First Elements 11 - Renaissance of the PC or buy a new one?

I am tutoring a gentleman on how to use first elements 11 for a major project which includes 6 minutes slideshow narrated and 1 and a half hours of video high-definition 1920 x 1080.

It will come out his project on DVD, so I implemented a project of widescreen PAL 720 x 576. This will allow to zoom in the subjects and the interviewer for interest without losing quality.

I do not have the specifications of the computer in front of me at the moment, but from memory, they are fairly close to the plug according to the http://www.adobe.com/au/products/premiere-elements/tech-specs.html and the operating system is Windows XP.

It is on a very tight budget and the problem we have is that the preview is painfully trolling, jerky and even after an eternity made is still very inadequate. It is very difficult to get done editing.

I can recommend that he buy a newer and more powerful computer, but I know that money is very tight right now.

I'm just wondering, with all the experience you guys have, if you think he should get a satisfactory result on the machine there and it would be interesting my do a reinstall complete operating system and re - install only necessary programs on his machine.

If the basic specifications are not good enough, then I'll recommend a new computer, but if not, if he should get a better experience, I will rebuild the current for a nominal cost.

Would be very grateful for your opinions.

PS: The computer is about 5 years old and did not have a lot of hard use, but also has never been properly maintained, and I know I can improve its performance, just a question of who will be sufficient for the first elements 11.

I agree with Steve, it would be useful to know a little more about computer the gentleman.

For editing AVCHD material, here's my "minimum specs.', for the computer:

  1. Intel i5 CPU (faster, better)
  2. OS Win7-64
  3. Installed RAM 8GB min.
  4. 2 physical 7200 RPM HDD (hard disk drives) - one for the OS and programs (can be smaller) and the media and projects (must be big enough)
  5. nVidia or AMD/ATI GPU w / 1 GB of VRAM (this recommendation is more for support for the pilot and also provide VRAM dedicated, so that the video card does not need to share the system installed RAM)

While you can get with less, a computer of this type would allow more than an adequate return for editing.

I also know that a "regular" here, John T. Smith, built a computer for his wife and managed to get the right computer at a value price. I hope he can also comment.

Good luck

Hunt

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