Premiere Pro advice

[Alex Gerulaitis]

I’ll put together a public shopping card on Amazon or Newegg and share it here.

Basically, a GTX570 or 560 GPU, case w/ adequate PSU, a Z68 motherboard, 16GB RAM, i7-2600K or similar, boot drive, media drive (can be a RAID0), a decent 1080p or better monitor. AMD mobos and CPUs can also be used.

Alex (DV411)

[Tim Kolb]

This is somewhat dependent on what formats you plan to work with…

One of Premiere Pro’s biggest advantages is the ability to work with native formats…but native formats vary along a huge range of how much grunt your workstation would need to make you happy as an editor.

AVCHD/DSLR/RED…I’d say 8 cores is a reasonable starting place…4 cores HT is OK…but 8 is better…8 cores HT is better yet. 16 GB RAM will be a purchase you’ll never regret with PPro/AE. Also…a CUDA capable display card, even on the lower end of the spectrum will help you significantly.

You can probably “get by” with 4 cores for typical XDcamEX/HD/HDV stuff…but I’d still urge the RAM and the CUDA card.

The CUDA card is what everyone seems to focus on…but what often gets lost in the conversation is the value of the RAM. You just won’t regret buying RAM…stuff it as much as you can.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Phil Lister]

Thanks guys!
Much appreciated!

Phil

Phil Lister

[Alex Gerulaitis]

[Tim Kolb] “AVCHD/DSLR/RED…I’d say 8 cores is a reasonable starting place…4 cores HT is OK…but 8 is better…8 cores HT is better yet.”

12 cores with HT – better yet. 🙂 I hear there will be i7 and Xeon CPUs with 8 cores on a single die, so dual sockets with 16 cores and 32 threads aren’t too far in the future.

Until that happens though (8 cores on a single die), there is no way to get a decent 8-core config for under $2K, is it?

Alex (DV411)

[Phil Lister]

Would this system be OK?

Intel Core i7-2600K CPU
• 8GB DDR3-PC1600 RAM
• NVIDIA GTX570 1.2GB Video
• MSI Z68 USB3 & SATA-III MB
• 2TB SATA-III 7200 RPM HD
• 24X DVD+-R/+-RW Drive

At first, I’m only doing SD video Mini DV, but I do own a canon 7D for HD later on.
I’m not trying to do broadcast…just usual stuff.

Phil

Phil Lister

[Alex Gerulaitis]

Looks good as long as the memory is upgradeable (i.e. doesn’t take all the sockets) and you’re aware of the disadvantages of using a single drive for your apps and media.

Alex (DV411)

[Phil Lister]

Oh,
I plan to update that for a second drive and check on the memory upgrade. Thanx!

Phil

Phil Lister

[Tim Kolb]

I do not know configurations vs pricing as well as Alex.

I’m kind of a post guy who knows enough to be dangerous with hardware. I have other people build machines for me…I haven’t had one built for some time…I am very overdue for an update myself.

TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,

Adobe Certified Instructor

[Alex Gerulaitis]

Almost forgot: Win7 Pro or Ultimate (or Enterprise) 64-bit – not Home Premium.

Alex (DV411)

[Alex Gerulaitis]

Are you getting a system from an integrator or putting it together yourself?

Ensure the PSU (Power Supply Unit) is well rated and supports the GPU – e.g. at least 600W for the GTX570 and i7-2600K.

Alex (DV411)