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Editing with Adobe products – What system do I choose?
Hi all,
I was just wondering how many people out there were editing with Premiere Pro CS 3 (and the other Adobe products) and have a stable and productive system.
I have been using CS3 with my HVX 200 for a about half a year and everything goes pretty well. However, my computer is starting to get a little on the old side, it’s almost 4 years old and had half a dozen upgrades (I literally can not put any more RAM in the machine nor place a faster CPU). As such I’m seriously considering upgrading to a newer system soon.
Given all the potential conflicts and issues that can come with a new computer, I was wondering which system/configurations most people recommend. I have looked on Adobe’s website and found nothing with regards to what motherboards and other configs are recommended.
Should I go 64-bit? A third party device? How much RAM? What video card? What about a pre-configured turnkey system?
As I’ve already said I edit material taken with a HVX200 and use the Adobe Production Suite. I specifically work in corporate video, but also do a little bit of tv work (mainly commercials and public access television), I am also in the pre-production phase of a couple of new internet shows which may possibly end up as video podcasts.
I guess I should also point out that I am from Australia. I don’t really think this is too much of an issue now, as most of the larger system builders are happy enough to ship here.
Kind regards,
Timothy Eng
Progressive Video
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We’re using the Adobe suite on a both a Quad, and dual Quads. Both systems have been very stable, with the usual small annoying Premiere bugs, but nothing that would slow you down.
If you are not going to be putting the system together, I would recommend that you not pick the cheapest thing out there. I think Alienware (now owned by Dell) still has some very good products for the price tag, although you may not care for the looks. I would recommend going to you local trusted shop and telling them what you ae trying to do.
64 bits is fine, unless you are adding some unusual hardware. We have yet to find something that doesn’t have drivers, except for an old printer (which now has them).
Since I don’t know your budget, I would recommend at a minimum a Quad Core, 4Gigs of Ram, at least an Nvidia 8600 GTS, a professional sound card, and some kind of RAID system.
RAID 0 is nice with at least 3 drives if you like to back up often, a RAID 5 is much better, although a tiny bit slower, a RAID 10 is even better, but very expensive.
If you plan on taking the machine on location, I would recommend a rackmount enclosure.
Vince
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Thanks for your inpur Vince.
I definitely agree with your thoughts on buying quality gear and avoiding the cheaper options. Most of the places I have looked into so far are recommending the High End HP workstations recommended by Adobe. Off the top of my head the HP XW8400 and 8600 I think.
A lot of them also deal with the AJA and decklink cards and have recommended them if I ever need HD-SDI connections. Given that the P2 cards would seem to negate the need for this, I can only really think that these products would benefit me in regards to hooking up professional monitoring devices. Does anyone else have any ideas. I’ve heard the Motu V3HD is designed with the DVC Pro HD footage in mind, but can’t really see the benefits of it considering Premiere handles the footage natively now.
Does anyone else have any thoughts?
Timothy Eng
Progressive Video
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