looking for off-shelf PC tower for Premiere Pro in LA

[Alan Lloyd]

I’d look for someone who sells HP Z-series workstations. Incredibly robust machines, quite expandable as you need too.

[Alex Gerulaitis]

I believe Motion Media and DZ Solutions provide turnkeys.

What kind of export times are you getting now, and on what kind of a system? (Whoever ends up setting you up with a tower may want to optimize it for your specific needs – usually a balance of CPU power and storage speed.)

Any idea of the budget range?

[Neal Broffman]

Although not in LA, Puget Systems builds great edit systems.
https://www.pugetsystems.com/

Neal Broffman
One Production Place, Atlanta, GA
http://www.oneproductionplace.com
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[Doug Glen]

many thanks Alex, that is very helpful

I can’t really justify more than $1500

I will never be doing 4k and never usually have more than 3 video channels

really just looking for smooth playback of the edit timeline – relatively quick rendering times – and ideally two HDMI outputs for dual monitors

I don’t need a ton of HDD – and ideally would depend one xternal drives – if the tower has SATI connectors (if that is still a thing)

thanks again

Doug Glen
doug@dez.com
DEZ videography

[Doug Glen]

thanks Neal

they look great – but probably a but outside of my price range – $1500 is my limit

Doug Glen
doug@dez.com
DEZ videography

[Neal Broffman]

You might get more bang for the buck looking at a used machine. There are a ton of used Mac Pro towers that are a few years old that will do exactly what you want and that are within your price range. Some might even have video cards for your output already installed. Just a thought. Good luck.

Neal Broffman
One Production Place, Atlanta, GA
http://www.oneproductionplace.com
Current FIlm:
Help Us Find Sunil Tripathi
http://www.HelpUsFindSunilTripathi.com