[HELP] Is it a worth deal?

[Dudeperfect]

Hi,

It's time for me to change my CPU and while surfing on the amazon, I found this

http://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01IPZYK1Q

I am not sure if this is a worth deal or not. I am getting intel i5 processor CPU without the graphic card at $205. Price is fine for me but never heard of ZEBRONICS H-55 MOTHERBOARD.

I am mainly going to use it for Camtasia video rendering and if possible then for altcoin mining. I will also add a graphic card if needed. Please help me to determine the quality of the product, the price is not an issue.

Best
Dudeperfect

[in2tactics]

Hi,

It's time for me to change my CPU and while surfing on the amazon, I found this

http://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01IPZYK1Q

I am not sure if this is a worth deal or not. I am getting intel i5 processor CPU without the graphic card at $205. Price is fine for me but never heard of ZEBRONICS H-55 MOTHERBOARD.

I am mainly going to use it for Camtasia video rendering and if possible then for altcoin mining. I will also add a graphic card if needed. Please help me to determine the quality of the product, the price is not an issue.

Best
Dudeperfect

I think you are posting this question in the wrong section. However, to answer your question, I would NOT touch this sale with a 100 meter pole. The hardware is very dated.

[Dudeperfect]

Hi,

It's time for me to change my CPU and while surfing on the amazon, I found this

http://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01IPZYK1Q

I am not sure if this is a worth deal or not. I am getting intel i5 processor CPU without the graphic card at $205. Price is fine for me but never heard of ZEBRONICS H-55 MOTHERBOARD.

I am mainly going to use it for Camtasia video rendering and if possible then for altcoin mining. I will also add a graphic card if needed. Please help me to determine the quality of the product, the price is not an issue.

Best
Dudeperfect

I think you are posting this question in the wrong section. However, to answer your question, I would NOT touch this sale with a 100 meter pole. The hardware is very dated.

Thanks for the reply. I request mods to move this thread to appropriate section.

Coming back to the topic, yes hardware is outdated but is it sufficient for smooth operations of Camtasia (https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia-system-requirements.html)? I can add 2 gb graphic card + 4 gb ram in it.

Let's forget about altcoin mining, I need it for video editing (not 4k but up to 1080).

[in2tactics]

Hi,

It's time for me to change my CPU and while surfing on the amazon, I found this

http://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01IPZYK1Q

I am not sure if this is a worth deal or not. I am getting intel i5 processor CPU without the graphic card at $205. Price is fine for me but never heard of ZEBRONICS H-55 MOTHERBOARD.

I am mainly going to use it for Camtasia video rendering and if possible then for altcoin mining. I will also add a graphic card if needed. Please help me to determine the quality of the product, the price is not an issue.

Best
Dudeperfect

I think you are posting this question in the wrong section. However, to answer your question, I would NOT touch this sale with a 100 meter pole. The hardware is very dated.

Thanks for the reply. I request mods to move this thread to appropriate section.

Coming back to the topic, yes hardware is outdated but is it sufficient for smooth operations of Camtasia (https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia-system-requirements.html)? I can add 2 gb graphic card + 4 gb ram in it.

Let's forget about altcoin mining, I need it for video editing (not 4k but up to 1080).

It is very close to the minimum. It should work, but it will probably be slow.

[Dudeperfect]

Hi,

It's time for me to change my CPU and while surfing on the amazon, I found this

http://www.amazon.in/gp/product/B01IPZYK1Q

I am not sure if this is a worth deal or not. I am getting intel i5 processor CPU without the graphic card at $205. Price is fine for me but never heard of ZEBRONICS H-55 MOTHERBOARD.

I am mainly going to use it for Camtasia video rendering and if possible then for altcoin mining. I will also add a graphic card if needed. Please help me to determine the quality of the product, the price is not an issue.

Best
Dudeperfect

I think you are posting this question in the wrong section. However, to answer your question, I would NOT touch this sale with a 100 meter pole. The hardware is very dated.

Thanks for the reply. I request mods to move this thread to appropriate section.

Coming back to the topic, yes hardware is outdated but is it sufficient for smooth operations of Camtasia (https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia-system-requirements.html)? I can add 2 gb graphic card + 4 gb ram in it.

Let's forget about altcoin mining, I need it for video editing (not 4k but up to 1080).

It is very close to the minimum. It should work, but it will probably be slow.

I see. It seems that now I have to compromise either on the date of purchase or the quality of the product. Let's see what happens. Thanks for the help though. I am sure it will get some better performance than my current Pentium 4 machine.

[Unacceptable]

If this is the mobo:

http://www.ebay.in/itm/intel-chipset-Zebronics-H55-MotherBoard-INTEL-IST-GEN-I3-PROCESSOR-Fan-/272551193248

It is a MINI ATX,very small with only 2 RAM slots & 1 16x PCIE slot & 1 1x PCIE slot.

You can do better for about the same money...maybe even less if you find a mobo on sale  

Look for Gigabyte or MSI,my preferred mobo makers 

[HagssFIN]

You can move this thread yourself. See "Move topic" in the down left corner of this page.

