Alan, I gave my guy your last SPEC for my new video editing computer...and he came back with this below....what do you think? THANKS!
Here are the specs on the new parts and I'm kinda wondering if you can setup a dual raid setup ...should be interesting build. also you can check out our shopping site. the prices on the site are for the parts only.. http://www.emaxasp.com/virtualdinc/featured_home.asp let me kn ow if you have any questions. $ 59.99 - ThermalTake WingRS 100 Black Case No Power Supply $199.99 - ThermalTake W0116RU 750 Watt Power Supply $149.99 - MSI P45 Neo3-FR Motherboard $249.99 - Intel Q6600 2..4GHZ Quad Core CPU $ 54.99ea - (2) Kingston HyperX 2GB 800MHZ PC6400 DDR2 Memory $ 54.99ea - (2) Western Digital 160GB Hard Drive - SATAII 8MB Cache $ 99.99 - Western Digital 500GB Hard Drive - SATAII 16MB Cache - Scratch Drive $159.99ea (2) Western Digital 1TB Hard Drive - SATAII 16MB Cache $ 74.99 - Pioneer DVR2910 20x DVD-RW w/ Nero Essentials 8 Suite (comes with the drive) $254.99 - eVGA nvidia 9600GT 1GB DDR3 Video Card $179.99 - WinXP Professional 64 Bit Total w/ Tax = $1900.35 ----- Original Message ---- From: Donald Cailler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2008 6:40:38 AM Subject: Re: [AP] NEW VIDEO COMPUTER WOW...thanks for the tips....would making these changes greatly increase my cost? I don't have a HD camera yet...is it worth it to go HD on my computer at this point? The XP Pro operating system I was quoted is not adequate? I really was hoping to stay at about $1000. I have a student that wants to build me a system, but not sure I want to go that way. I think he could do it, but if something goes wrong...don' t want to mess up a good relationship at school with a student over this.....your suggestions are greatly appreciated. ...I have an external drive with 1 terabit of space,but its only 5400 speed...seems OK, but should I dump it for an extra drive on my new computer? Don't need NERO, that was not my idea..... THANKS! ----- Original Message ---- From: Alan K Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED] co.uk> To: Adobe-Premiere@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 9:33:56 PM Subject: Re: [AP] NEW VIDEO COMPUTER Case color - irrelevant. PSU underpowered - 750W preferable to allow for expansion. Mobo is OK - personally I prefer Asus. CPU is fine. Memory needs to be faster and low latency - Kingston is still a good choice. Nowhere near enough HDD capability - 2 * 160GB (min) in RAID Mirror for OS. 2 * 1TB in RAID Stripe for data. Extra single HDD for AP 'scratch' would be an advantage. HDDs are now very cheap. DVD drive is excellent but dump Nero. Nero started off very well but has become bloatware and often interferes with other programs. Graphics card is OK but something with 1GB memory would give you more speed. Two monitors are great for AP video editing. To take advantage of 4GB (or more) memory you need Win XP64 or Vista 64. XP is only just hanging in there, better with Vista as long as PPro 2 is OK with it - I have not checked. The price is average, you could do better by going to a small independent company who specialise in 'performance' PCs and haggling. You need as much power as you can get, unless you're happy to do something else whilst your PC is rendering video. Video can take huge amounts of storage and AP also needs a scratch area for extra speed, away from your main storage drives. I have more work than I can handle so not looking for more, but I specialise in high end PCs for turnkey systems that are the most memory/speed hungry and would recommend that you go for the best your wallet can stand. Consider more memory, but you will need a 64bit OS to take advantage of it. Check that GPU drivers are compatible with 64bit OS. If you feel competent, consider building your own to reduce costs, but do remember to use an anti-static wrist strap. Regards, Alan. www.theatreorgans. co.uk www.virtualtheatreo rgans.com Admin: ConnArtistes, UKShopsmiths, 2nd Touch & A-P groups Shopsmith 520 + bits Flatulus Antiquitus ----- Original Message ----- From: Don To: Adobe-Premiere@ yahoogroups. com Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:43 PM Subject: [AP] NEW VIDEO COMPUTER This is a new system that I might have built for video editing...can what do you guys think? Does this look like a good deal? I use Adobe Premier Pro 2.0 Athenatech A602B Black Case w/ 450 Watt Power Supply MSI P45 Neo3-FR Motherboard Intel Q6600 2.4GHZ Quad Core CPU (2) Kingston 2GB 800MHZ PC6400 DDR2 Memory Western Digital 500GB Hard Drive - SATAII 16MB Cache Pioneer DVR2910 20x DVD-RW w/ Nero Essentials 8 Suite eVGA nvidia 9600GT 512mb DDR3 Video Card WinXP Professional Total w/ Tax = $1097.16 I would appreciate any input. THANKS! . 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