2- Dual Core Xeons or 1 – Dual Core Core 2 Duo?

[Alex Jusay]

Premiere wont use all CPU in either Core Duo or Xeons all the time. Premiere is not yet optimized for 4 cores found on “Dual Core Duo Xeons”. I suggest you get the Core Duo, its cheaper, until Premiere can utilize the Xeons.

[Steven L. gotz]

At this point, I might be tempted to go with the Intel Quad Core chips. But I imagine the Core Duo I bought a few months ago is pretty reasonably priced by now.

Steven
https://www.stevengotz.com

[Hhv_pro]

Best thing to do is wait(if you can…) until software is optimized for better utilization of CPU. You will get better price/bang as Intel drops prices almost every quater.
If you can’t wait then get the most advance one you can afford, so you will be future proof for next 1-2 yrs.

[Harvmorgan]

Thanks very much. Do you think AE 7 is structured similarly to Premiere or since I use that I should just pony up and get the Xeons. This is really helpful, so I appreciate everyone’s help.

[Gene Colburn — email address bounces notices]

I would only add that if you are considering any additional hardware such as Black Magic or AJA or additional Raid Storage, you begin looking at minimum system required for your anticipated work flow. I build custom systems everyday, and have been burned more than once by not paying attention as to what motherboard choices I’ve made before thouroughly investigated my client work needs. Decklink, AJA, and Matrox all have links to hardware configurations and system requirements

[Shawn michael Lee]

If you are going to use After Effects, then the multi-cores WILL make a difference…if you use Gridiron Nucleo Pro. It forces AE to use all of the processors and all of the processing power. I live by it. I just wish that the same software was available for Premiere Pro. I hate rendering or transcoding in Premiere Pro and seeing it only using 25% of the processing power.

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