I would go with at least a quad core AMD and all of the RAM you can fit in it. Also, if you think you might every go 64-bit, consider a motherboard that allows more than 4GB memory, even if you don't have that much installed right now.

You will likely see improvement in the preview of high resolution videos. They will be less likely to stall and stumble. It should also produce much faster. __________________________________
CORNBLOSSOM

Thank you very much, that is the info I was looking for

Is AMD as good or better than Intel or is their little difference in performance, right now AMD is conciderably less expensive

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If you are talking about raw CPU speed, then Intel takes the lead.

But if you are talking about bang for the buck, I personally go for AMD.
Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

It really depends on the particular architecture of the CPU. Intel and AMD go back and forth on which is faster. Intel is probably winning right now, but I personally prefer AMD. They have been solid performers for me and I see no need to switch. Others I know use only Intel. __________________________________
CORNBLOSSOM

I am an intel guy now, but they are getting way to arrogant with their pricing so I think you have switched me to AMD

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If you go with AMD consider one of there 6 core processors. Excellent performance at a reasonable price. Q9300 2.5 GHz
4 GB Ram
Nvidia 9800 GT

This past spring I upgrated to an Intel quadcore 920 and 9 GB ram with a GTX video card and 3 internal hard drives.

All the acceleration stuff in PD 8 works well and this system and its lighting fast when producing or rendering.
I was very pleased with the perfomrance of my setup until one day I clicked the button when enhancing video files that upscales to HD quality. I think it is true theater or something like that. I had 60 minutes of AVI's to render and everything came to crawl. It took longer than 60 minutes to render to dvd folder. While watching the system performance, it appeared that everything was maxing out and the temps went up to 71C.

Eventually I will upgrade to PD 9 to make better use of my 64 bit system Land of fieros, North Dakota USA

The six core is on my list, I like the extra horsepower

like these

http://pic80.picturetrail.com/VOL2064/11513716/22159596/393857772.jpg

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Nvidia GTX 960(4GB)/16GB DDR3/
Canon Vixia HV30/HF-M40/HF-M41/HF-G20/Olympus E-PL5.
Tape capture using 6 VCR, TBC-1000, Elite BVP4+, Sony D8 camcorder with TBC.
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If there is extra horsepower, it must be a V-6.

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That is a V8 4speed GTO 114 in the quarter mile