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Time for a new Editing Workstation, need help!
Hate to add yet another hardware question, but I though this forum would be a great resource. I’m in the market for a new editing workstation (using PPro 2.0). I’m curious if most users on this forum build their own workstations or buy an off the shelf solution? Any recommendations?
I use DV Rack and/or the Focus Firestore to capture the footage, so I don’t need a capture device on the work station (gotta love drag and drop). Also, I’d like to stay away from a proprietary “editing” card if I can help it.
If anyone has suggestions or a link to a current and credible vendor I’d really appreciate the help.
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I chose a middle route. I used a PC guy in New Jersey to build me a PC for a lot less money than Dell, but more than I could I built it for had I the experience to do so. Maybe. It may be cheaper due to the fact that he gets better prices than I do.
It arrives on Saturday, built to my specifications. If it is as good as I hope it is, I will publish the specs and let everyone know where I bought it.
Steven
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Thanks Steven,
I used the same route several years ago when bought my current workstation. I so satisfied with the results that I completely stopped paying attention to hardware because the thing worked so well. I hope you have the same experience.
I’ll look forward to your assessment of the new machine –
Regards – Paul
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Well, according to the most common Premiere Pro benchmark, I have officially leashed a monster. I come in third behind a couple of dual, dual-core systems. I had some issues with the hard drive settings, but I fumbled around a bit and now they are as fast as they should be. I haven’t tried the HDV tests that I need to play with, but I am expecting good results.
Steven
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I built mine at the beginning of the year. Spent roughly $1500 on it, it’s a dual-core AMD processor, each of its two cores running at 2.4GHz. 2G dual-channel ram, and a GeForce 7800GT (I could add a second video card and use the SLI link to speed things up even more)
Running all SATA drives presently, and this thing pretty well cooks on Standard Def footage. Haven’t played with HDV at all, but even if I use the magic bullet look suite, I can preview at full quality in real time without rendering. Renders are roughly real time if I have look-suite in play, otherwise typically I can render at least double real time. I’ve been very happy with this system thus far, as I don’t deal with HD (yet) it should last me at least most of the way through next year without any other upgrades, aside from perhaps more drive space at some point.. though I’ve got a 250GB sata specifically to use as a capture/scratch drive. So I’m not really hurting by any stretch of the imagination for drive space, but I am getting a second 250GB sata drive in trade from a friend later this week. 🙂
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I hope you’ll be ready to post details and sources this week! Sounds promising,
Thanks – Paul
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