can get good prices from pricewatcher and e-bay ... that is where I would suggest.

I wouldn't buy anything online that does not come with a replacement guarentee that's tried & true - hence the value of newegg.com

even so, I meant to mention before that I wish I had been around when my son first started his project because we have an excellent local shop where I think he could have got everything he ordered, and it would have cost a lot less time to replace the couple of parts that arrived not working properly.

So it might be worth asking hobbiests if there is a good local shop in your area


that was the only downside I could see to newegg is waiting for shipments, return shipments and reshipments....that gets old pretty fast

I have built and upgraded my own pc since 08. New Egg is the place to shop. You should learn what components determine characteristics. You mention a case for harddrives and ram. Well ram depends on your motherboard. Also what is the point of that many hard drives when you can partition multiple virtual drives? Anyway most gaming ccases have room for about that many drives. You can get sound and video cards for all functionalities. Just make sure to get a good processor. Anything else is easy to replace but processors are a ***** to change.