~$500 video editing laptop

[Stevenr34]

So my boss is looking for a laptop for video editing. He wants something around $500. I told him maybe tuff. Any suggestions will help.

 

[atljsf]

500 will not give him much, perhaps a i5 without a dedicated gpu, not much available, any brand in mind?

 

[Stevenr34]

I let him know it will be tiff to find something good at that price. He uses photoshop prime? I think is the video editing software. He edits videos for YouTube that's it. So he needs something with atleast 8gb ram.

 

[atljsf]

yes, sounds reasonable, but the budget is a bit limited i think

most people for that would buy a i5 or i7 hq, 8 gbs of ram, 1 tb hard disk minimum, that kind of machine is around 700 dollars with a decent gpu, a 1050 at least

 

[Eximo]

Are we talking new or used?

Might be able to get a decent i7 HQ in something like 3rd gen for around that:

https/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834296492

 

[boosted1g]

Maybe something used in the $550-600 range.

You are not going to get a photo editing laptop for $500 just like you are not going to get a new porsche 911 for 20k.

There is 2 very different levels on laptop processors. There is the U serries and the HQ serries.
The U serries i7 is really less then a desktop i3 as they are both dual core with hyperthreading, while the i7U has turbo core its speed is still slower then a deasktop i3.
The HQ serries on the other hand is more inline with traditional desktop CPUs and follow the the same i3 vs i5 vs i7 structure of cores/hyperthreading ability.

So an 3rd/4th Gen i5 HQ is a lot better then a brand new i7U.

To properly do the job he needs an i7HQ latpop with a 940/950/1050 GPU in it which would be more like $750-800 range.

 

[Stevenr34]

http/www.frys.com/product/9012957

Could that do the job? If it's used refurbished I don't think he will mind. I will pass all this to him. He does not know much about computers. I don't think gen is expecting top of the line laptop something that he can edit with. His current laptop is old with only 4gb ram

 

[atljsf]

that cpu is a dual core with 4 threads, for video editing, is not ideal, it is ideal for web browsing i think

 

[boosted1g]

http/www.frys.com/product/9012957

Could that do the job? If it's used refurbished I don't think he will mind. I will pass all this to him. He does not know much about computers. I don't think gen is expecting top of the line laptop something that he can edit with. His current laptop is old with only 4gb ram

Look back at my post earlier about the difference between U and HQ processors in laptops.
Any U serries laptop is going to be very insufficient for video editing.

 

[atljsf]

or for anything

 

[Stevenr34]

I'm sorry at work so didn't read to much into one I posted he asked me to see if that would work.

 

[Stevenr34]

Would a desktop around that be more
Manageable?

 

[atljsf]

a desktop cannot be carried around, so if the main purpose is carry the thing, it is not ideal

if it can stay at home, then it would be simpler to build one when talking about prices and options

 

[Eximo]

There is a decent deal right now for this model, but it isn't great for video editing.

http/www.logicbuy.com/deals/dell-5000-series-inspiron-15-laptop/50259.aspx

I think the used model from Newegg is quite a bit better. Would be nice to find at least a Haswell, but can't pass up the 16GB of memory and the 256GB SSD. They have quite a number of used workstation class laptops in the $500 range.

 

[Stevenr34]

It will stay at home. So if a desktop can be made or bought with that budget then works for him.

 

[Eximo]

Refurb Dells

i7-3770, 16GB, 2TB
https/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883161254

i7-4770, 8GB, 500GB
https/www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883162945