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ttime to build a new edit suite–advice, please
we’re ready to build/purchase a new editing PC for HD editing.
We use Vegas and premiere.
Need ideas on what components to add. All suggestions are very welcome
prices, too as well as where to buy.Thank you
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Make a list of the following components that will be used in building a new system: case, cooling system, power supply, front input (card readers, etc.), motherboard, hard drives, memory, video display card, additional video/audio cards, other. Don’t skimp on case integrity, cooling (fans) and the power supply – these items lay the foundation for a successful, powerful system. Compare motherboards online and read the user reviews. Look for a board with USB3, as this is the current hot ticket for speed. Intel iCore 7 proc prices have dropped dramatically. Look into a motherboard that can handle dual processors and search online for current comparison speed tests using an NLE for benchmark results. Plan for a minimum of 12GB of fast ram. Add one of the pre-approved Nvidia based video cards from Adobe’s list (there is a hack currently available that will allow you to activate Adobe CS5 for ‘non-tested’ Nvidia cards that will turn on the Mercury Engine that is the heart of CS5. Look for a 10,000 rpm system drive and just use it for the OS – Windows 7. Add 2 (or more) fast seek, large buffer Sata 3 drives as a Raid – stripe these drives together as one big drive as Raid 0 (minimum). Use a hardware raid controller to stripe the drives rather than the software method offered after the install, and preferably, go with an after market one rather than the one built into the motherboard. Add an additional large Sata drive for backup (and use it religiously). Add (2)fast BluRay burners, and, if the budget allows, add an extra external USB3 hard drive for additional safety backup. Install Adobe CS5. GO EDIT!
John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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My answer is don’t. I have built my own computers since the 286. 9 gigabyte SCSI arrays on a 486 to run premiere 4.2 That is a complete waste of time and money IMNSHO. Buy a Dell vostro with an i5 chip and two disks. $800 or so with Win 7 64 bit. Runs CS5 with Sony NX5 AVCHD and Canon 5D footage in three layers and several layers of Photoshop on top of that fast enough to edit. Real time is a myth. Nobody cares anymore. None of this stuff is going out to tape as it was 10 years ago. There is no such thing as dropped fromes transfering a file to and from a flash card.
Biggest thing wrong with the Vostro is that there is no room for removable drive trays without hacksawing the case. So it looks ugly.
Feel the need to spend more? Buy a Dell workstation with Xeons. But not necessary to run CS5. Really need to waste cash? buy an HP version of the same thing. All comes out of the same factory in China.
George Socka
BeachDigital
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