upgrading computer hardware

[Ron Shook]

Teecee,

[teecee] “I am about to hock my first born and go to Dell and order the fattest machine I can get…If “you” had an unlimited budget and no sense, what would you buy???”

If I had no sense, I’d go to Dell. (g) I’m speaking to the entire thread here. You don’t feel comfortable doing the whole roll your own thingy like John suggests, and if you don’t feel comfortable, don’t do it. But do consider rolling out parts of the system, like storage, monitors, and perhaps the graphics card on your own.

What do most of the top flight NLE integrators use? Not Dell I assure you, but almost exclusively HP because HP workstations are certified nearly unanimously across the board by PC NLE manufacturers be they Avid, Adobe, Grass Valley, whatever. They are rugged, quiet, AMD or Intel, have the space for certified expansion, and have been working directly with the NLE manufacturers for years. Look there and don’t load it down with periferals, because you can always do that more inexpenively yourself. You mention both Vegas and Adobe apps. The Dell might be a little cheaper than the HP and fine for Vegas, but not necessarily for Adobe with extended hardware like Axio.

I’ve been a roll your own kind of guy for years, but I’m thoroughly sick of it, and if I had your budget I wouldn’t even think about it.

Good Luck,

Ron Shook

[Ray Sherman]

Wow! What a nice system that John Rofrano has! There really isn’t anyone in my area that could build one simular for me. I wish there was, I’m ready. Ray