[Dudeperfect]

If this is the mobo:

http://www.ebay.in/itm/intel-chipset-Zebronics-H55-MotherBoard-INTEL-IST-GEN-I3-PROCESSOR-Fan-/272551193248

It is a MINI ATX,very small with only 2 RAM slots & 1 16x PCIE slot & 1 1x PCIE slot.

You can do better for about the same money...maybe even less if you find a mobo on sale 

Look for Gigabyte or MSI,my preferred mobo makers 

I am not great at playing with hardware and in the above deal, the seller will assemble the things for me. I think I would have no issues to pay some more amount rather than dealing with unsupported stuff.

I am more concerned about the performance (for my video editing stuff). 4 or 8 GB ram & 2 GB graphic card would be fine imo but I am not sure.

You can move this thread yourself. See "Move topic" in the down left corner of this page.

Oops, never noticed in last 4 years, lolz. I am moving this thread in 'Beginners & Help' section. Thanks.

[Cereberus]

If this is the mobo:

http://www.ebay.in/itm/intel-chipset-Zebronics-H55-MotherBoard-INTEL-IST-GEN-I3-PROCESSOR-Fan-/272551193248

It is a MINI ATX,very small with only 2 RAM slots & 1 16x PCIE slot & 1 1x PCIE slot.

You can do better for about the same money...maybe even less if you find a mobo on sale 

Look for Gigabyte or MSI,my preferred mobo makers 

I am not great at playing with hardware and in the above deal, the seller will assemble the things for me. I think I would have no issues to pay some more amount rather than dealing with unsupported stuff.

I am more concerned about the performance (for my video editing stuff). 4 or 8 GB ram & 2 GB graphic card would be fine imo but I am not sure.

You can move this thread yourself. See "Move topic" in the down left corner of this page.

Oops, never noticed in last 4 years, lolz. I am moving this thread in 'Beginners & Help' section. Thanks.

If you are concerned only about video rendering at up to 1080p then a core i5 of gen4  like 4460 being the best deal here, will render you in very good amount of times, it will not be slow as it is one of the best quad core processors maybe a little bit old like 3 years old but it does what you want to do. Try to find a cheap Asus,Gigabyte or MSI gen 4 motherboard, they start with H81 chipset the cheapest one, and get 8 or 16 gb ram. That should do what you ask.

Try to buy the i5 4460 used, you can find it cheaper than 200 USD for sure.

[Unacceptable]

If this is the mobo:

http://www.ebay.in/itm/intel-chipset-Zebronics-H55-MotherBoard-INTEL-IST-GEN-I3-PROCESSOR-Fan-/272551193248

It is a MINI ATX,very small with only 2 RAM slots & 1 16x PCIE slot & 1 1x PCIE slot.

You can do better for about the same money...maybe even less if you find a mobo on sale 

Look for Gigabyte or MSI,my preferred mobo makers 

I am not great at playing with hardware and in the above deal, the seller will assemble the things for me. I think I would have no issues to pay some more amount rather than dealing with unsupported stuff.

I am more concerned about the performance (for my video editing stuff). 4 or 8 GB ram & 2 GB graphic card would be fine imo but I am not sure.

You can move this thread yourself. See "Move topic" in the down left corner of this page.

Oops, never noticed in last 4 years, lolz. I am moving this thread in 'Beginners & Help' section. Thanks.

If you are concerned only about video rendering at up to 1080p then a core i5 of gen4  like 4460 being the best deal here, will render you in very good amount of times, it will not be slow as it is one of the best quad core processors maybe a little bit old like 3 years old but it does what you want to do. Try to find a cheap Asus,Gigabyte or MSI gen 4 motherboard, they start with H81 chipset the cheapest one, and get 8 or 16 gb ram. That should do what you ask.

Try to buy the i5 4460 used, you can find it cheaper than 200 USD for sure.

Well,since you can't build a PC yourself,your pretty much at the mercy of ebay or PC shops......good luck!!

If you lived in the states I could build & ship ya one or two or however many you need 

[Dudeperfect]

If this is the mobo:

http://www.ebay.in/itm/intel-chipset-Zebronics-H55-MotherBoard-INTEL-IST-GEN-I3-PROCESSOR-Fan-/272551193248

It is a MINI ATX,very small with only 2 RAM slots & 1 16x PCIE slot & 1 1x PCIE slot.

You can do better for about the same money...maybe even less if you find a mobo on sale 

Look for Gigabyte or MSI,my preferred mobo makers 

I am not great at playing with hardware and in the above deal, the seller will assemble the things for me. I think I would have no issues to pay some more amount rather than dealing with unsupported stuff.

I am more concerned about the performance (for my video editing stuff). 4 or 8 GB ram & 2 GB graphic card would be fine imo but I am not sure.

You can move this thread yourself. See "Move topic" in the down left corner of this page.

Oops, never noticed in last 4 years, lolz. I am moving this thread in 'Beginners & Help' section. Thanks.

