Help uprading pc for video editing

[themikestar]

i just purchase a pioneer A06 dvdrw, but i want to increase the speed of video editing on my pc, it's a amd xp1600, 256mb ddr ram geforce 3, 60gb seagate 7200rpm hd, Asus a7v 266e. would i be better to uprade the processor or the ram. I was thinking of going to a amd xp 2600 but whats the differnce between thorton and Thoroughbred processor.

[David_Janssen]

RAM upgrade should have most effect,
you keep your hd in shape, (defragment) ?

[jimwelsh]

I have been using an XP1600 processor with a K7S5a board and have found it to be reliable. I would recommend at least 512 Meg of DDR RAM if you are video editing.

What software are you using?

I am using Pinnacle Studio 8.

I would recommend rendering overnight, as it doesn't tie up your PC.

[David_Janssen]

Yes, I'm using Studio8 also, it's easy use this one, and it also
uses a good codec for MPEG2 encoding, I author then with TMPGenc DVD Author, for simple and fast result, or DVDLab for
a more "Pro" finishing.
And, yes, before sleeping...... encode AVI to MPEG2..