Building a system specifically for video conversion (raw AVI to MPEG2)

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PFC-Kluge

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22. December 2004 @ 06:42

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Praetor,
I have read through pages 1-2 and 8-10, so I apologize in advance if I missed this topic somewhere in the middle (popular topic).

I am using a P3, 1Ghz system with 1 GB of ram to convert raw AVI files from my camcorder to MPEG2 using TMPGEnc. The software runs fine and does a great job with quality, but because my system is old it can take 12+ hours for long clips to render to MPEG2.

I don't use my system much for gaming, but I use it daily for office stuff and web apps. My current system works fine for this, but I am ready to build a new one that is optimized for my home video projects. My budget is between $1000 and $1300, so it is not that big, but I already have the DVD burners and all the software. I don't really care if the system is AMD or Intel, so I am completely open to suggestions.

Also, would overclocking help my conversion projects? If so, I am open to doing this as well.

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