If you are concerned only about video rendering at up to 1080p then a core i5 of gen4  like 4460 being the best deal here, will render you in very good amount of times, it will not be slow as it is one of the best quad core processors maybe a little bit old like 3 years old but it does what you want to do. Try to find a cheap Asus,Gigabyte or MSI gen 4 motherboard, they start with H81 chipset the cheapest one, and get 8 or 16 gb ram. That should do what you ask.

Try to buy the i5 4460 used, you can find it cheaper than 200 USD for sure.

Yes, the launch date is not the issue, I am concerned about performance for the video rendering at this moment. I will try to find such machine online or in the offline market. Thanks for the suggestion.

If this is the mobo:

http://www.ebay.in/itm/intel-chipset-Zebronics-H55-MotherBoard-INTEL-IST-GEN-I3-PROCESSOR-Fan-/272551193248

It is a MINI ATX,very small with only 2 RAM slots & 1 16x PCIE slot & 1 1x PCIE slot.

You can do better for about the same money...maybe even less if you find a mobo on sale 

Look for Gigabyte or MSI,my preferred mobo makers 

I am not great at playing with hardware and in the above deal, the seller will assemble the things for me. I think I would have no issues to pay some more amount rather than dealing with unsupported stuff.

I am more concerned about the performance (for my video editing stuff). 4 or 8 GB ram & 2 GB graphic card would be fine imo but I am not sure.

You can move this thread yourself. See "Move topic" in the down left corner of this page.

Oops, never noticed in last 4 years, lolz. I am moving this thread in 'Beginners & Help' section. Thanks.

If you are concerned only about video rendering at up to 1080p then a core i5 of gen4  like 4460 being the best deal here, will render you in very good amount of times, it will not be slow as it is one of the best quad core processors maybe a little bit old like 3 years old but it does what you want to do. Try to find a cheap Asus,Gigabyte or MSI gen 4 motherboard, they start with H81 chipset the cheapest one, and get 8 or 16 gb ram. That should do what you ask.

Try to buy the i5 4460 used, you can find it cheaper than 200 USD for sure.

Well,since you can't build a PC yourself,your pretty much at the mercy of ebay or PC shops......good luck!!

If you lived in the states I could build & ship ya one or two or however many you need 

Thanks for such a kind gesture. I think I should learn some basics of hardware assembling to deal with such situations.

[Unacceptable]

You can build it & it will mine!!!(or render) 

Check utube,lots of info there.The operating system is the hardest thing,need a copy that can go on multiple PCs.I have many,but they are mine  

Start with a dual card build,then make a 4 or 6 card build.As I stated a dual core CPU & 4 gig RAM & 40-80 gig hard drive is sufficient.

[Dudeperfect]

You can build it & it will mine!!!(or render)

Check utube,lots of info there.The operating system is the hardest thing,need a copy that can go on multiple PCs.I have many,but they are mine 

Start with a dual card build,then make a 4 or 6 card build.As I stated a dual core CPU & 4 gig RAM & 40-80 gig hard drive is sufficient.

Considering my past experience, I think it will be safe to do these things when I will have enough savings for potential wrong moves.

I can play smoothly with software including OS so that's not an issue. I am thinking to go ahead and take help of the seller to do the things for me. Paying some more bucks to expert is always better than burning all the budget in self-experiments.

[Unacceptable]

You can build it & it will mine!!!(or render)

Check utube,lots of info there.The operating system is the hardest thing,need a copy that can go on multiple PCs.I have many,but they are mine  

Start with a dual card build,then make a 4 or 6 card build.As I stated a dual core CPU & 4 gig RAM & 40-80 gig hard drive is sufficient.

Considering my past experience, I think it will be safe to do these things when I will have enough savings for potential wrong moves.

I can play smoothly with software including OS so that's not an issue. I am thinking to go ahead and take help of the seller to do the things for me. Paying some more bucks to expert is always better than burning all the budget in self-experiments.

Find some old free PC's (working ones),tear em down carefully & put em back together,practice on old crap so no loss if ya screw up  

Youtube has ALOT of assembly videos watch a bunch  

BTW,all you need is a #2 phillips screw driver & maybe some small torx bit drives.

[Dudeperfect]

You can build it & it will mine!!!(or render)

Check utube,lots of info there.The operating system is the hardest thing,need a copy that can go on multiple PCs.I have many,but they are mine 

Start with a dual card build,then make a 4 or 6 card build.As I stated a dual core CPU & 4 gig RAM & 40-80 gig hard drive is sufficient.

Considering my past experience, I think it will be safe to do these things when I will have enough savings for potential wrong moves.

I can play smoothly with software including OS so that's not an issue. I am thinking to go ahead and take help of the seller to do the things for me. Paying some more bucks to expert is always better than burning all the budget in self-experiments.

Find some old free PC's (working ones),tear em down carefully & put em back together,practice on old crap so no loss if ya screw up 

Youtube has ALOT of assembly videos watch a bunch 

BTW,all you need is a #2 phillips screw driver & maybe some small torx bit drives.

Yes and that's why I am planning to keep my old machine to do experiments on it. Even though my current p4 machine is not even capable of mining cryptocurrency if I decide to create any.

I am learning from youtube and I am sure that my second next PC would be self-assembled