If any of you lot are bored and fancy a challenge...
Got a mate who needs a video editing and rendering machine, he has got a quote from somewhere else, no idea where. It looks pricey but is using some very top end stuff so it's probably not that bad. He'd obviously like to spend as little as possible and I'm fairly certain that a far far cheaper machine will be able to attain a significant percentage of the raw power for a not so insignificant saving.
His request:
[comments are his not mine, but lol at saving money on the keyboard and mouse]
Bear in mind he is running something like an AMD 3800+ currently, I'm not even sure he wouldn't be better off just buying a pretty standard Quad core system as the upgrade in comparision is likely to be huge.
Your thoughts?
Got a mate who needs a video editing and rendering machine, he has got a quote from somewhere else, no idea where. It looks pricey but is using some very top end stuff so it's probably not that bad. He'd obviously like to spend as little as possible and I'm fairly certain that a far far cheaper machine will be able to attain a significant percentage of the raw power for a not so insignificant saving.
His request:
High defintion editing system with support for DVCPro HD and Sony XDCAM
Super Micro X7DWA-N motherboard
4GB ECC reg, buffered 667 DDR2 RAM
2x NH-U12F-XEON Quiet Intel XEON CPU Cooler
2x 2.66Ghz 1333Mhz X5430 Quad core Xeon processor (12MB cache)
250GB Hitachi EIDE 7200RPM 8MB Cache
2x Seagate 750GB 32MB Cache SATA drive
ATI 512MB 3650 DDR3 PCIe dual DVI graphic card
Matrox Axio LE PCIe hardware only - adds support for Panasonic DVCPro HD (P2) and Sony XDCam to Premiere Pro CS3, plus component and HD-SDI I/o
ADS Pyro PCI Card 1394DV 64Bit
2x 2m DVI-D (M) to DVI-D (M) cable for connecting monitor to graphics card
Power DVD 7 OEM [I don’t think this is essential]
Nero 8 essentials - CD and Data DVD writing software for your PC
Pioneer 115D DVD Writer Black
Edirol MA-15D Powered Speakers [Nice! But not essential]
HannsG 19'' HS191 LCD Monitor, DVI and D-Sub Inputs, res 1280 x 1024
Antec P190 case - two PSU, 650W for PC and 550W for hard drives. Quiet case suitable for Xeon processors
AVG Anti-Virus single user 1 year OEM [Not essential]
Windows XP Professional
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 (Windows) - Includes Encore and OnLocation
BLACK Floppy Drive [Not sure this is needed?]
Optical wheel Mouse (black) [Already have ball mouse]
Windows Keyboard Black [Already have black Dell keyboard]
DVC tutorial DVD - Matrox RT.X2 Discs 1 & 2 [Not required]
Only addition is Newtek Lightwave 9.4
The above spec is retailing at £6,145.25 Including VAT at 17.5%
[comments are his not mine, but lol at saving money on the keyboard and mouse]
Bear in mind he is running something like an AMD 3800+ currently, I'm not even sure he wouldn't be better off just buying a pretty standard Quad core system as the upgrade in comparision is likely to be huge.
Your thoughts?