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Looking for a CHEAP computer for using a capture card
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Alright, so as you know, Ghosts just came out and I was going to try making a video using my Avermedia Game Capture HD when the quality turned out terrible. (It's an external capture card) So Im thinking about just completely starting over and buying a better computer, and also an Elgato capture card. The thing is, I have no idea what Im doing with computer set-ups or builds.

So could anybody help me by showing me a good computer or build that could easily run the following, the requirements for the Elgato:

PC: Windows 7 or later, 2.0 GHz dual core CPU, sound card
4 GB RAM, built-in USB 2.0 port

Also I want to record commentary at the same time

Thanks in advance!
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How much is your budget? Do you need an operating system, monitor, keyboard, mouse?
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well if your planning on running something like cod ghosts anyway u gonna need 6gb of ram and its been proven windows 8 can make some games 20 percent easier to run like far cry 3
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ReaperzxHD wrote well if your planning on running something like cod ghosts anyway u gonna need 6gb of ram and its been proven windows 8 can make some games 20 percent easier to run like far cry 3
No I'm not planning on using this computer for gaming, just mainly for using a capture card and for editing.

And Im not quite sure what my budget is yet, it depends on how much I can sell my current laptop for.

Also, I would need a monitor, keyboard, etc (Unless of course there's a laptop that'll work) but it doesn't have to be anything fancy.
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TTG_Sreyo wrote
ReaperzxHD wrote well if your planning on running something like cod ghosts anyway u gonna need 6gb of ram and its been proven windows 8 can make some games 20 percent easier to run like far cry 3
No I'm not planning on using this computer for gaming, just mainly for using a capture card and for editing.

And Im not quite sure what my budget is yet, it depends on how much I can sell my current laptop for.

Also, I would need a monitor, keyboard, etc (Unless of course there's a laptop that'll work) but it doesn't have to be anything fancy.


If you're editing you are going to want and need a decent amount of ram.
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The price can vary alot if you need monitor, Os, keyboard, mouse?Case!
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If you need that all then get up to like $800-$1200 for a epic gaming/editing/streaming/what ever else you need it for pc!!!! Monitor is going to be like $130 alone, OS $100, Keyboard/mouse $30-$100. so your already up to like $260 depending on what keyboard and mouse you want.
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