Joseph W. bourke
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The extra hard drive could help, if you put it in the Z800, that is. The RAM will most likely not be at all helpful, since the Z800 takes a particular type of RAM – registered dual-rank memory, which gives it additional speed. The RAM must be installed in pairs, and in particular slots:
https://h20331.https://www2.hp.com/Hpsub/downloads/Mini_WP_Z800_memory.pdf
As usual there’s a document on the HP website, and it will show you how picky the setup is. This is a good thing, not a bad one. If you want to keep your old machine running, I’d just network it to the new one – you can keep your old machine as a “business” machine, for email, project tracking, etc., and keep that stuff off the Z800.
I cannibalized my old workstation, but I also had a desktop machine for business stuff. It enabled me to add all of the old 750GB drives as app drives, then I bought a solid state drive just to run the OS. I think once you see the speed of this beast, you’ll want to keep it on its’ own turf, and not try to share anything. Should you need more RAM, I’ll give you a link to a seller who sells it at a good price. As far as being a dufus, we were all dufuses at some point, and by “dufuses” I mean less knowledgeable than we need to be. Just put in your time on the HP documents site, and you’ll know more than many in a pretty short space of time. I counted down the days while my Z800 was shipping too – it’s really exciting! Wait until you crack open the box…
Joe Bourke
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I’m still on Win 7 and very happy with it, running the CS6 complete suite. It’s stable as can be – I never trusted 8, and once you accept the “free” 10 upgrade, it appears you’ll be locked in to a rental type agreement forever, although I don’t know if that’s really true. But I do know you can’t go wrong with 7.
No wonder he was having problems – a laptop! I have the CS5.5 suite on my Lenovo W510 workatation (core i7, 16GB of RAM, fastest Nvidia laptop card), and it’s poky compared to my workstation. Laptops just do not measure up to desktops – it’s a size for power tradeoff.
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I think it would depend on what version of PPro he was using as well as what codec the 4K video was. There are 12 USB 2.0 ports on the Z800 – 3 on the front, plus a FireWire port on the front should you need it. If you reach the point where you need USB 3.0, you can buy a card for about 10 dollars.
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Nope…it does not. That said, you can pick one up on *Bay for under 10 bucks for an external which plugs into a USB slot, of which there are many.
I just picked one out of thin air, there are dozens. HP also made a dedicated card reader (an internal one) which goes in one of the 5.25 slots on the upper front of the Z800, but there’s no reason to spend thirty or forty bucks on something where you can do the same job for under ten. Just make sure your card model is compatible with the reader.
Joe Bourke
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Hi Duke –
Give yourself 12 minutes with this Adobe video on setting up your HP Z800 for Premiere; it will give you the hows and whys of what to expect. As far as your questions go, it’s going to depend hugely on what codecs you’re feeding to Premiere Pro, as well as what version of PPro you’re working with. I’m still on CS6, so if you’re on a later version (somewhere in the CC versions), I think you should see a greater difference in speed. I don’t know whether Neat Video is programmed for hyper-threading, so that’s a question to check out on their website. Also bear in mind that this video is talking about CS5.5, but all of the general information will apply:
Joe Bourke
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You will never be disappointed with this baby! Congratulations! I think I may have sent you this, but here it is again:
https://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01709724#N10013
If you look at the processor specs, this is the fastest Xeon available at the time.
Here’s a link to just about everything you’re going to want to know:
https://h20566.https://www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/psi/home/?sp4ts.oid=3718645#manuals
All the manuals and guides. Before you take it out of the box and fire it up, you might want to crack open the case, and see what’s where. You might also want to check and make sure the RAM blocks and the video card are well seated – this spaceship will have just had a road trip, so there was some jarring in transit.
Here’s a really good PDF – there are many – but read through this guide and get familiar with going under the hood (if you’re comfortable with this. I took mine down to the motherboard just to learn how easy it is. The bright green tabs and bars are the access points to open stuff:
And here’s a good breakdown video to show you how it comes apart – not everything is intuitive, but it’s all really easy. This is a true enterprise class machine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRmtwJW1g0o
And one more just to show you how far you can get with no tools. You probably don’t want to do this, but if you had to, 3 minutes and the motherboard is out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7GopSgXnQk
Have fun!!!!
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
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Why don’t you just use Text on Path, and use a period character? If you’re not familiar with the feature, here’s some info on it:
https://blogs.adobe.com/genesisproject/2007/05/after_effects_101_text_on_a_pa.htmlJoe Bourke
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I second the B&H choice – they even sell “small” rolls which fit very nicely into a run bag and aren’t too heavy. 6 bucks for a 12 yard roll, and it’s good quality tape.
Joe Bourke
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Good luck with it, Duke. As I say, there will be another one along when you’re ready…
Joe Bourke
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Bourke Media
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Hi Duke –
As far as additional drives, go, I plundered all the drives from my old workstation to populate the sleds on my Z800. So my current setup is OS drive, Apps drive, and two Media drives. You don’t need that setup to start, although the second drive would help as a combination OS drive/Media drive. The only drive on my system that’s new is the OS drive, which is an SSD. The Apps drive came from my old machine, and the Media drives came with the workstation.
If you want to keep your savings intact, rest assured that there will be more Z800s available, probably for a long time. There are already Z820s in the used/refurbed pool, and those will get less expensive as time goes on. The seller certainly seems to pass the test on *Bay feedback and availability, so I wouldn’t worry about that.
Joe Bourke
Owner/Creative Director
Bourke Media
http://www.bourkemedia.com