• Avid Media Composer

  PC or Mac Build for Media Composer (Software)

  Posted by Ryan Osika on October 21, 2009 at 4:14 am

  I’m looking to build either a Mac or PC to use AVID MC 4 (software). I would like a computer that allows me to edit 1080p video without additional hardware. Here are the two builds. I would love to hear what you all think.

  PC

  ASUS Z8NA-D6 (ASMB4-IKVM) ATX Server Motherboard

  CORSAIR XMS3 12GB (6 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory

  Antec P183 Black Computer Case

  Antec CP-850 850W Continuous Power “compatible with Core i7″ Power Supply

  Intel Xeon E5520 2.26GHz LGA 1366 80W Quad-Core Server Processor

  PNY VCQFX1800-ELEM-PB Quadro FX1800 768MB 192-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Workstation Video Card with Elemental Accelerator – Retail

  LITE-ON CD/DVD Burner – Bulk Black SATA Model iHAS124-0

  Western Digital RE3 250GB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

  Western Digital RE3 250GB 3.5” SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

  Totals about $2600

  MAC

  Two 2.26GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
  8MB fully shared L3 cache per processor

  6GB (six 1GB DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM
  PCI Express 2.0 graphics NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 with 512MB GDDR3 memory, Mini DisplayPort, and dual-link DVI video output

  640GB Serial ATA (3Gb/s); 7200 rpm

  18x SuperDrive with double-layer support (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

  $2800 (refurbished)

  Thanks in advance for your help!

  David Braswell replied 16 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  David Braswell

  October 21, 2009 at 2:23 pm

  You didn’t indicate if the two WD SATAs were going to be RAIDed for your media drives. If you’re going to push HD around (especially in flavors other than HDV) you’ll want a RAID setup. And as Michael Hancock indicated in a similar thread, heat buildup and portability are factors to consider when deciding to keep your media drives internal. Beyond that, sounds like a really nice PC 🙂

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