Freeseagull23

Thanks! That gives me a good starting spot!!

I need a new camcorder, I use it for home videos, recording my life, and I also have a YouTube channel that I like to post things on sometimes. I will also be using it to create content for my Wife's business soon. I am currently using an old JVC enviro that I got refurbished for $100. I want a camcorder style camera. I have a DSLR, and an action cam already. My question is, are all 1080p camcorders the same? Will a $200 1080p camera be the same video qualitywise vs a $800 1080p camcorder? I think the answer is no, but I can't find anywhere where I can find the difference. My 4 year old camcorder does 1080p, but it isn't very crisp or sharp. I want a clear picture. Adjustable framerate would be awesome too. options like 24,30,60 and maybe even 120. More expensive cameras offer options like WIFI and all these special features which I don't really care about. I just want a crisp picture, bright colors, and just a good picture. I run external audio so that isn't a big factor for me. How can I tell which camcorder has a crisp image vs one that doesn't? I want to stay around $500. So nothing $800+

I am building my first video/photo editing computer. I have an 240gb SSD for my OS and programs, and a 7200rpm 3TB HDD for everything else. I am a basic-mid level video/photo editor and use Premiere, after effects, and photoshop. I also have a 1.5tb 5400rpm USB 3.0 external hard drive. What drive should I use for my scratch disk? Should I put it on the 3TB? or should I plug in the 1.5tb and that should be fast enough? Thanks guys!!

The 5820K is 3.3GHz, compared to the 4790K which is 4GHz. Will the two extra cores make up for the lower speed?

Dude!! Thanks for responding so quickly! And WOW! that looks like a great build! I probably am going to go with that, or something very very similar. Thank you so much!

I need some advice on what to do for my first computer build. The most instense stuff I do is video and photo editing, premiere, after effects, photoshop. I also like playing Star Wars Battlefront! I want to get a 4k camera within the next year or two. So i will want to be able to edit in that, but for now it will mostly be 1080p. This computer will also be my everyday machine. YouTube, facebook, movies, music, work, school etc... I have been debating an AMD 8 core FX, or an I7- 4790k. What do you guys recommend? I love USB 3.0 so lots of those on the motherboard and or case. And if it had USB 3.1 on it, that would be cool to add some slight futureproofing to it for a while. You can get USB 3.1 as a PCI card though right? A couple pcpartpicker lists would help out a ton!! My budget is around $1000-$1200.