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Power Mac G5 Quad – for advanced video editing
Hi
I`m going to buy Power Mac G5 Quad for video editing ( I used to work on PC )
I`d like to work with DV, HDV, IMX, DigiBeta and HD in future.
Is this configuration good enough for this job ?
Two dual-core 2.5GHz PowerPC G5 processors
1.25GHz frontside bus per processor
1MB L2 cache per core
4GB 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM (PC2-4200)
250GB Serial ATA hard drive
Three open PCI-Express expansion slots
NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB GDDR SDRAM
ImageI`d like to add 2x 250GB SATA drives. But maybe LaCie would be better choice ?
I have also question about GeForce. NVIDIA GeForce 6600 with 256MB GDDR SDRAM + DeckLink HD ProPCIe
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As for the hard drives, the computer can only hold 2 total, so you can’t add 2 more SATA drives in addition to the system drive.
I suggest getting the 250 GB as the system drive and then buying your own SATA drive in the 300 to 500 GB range and putting that in yourself. Use that second drive for non-video media, making DVDs, and things like that. Then explore external storage options for your video files. Look lower on today’s posts for the thread named “Storage Options” for some info on that and search the archives for a lot more info on external SATA RAIDS, firewire 800 RAIDS, and XSERVE RAIDS.
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I have that machine, it kicks a$$!
I have a 300 GB system drive, then a second 500 GB as video drive.
For backups I use a Lacie Bigdisk with Firewire 800.
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Great system, i would go with Blackmagic multibridge for extra flexability.
However i think you need to spend some more money on disk drives.
ie a RAID like Huge systems or Apple XRAID
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I would go with the Kona 3 for the capture card and a Fibre Channel array for storage for advanced video editing as you describe in your topic.
I highly recommend the Med
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Hey, while the quad g5 will certainly be an ample solution, why not wait a month and see what happens with the intel chips in the next month or two. I know its hard to wait, but it also sucks to get something that is going to be outdated in a month or two. Obviously you can wait forever and eveything will always get outdated, but this is a major change in the apple world and I think it will be interesting to see what they come out.
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Thank you. I`ll check everything…now I`m sure I should look for better Storage solution .
jwedit
It`s very hard to wait month or two for me 🙂
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a Quad won’t be outdated.
There is nothing on hte PC-side right now that match it.Even if something is released now it usually takes apple 3 months or more before the customers get their hands on the new product.
Either you buy now or you wait 6 months.Most applications don’t work good with the intel chips either, I think it’s about a year left before everyone have optimized.
Power PC is still the way to go!
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I agree it may be a while before you get your hands on it, and if you need it now, then it will certainly fit your needs. I don’t want to start this battle with Mike about PC vs mac, BUT, apple isn’t switching to intel because Power PC is where its at, the intel chips are faster. This claim has been made by pc manufacturers as well as apple. A quad core PC will kill a quad core power pc, hands down.
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well…. show me one then!
And perhaps one that I could have standing in my livingroom 6 months ago?If they just would be after the fastest chips, they would have used AMD.
I bought my quad because it is infact a Mac. And FCP runs on mac. The best NLE I’ve ever used. And I’ve used alot of them.
That it was the worlds fastest personal computer when I bought it was just a bonus.I haven’t surfed around the net, but i’ve not seen any package that cost less that give you more editing power.
Your NLE got to support it also! -
I purchased a Quad G5 in December when they first hit and added 4 x 500GB internal SATA drives with a HighPoint 2320 PCIexpress SATA II controller card. There is also a cost effective way to add another 2.0 TB of external storage using an Infiniband converter for the second 4 internal ports.
It has been working flawlessly for me. I added 4 GB RAM and it has the 6600 256 MB Vram. I would like to at least move to the 7800 GT or perhaps when ATI finally ships an X1600 for the MAC.
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