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Mother board PC Combo for Premiere HD work
Hello,
I am about to be purchasing CS4 and will be using a PC. I am looking to upgrade my system to be able to do dependable HD editing with Premiere. I also am a big after effects user and so will like as much speed as possible.Here is the mother board / processor combo I’ve been looking at. Does anyone here have any suggestions, from either success with their own setups or experience with what I’m looking at.
Processor: Core 2 Quad Q9300 (4 x 2.5GHz – 1333FSB – 6MB Cache)
Motherboard: Biostar P35D2-A7, Chipset: Intel P35 & ICH9
Memory: 4 slots DR2 Max Capacity 8GB
Slots: 1x PCI-Express x16 Slot; 1x PCI-Express x4 Slot; 1x PCI-Express x1 Slot; 3x PCI Slots; IDE/SATA: 1x ATA-133 Channel; 4x SATA2 Ports; Supports gigabit ethernetMemory: Either 4 or 8 Gb of DDR-2 800mhz Ram
Total cost: $540 – $640 depending on the ram choice.
Does anyone have experience if 4Gb is enough with Premiere for HD footage? Of course the compression of the footage matters, but what standard, native compression to use for HD work is a whole different discussion huh?
So if anyone has some comments on this motherboard / processor / memory set I’d be curious to hear it.
Thanks,
Terry Hahin
Designer and Editor
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What “kind” of HD do you plan to work with? I ask, because if you need extra hardware, such as an I/O board (AJA, Blackmagic, e.g.) and a big fast RAID, you will want to stay with recommended configs from the hardware vendors. I’ve had good results over the years with SuperMicro motherboards, either via vendors or DIY. But they do get pricey.
-jeff
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Hi Jeff, thanks for the response. As of right now no HD work is in the pipeline, but I’m trying to set myself up so that in the future I’ll have a motherboard / processor setup that will work.
For I/O issues I would probably go with a Blackmagic card as that’s what I’ve worked with in the past using FCP. The Dcklink HD extreme at 995 is in my price range.
For media storage I would use some sort of Raid setup. I have seen both fibre channel and gigabit ethernet used recently for large storage space.
My goal is to buy a motherboard that will be able able to accommodate these things in the future as I upgrade. Thanks for the recommendation on the SuperMicro motherboards. Will Check out.
Terry Hahin
Designer and Editor
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Terry,
if you are planning on using the BMD Decklink HD extreme card, be VERY careful about what MBoard you choose.Although the Decklink cards seem to work quite well in Mac machines, the PC-drivers and various configurations of PC hardware can (and have) caused major problems with Decklink cards. Check my (and other) posts at the BMD forum to see for yourself.
Checking the BMD website, they do now list compatability with the Gigabyte P45 boards. I think these are a good choice because the ICH-10 on those boards offer you an extra multi-lane pci-e slot. Most consumer motherboards offer only 2 pci-e slots with 16/8x speed, plus 1x pci-e. The Decklink HD extreme demands at least one x4 slot. Plus you have your graphic card in the other pci-e 16x slot. So the P45 boards usually offer at least one extra x4 pci-e which is VERY important if you intend on adding a reasonable RAID card.
Good luck, ninetto
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