Quote Originally Posted by rootbeer View Post
I dont need to buy new hardware, but once you are dedicated to something you want good equipment. I will probably buy a new hd or an external idk.
the only video editing software i use is windows movie maker for now...
Buy a good internal 1tb 7200rpm western digital caviar black when they are on sale for $75 and buy an additional sata cable since the sale drives are sold without a pretty retail box and a cable. After you install it and it you are sure it is a working drive register it @ WD by visiting their web site and you will get a 5 year warranty. You must register it online to get this longer warranty.

When you later decide to move into a new pc you can then simply add this drive to your new pc or buy an external enclosure for it. Western Digital's retail external drives use their lower tier green label power saving drives.

There is no harm in buying a drive now since you can always put it to use and when moved into a new pc it will have your data already on it.


Purchasing a discounted GPU will give you better performance in all video related tasks for less than $100.

Don't dump any more than $200 into your present pc

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