Hi Rieni, and happy holidays! About time this happened :-)
Consumer built PC's are usually the dregs of the computer world, dressed up with extra large hard drives or a little bit more memory, sometimes. What you have chosen looks good, but I'm sure you can get more 'bang for your buck' with some help. First off, the mobo, I got the ASUS P9X79pro for about the same price, that's the one that takes the 2011 six core processors, which as I expect, you found a tad on the expensive side, which is a shame really, as it has everything else you need, just it takes the 'standard' processor. Having firewire and thunderbolt may not be something you want now, but when someone comes along with a device needing those, at least you are ready. You can never have enough sockets though. USB 3 is something that will become more 'standard' in the future, it was released before Thunderbolt was/is (on a PC at least), so I think its here to stay, plus its legacy backward support. The GFX card, only 96 CUDA cores? If you want to take advantage of the pre-render and GPU rendering, you need as many as you can afford, probably (in some cases) more important that the main processor, so if you can get something with a 'few' more within budget, do so! Memory, well, its fast enough, that's what mine runs at (Speed wise), 32GB works for me :-) SSD, now this is a big issue. Some, but not all, compress the data to increase speed. The Magic Lantern Hyperdrive Shuttle recommends a handful of drives, the only one I can remember (I've lost the paperwork for mine) is the Sandisk 480GB one, which is cheaper and roughly the same size. Mechanical drive, well, if its only storage, who cares? Personally, I use an OCZ Agility 3 256GB for Windows and AP, then the 480GB Sandisk for projects (scratch disk) then a mech drive for finished products etc. Power supply, well, depending on the GFX card you finally chose, make sure it can run everything, although the power consumptions are coming down as we head for a greener Earth :-) Blu-Ray, best to be future(ish) proof, used my burner once, took an age, so its there if I ever need it. Their cheap enough anyway. Shame about the disks. So, looks good so far, its certainly better and you will see an improvement. My maxed out rig (with 32GB memory) and the more expensive processor came to about the same as what your spending, with a GTX680, so keep looking around. Cheers, Have a good one y'all! Neil. On 24 December 2012 01:01, Rieni <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > 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® > > Core 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] > > > [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! 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