Re: Building Video Editing Computer

what motherboard do you have and how many gb of RAM? Hard discs? do you work
with uncompressed avi or....?
peace...ned


"Rôgêr" <abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> hackerjosh wrote:
> > Hi, I'm currently selecting hardware for a system for doing video
> > editing. I considered Apple, but I couldn't touch what I needed for
> > under $5000. I plan to buy the components to build a PC system with
> > Adobe software. I have already puchased Adobe Video Collection, 2x1 GB
> > of RAM, a pair of SATA hard drives for a RAID 0, an IDE hard drive for
> > whatever, as well as 2 Samsung DVI monitors and a DVD burner. I'm
> > trying to do all of this for $3000 total. I know some of you might
> > think I'm crazy, but I've purchased everything listed above for just
> > under $2000. That leaves me with $1000 for case, power supply,
> > motherboard, processor, video card, and possibly sound card. I'm not
> > sure if the sound card will be included in the $3000. I have a few
> > questions about what hardware people would recommend for me.
> >
> > 1/ CPU
> > Do I need dual core? Should I go for AMD or Intel? I've read that the
> > Intels are hotter but are faster at some tasks. I'm planning to get a
> > 64 bit chip as this seems to be the way to go. I've been looking at the
> > Athlon X2 and Pentium D series of processors. Would anyone recommend a
> > specific model? I found the Athlon 4200+ for $400 and the Pentium D 830
> > for $325. These seem to be close to my price range. I'll of course
> > adjust all these prices based on how much I spend on the other
> > hardware.
> >
> > 2/ Video card
> > I'm clueless here. Most of the NVIDIA and ATI cards seem to be
> > primarily targeted for gaming. I don't plan to use this computer at all
> > for games. So I want something that will perform well in After Effects
> > and help with rendering of things. I'd like something with dual DVI
> > outputs and PCI Express. I don't really need capturing capability as
> > I'll be mostly working with MiniDV for now. Can someone recommend
> > something near a $300 price? Is this enough?
> >
> > 3/ Any other hardware
> > Recommendations for case, power supply, and motherboard would be great
> > too. I'm thinking a motherboard with PCI Express (x16) would be good.
> > I'm shooting for about a 500 watt power supply. I'll also be dual
> > booting this computer with Linux for audio and other things, so I'm
> > considering that too when I choose hardware.
> >
> > Please give me any and all advice you may have.
>
> I chose the X2 4200 chip (of course paid a lot more a couple of months
> ago) and haven't regretted it. It's definitely faster than other
> machines I've used, and I run mostly Vegas Video. I have a 2000 Athlon
> sitting nearby that renders at about 1/2 real time (depending on the
> amount of effects, etc). The 4200 renders at about 3X real time speed.


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