[Jordan White]

All of you. I would like for you to hear me out. I know how to build my own computer. I’m majoring in Computer Science at Kennesaw State University. I fix computers for a living. I’ve extracted hard drives from other computers before. I often keep up with the latest news regarding computers. My computer works well. Turns out that when you convert a 4K RAW file to a DPX or an image sequence, and then import it into Adobe Premiere Pro, and then render the timeline, it plays quite well. I have the ability to upgrade my own system. What I need to do would be to extract both the hard drive and the optical DVD and Blu-ray drives and place them in a new system. Heck, my system is a tower, and that’s the beauty of towers, they can be easily customizable and upgradable because of their modular components. I can replace the motherboard. I can definite go from 1 GB graphics to 4 GB graphics from AMD Radeon to NVidia GeForce. I had a computer hardware class in high school where I examined internal computer components. I even graduated with honors in high school because I took every technical course the school had to offer. Adobe Premiere Pro, if you may have forgotten, is starting to add file format support for so many digital cinema cameras, including the top cameras in use, Red Epic and Arri Alexa. Also, Intel is going to have like 8 or 10 core desktop processors in early 2015. Reports show that they may be working on an 18 core processor. Of course, DaVinci Resolve runs on my system, but it’s a true combination of hardware and software that helps the footage to play back realtime. What I would usually do would be to take the files off of the camera, put them on the hard drive, and play them in the editor. In case you were wondering, my computer is a Dell Studio XPS 435T/9000 system from 2009 with Intel 1st gen i7 3.2 Ghz Quad Core processors, 12 GB RAM, AMD Radeon 5800 1GB graphics, 2 TB hard drive, and is all in a tower for easy customization. I also hear that Intel is starting to integrate graphics capabilities in their processors. Combine this with the graphics cards from NVidia or AMD, then you have a great combination. I hear Intel Iris Pro graphics has the ability to handle 4K displays, but according to my theories, not necessarily able to handle realtime digital cinema camera footage playback. One more thing. I don’t work in visual effects or post production yet. I’m just starting to experiment with this stuff on a personal level and not a business level.

[Jordan White]

Actually, all of the cameras you mentioned would be what my 4K would be dealing with. $7,000 is a lot to spend on one computer. Computer stuff was never really cheap in the first place. A decent system for home use, my Dad says, would cost around $2,500 or less, so yes, this computer stuff is not cheap, and neither is the Mac Pro or the HP Z820. It would be hard just to save $7,000 for one computer, mind you.