The Asus PC that you mention is restricted to 8GB and Asus have probably made the restriction on purpose to keep the cost down for general users. It could also be that they just want to dump some almost out-of-date motherboards.
http://uk.asus.com/Desktop/Entertainment/CM6330/#specifications I would go for a self-build using one of the more exotic Asus motherboards such as the P8Z77-V DELUXE which will take up to 32GB memory. Start off with the bare-bones inbuilt graphics, which would keep the cost down. You may be pleasantly surprised and it may cover your needs. If not, you can add a graphics card later. I also recommend that you install a SSD to take the OS and Premiere etc. Don't go for a cheap one, get one that has 6GB capability. You don't need a 3TB HDD for video editing. Use one or two 500GB/1TB HDDs. You will be amazed at the speed of this combination, especially if you use an i7 processor and low latency memory. You could then use a NAS with (say) up to 6TB storage, to keep all of your output that you not editing. You can transfer files at leisure using a Gigabit LAN connection. I use a similar setup with 16GB memory for a very time intensive pipe organ simulation and it's liked greased lightning. :-) Regards, Alan. www.theatreorgans.co.uk www.virtualtheatreorgans.com www.paramountorganworks.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Rieni To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 1:01 AM Subject: [AP] What PC for Premiere? Hi Guys, I need to replace my 2005 HP PC with something new and I almost purchased this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B009T7J9D4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE This is an Asus which has all the good specs, but it can have 8GB RAM maximum. Then I did some reading on the web and found that some claim that 8GB is not enough for editing video with Premiere. So I started to look for components for building my own system, it would look like this: motherboard <http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/information/pageBuilder.html?className=mainboard&articleId=1003832&kind=pcBuilder>MSI Z77A-GD80 processor <http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/information/pageBuilder.html?className=cpu&articleId=965957&kind=pcBuilder>Intel® CoreT i7-3770 Graphics card <http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/information/pageBuilder.html?className=graphicscardPCIe&articleId=1012954&kind=pcBuilder>MSI N620GT-MD2GD3/LP Cooler fan: be quiet! Shadow Rock PRO RAM <http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/information/pageBuilder.html?className=ram&articleId=1011703&kind=pcBuilder>Corsair 32 GB DDR3-1600 Quad-Kit SSD 500GB <http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/information/pageBuilder.html?className=harddiskSSD&articleId=1037875&kind=pcBuilder>Samsung MZ-7PD512BW 3TB hard drive Seagate ST3000DM001 Blu-ray <http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/information/pageBuilder.html?className=bdr&articleId=943604&kind=pcBuilder>LG BH10LS38 Power supply <http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/information/pageBuilder.html?className=powerSupply&articleId=1012052&kind=pcBuilder>be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 550W case <http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/information/pageBuilder.html?className=pccase&articleId=942558&kind=pcBuilder>Antec Performance One P-280 OS Windows8 Pro 64bit All very nice but this set will cost me 2000 euro which is 3 times the price of the Asus computer. The MSI motherboard has a Firewire and Thunderbolt connector which is nice but not really neccessary (I can also transfer files from my Apple to my PC over my network) and the MSI has tons of PCI connectors which I'll never use, so basically I'm only buying this set because I want more than 8GB RAM. Having tons of RAM and SSD is nice and everything will work a bit faster but I'm getting an old farm and with the age, comes patience, I don't mind having to wait 30 minutes for a video to render, I can just do something else in the meantime, or sit outside staring at my trees while enjoying a beer or coffee. So my question to you guys is... would I be allright with this cheaper Asus for the next 3 years, able to work with Photoshop and Premiere in CS5? That's the version I'll stick with or a while. Is 8GB enough RAM or not? Another option I have is to buy the Asus now and replace it's motherboard with one that can have 16GB RAM. Strangely all the Asus motherboards that have the same chipset as this PC and can be bought individually can have 16GB of RAM so the motherboard used in this PC must be a very exotic one, or crippled on purpose, but those alternative Asus motherboards cost less than 100 euros. Thanks, Rieni [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
