How is this?

[OnionRings]

Looking for a new pc to handle my Elgato HD 60 1080P 60 FPS recording device and also rendering in 1080P, right now my current laptop is 1.9GHZ 8g ram and its a bit slow, the elgato works ok but with some hiccups it keeps having distortion and skipping in audio/video here and there, here is a video of whats happening WARNING THIS SHOWS THE UNCHARTED 4 PROLOGUE NOT MANY SPOILERS BUT WARNING YOU ANYWAY. 

 If you watched that you'll see the distortion here and there, basically I wanna fix that with a better computer so to get to the steak of this post Im asking is this pc good? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fast-Dell-Optiplex-Desktop-PC-Computer-Dual-Core-3-4Ghz-8GB-1TB-Win-10-Pro-WIFI-/151973467451?hash=item236253153b:g:GWwAAOSwX~dWsY1Z

It has all great reviews except two 1 stars, the seller has great feedback and a lot of feedback, the price is surprising, the cpu is much stronger then my current one but what I'm worried about is the dual core. The back of my elgato box says you only need 2GHZ minimum BEFORE turbo and minimum dual core so I assume it would work but what's your thoughts? I've always used quad cores, what is the speed like of dual? Is it a huge difference? Here is the cpu alone > http://ark.intel.com/products/27520/Intel-Pentium-D-Processor-945-4M-Cache-3_40-GHz-800-MHz-FSB

 

Please give honest and not rude opinions, don't say " itz shit m8 " then leave, I know it isn't anything anywhere near as good as a custom rig, but will it handle what I want to do on it?

[HPWebcamAble]

Without knowing the full specs of your laptop, I can't be sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if your laptop is better than that dell desktop

 

A custom rig is really the way to go here.

[OnionRings]

My laptop is 1.9GHZ turbo to 3.2 and the turbo is never used because lack of power and cooling, 8g ram, Radeon R6 graphics, windows 10. Not very good. Sucks at video editing, cpu goes bananas at 95% usages at 1.8GHz so I need more to render and stuff.

[HPWebcamAble]

Just now, OnionRings said:

My laptop is 1.9GHZ turbo to 3.2 and the turbo is never used because lack of power and cooling, 8g ram, Radeon R6 graphics, windows 10. Not very good. Sucks at video editing, cpu goes bananas at 95% usages at 1.8GHz so I need more to render and stuff.

The dell has no discrete graphics and it's a dual core, so it'll be worse at games and video editing than your laptop.

[OnionRings]

Even with a much better cpu? Are you sure? What should I do then? I have got to get an upgrade that won't cost me an arm and a leg, my budget is so small.

[HPWebcamAble]

1 minute ago, OnionRings said:

Even with a much better cpu?

That's the thing.. it's not a better CPU. Core count is important. Clock speed isn't so much.

 

Assuming your budget is $200... you'd have to buy used parts. You could probably get a small performance increase, but it would take a lot of research to track down parts and hope that they all work together, and even at all.

 

You'd be much better off saving at least $500. $1000 is ideal.

Does it cost an arm and a leg? Perhaps. But its worth it.

[OnionRings]

I know but I just don't know if I can wait that long, my elgato is useless and my channel would go inactive for so long... im looking for stuff on newegg, I'll keep posting stuff I find. So what would you think would be acceptable clock speed on a quad core then? 

[HPWebcamAble]

3 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

I know but I just don't know if I can wait that long, my elgato is useless and my channel would go inactive for so long... im looking for stuff on newegg, I'll keep posting stuff I find. So what would you think would be acceptable clock speed on a quad core then? 

An INTEL quad core? If its recent (last 5 years) then 2.5 Ghz or more. But I doubt you'll find very many under that anyway.

[OnionRings]

Are you sure I really need that much speed? I'm not doubting your intelligence but right now my computer can ALMOST handle the elgato at 1.90GHZ so why would I need an extra .60?

[HPWebcamAble]

3 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

Are you sure I really need that much speed? I'm not doubting your intelligence but right now my computer can ALMOST handle the elgato at 1.90GHZ so why would I need an extra .60?

It's not really about clock speed. It's about architecture and core count. Basically any intel CPU from the last 5 years is fine.

You'll need a good graphics card too, of course.

[OnionRings]

I found this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883102038 thats not a bad deal for the price but I would have to do some saving up. Webcam guy would you care to add me on skype on talk more on there or no? If you do add me OnionRings777

[HPWebcamAble]

4 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

I found this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883102038 thats not a bad deal for the price but I would have to do some saving up. Webcam guy would you care to add me on skype on talk more on there or no? If you do add me OnionRings777

That's an excellent deal. You could build that exact system with individual parts, but if you aren't up for it, that computer is fine.

 

Sorry, I won't add you on skype but feel free to PM me on the forums anytime.

[OnionRings]

Sounds good I will PM you then, you seem knowledgable. I may look into building one but the problem with that for me is the lack of an OS and monitor, most builders already have a monitor, I do not.

[HPWebcamAble]

5 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

Sounds good I will PM you then, you seem knowledgable. I may look into building one but the problem with that for me is the lack of an OS and monitor, most builders already have a monitor, I do not.

Turns out you can build that system for slightly less (could be more though with shipping included)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Wz3sHx

 

Note that the prebuilt you just linked doesn't come with a monitor either

 

[OnionRings]

In fact what you built can get cheaper can't it? Isn't an r9 380 a better choice over a 750? I thought someone on these forums said that once.

[OnionRings]

I edited it a bit, added a cheap monitor with hdmi, got a cheaper OS http://pcpartpicker.com/user/OnionRings/saved/mY2p99

[HPWebcamAble]

1 minute ago, OnionRings said:

I edited it a bit, added a cheap monitor with hdmi, got a cheaper OS http://pcpartpicker.com/user/OnionRings/saved/mY2p99

That version of windows can only be installed with one motherboard. It is linked to your MOBO after installing.

The $100 version can be reinstalled if you change your MOBO. The $80 cannot be.

Monitor looks good.

 

7 minutes ago, OnionRings said:

In fact what you built can get cheaper can't it? Isn't an r9 380 a better choice over a 750? I thought someone on these forums said that once.

Nope, 380 is around $100 more than a 750 ti

[OnionRings]

Oh I didn't know that's why you chose that version of the OS. And yea I saw the 380 price now.

[OnionRings]

So is there any other way that build list could get cheaper? I also want to look around for some pre builts around the same caliber, as long as it has a monitor im happy.