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What PC for HD in Avid MC and Adobe PP?
Hi,
I’m looking to upgrade my current edit system from a Velocity Micro Pentium 4-based system (I know) to something that can comfortably handle 1080i footage in After Effects, Media Composer and Premiere Pro. Anybody have any recommendations for either an off-the-shelf (e.g, HP or Dell) or custom-build (e.g., Velocity Micro, ADK or similar) system that would fit the bill? Any specs on processor speed, video RAM, video card(s) and internal/external media drives would be huge, as the stuff I’ve read on the net seems to be all over the place. Thanks for reading and for any advice you can share….
Pat
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Avid MC minimum specs (available at Avid’s website) is a good place to start. The HP Z400 line is the rising star for Avid. Media storage options vary, but a minimum would be something like two SATAs in a RAID stripe. We’re currently using the old SCSI Ultra LVD 320 drives from our Adrenaline as well as a 4 TB RAID 5 Weibetech eSata unit.
If you’re looking to build yourself Videoguys has a great article that I’m mostly following for a home box I’m putting together.
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