An OK system for HDV? i7 2.66gig or Core 2 3.33 gig?

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An OK system for HDV? i7 2.66gig or Core 2 3.33 gig?

Posted by Todd Roush on March 2, 2009 at 11:56 pm

Would this system edit HDV? I need to buy something soon and I want to keep it under 2k. I’m looking at ibuypower stuff but it’s a lot more money for a Core 2 processor.

Is 4x 2.66 i7 enough or would Core 2 3.33gig be better?
Anybody know of a good source for CS4 compatible chipsets and hardware? It seems to be VERY finnickey.

Processor & Memory:

* Intel® Core™ i7-920 Processor at 2.66GHz
* 8MB L2 Cache
* 6GB Tri Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz

Drives:
* 640GB 7200RPM SATA II Hard Drive
* 16X DVD+/-RW Drive

Graphics & Video:
*
Dell S2409W 24″ Widescreen LCD
*
512MB ATI Radeon HD4670

Communications:
* Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet
Audio:
* Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
* Dell AX210 USB Stereo Speaker
Slots:

* PCIe x 1: 3 slots
* PCIe x 16: 1 slot

Front Ports:
* Optical drive
* Mini (4 pin) IEEE1394
* Headphone port
* Microphone/Line-In port
* 19-in-1 Card Reader
* 4 USB 2.0 ports

Rear Ports:

*
IEEE1994
*
RJ45 10/100/1000 Network port
*
Back L/R Surround connector
*
Center/Subwoofer connector
*
Line-In connector
*
Front L/R Line-Out connector
*
Microphone connector
*
Side L/R surround connector
*
4 USB 2.0 ports
*
eSata
*
S/PDIF connector

Drive Bays:

* Three 3.5″: (two internal, 1 external)
* Two 5.25″
* Memory DIMM: 6 slots available

* Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium 64-bit

Todd Roush
Dreamscape Digital Media
Panny DVX-100’s but changing so Sony or Cannon HDV soon.

Todd Roush replied 17 years, 2 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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Ann Bens
March 3, 2009 at 10:06 am

I’m on an i7-940 with 12 gig ram (custom made),Vista 64 and Production Premium CS4 works like a charm.
Edits HDV like butter. Tried some avchd: very smooth. So do my Cineform avi’s.
Tim Kolb
March 3, 2009 at 2:04 pm

I don’t know much about how Radeons run relative to NVIDIA display cards. I’ve been running NVIDIA since PPro 1.5.

I know that Macs are more likely to have Radeons in them…CS4 seems to run fine with them.

I’d load it with RAM…as much as you can afford.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,
Todd Roush
March 3, 2009 at 8:09 pm

I read good things about the ATI 4000 series and says they’re comparable to nVidia although I have had issues with ATI in the past.

Reason I’m grabbing this is because it’s through Costco and if I can’t get it to work in 90 days back it goes.

Ann, I think the 940 i7 clocks at 3gig so quite a bit better than this 2.66 but this will be sort of a starter system for me.

Love the COW!

Thanks very much for all the great help.

Todd

Todd Roush
Dreamscape Digital Media
Panny DVX-100’s but changing so Sony or Cannon HDV soon.

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