• Avid Media Composer

  MC system upgrade advice needed

  Posted by Per Scaffidi on May 22, 2015 at 7:55 pm

  Hi all — running MC 5.5 on a z400, Nitris DX, and editshare. It’s time for an upgrade.

  At the moment our cameramen are shooting a mix of Canon c300 and Red. In the near future we’ll probably get a sony f7 or comparable for 4k broadcast work, and use our cameraman’s Red for other projects.

  Anyway I’m looking to upgrade our PC. Debating whether to splurge on a PC/MacPro system in the $4000-5000 range, or switch to a MacPro tower setup to save a few bucks. I recently found a MacPro Westmere 6core that would cost me about $1500 total to get it up to Avid spec, but would it be enough for 4k and Red raw work? I’ll probably get a red rocket whichever system I go with.

  Any advice? Thoughts? Criticisms?

  Per Scaffidi replied 11 years ago 1 Member · 0 Replies
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