Video editing rig

adam83

adam83

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'Sup

No limits. Windows based - as I use Premiere Pro. Need to look at a serious upgrade/replacement of my system.

Current rig for editing: Pentium D, 2.8, 4Gb... Yes I know. It struggles.

Any advice appreciated. Would only be used for vid editing, as I use other rig for design/development/general.

Would going beyond quad be overkill? or beneficial for video editing - I need a serious kick in the arse with information for this.
 
Any other programs used? Premiere is one of many that can make use of a nvidia gpu to do all of the encoding, massively faster than any CPU.
 
Anything you can use from the old one? Case, dvd writer, screen, operating system, mouse and keyboard?


Edit...we need an approximate budget.
 
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Well I've got an old system that's been sitting still for a while.

Old coolmaster case, which is probably salvageable. I remember fitting it with a fairly decent power supply just before I stopped using it, so probably that to.

DVD, keyboard, mouse as well all sorted, I have a spare key too for the OS - or would it be worth going for 64 bit? - reckon 4gb is enough RAM?
 
CPU aint so important, when you can do all the encoding work on the graphics card using cuda.


quad will be fine.
 
Assuming you can use your case, psu, monitor.
here's a intel system.

Intel i7 860-£231.99
gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3-£109.98
Gskill ripjaw 4gb DDR3-pc3-12800C9-(£84.99each two of these for 8gb)
sparkle geforce275-£189.99
samsung F3 ecogreen 2tb-£129.99
intel X25-M 80gb-£192.99
windows 7retail 64bit-£99.99


All these prices include VAT so the total is £955.93

An AMD quad system would be cheaper still, by about 100pounds using a 955quad.
 
When you say video editing will you be using avid at all?

If so I would spec an entirely different machine (that yes would cost more but do so much more)

Also will you be using hi def material?
 
Just using a combination of premier pro and after effects. Yes to high def.

Not looked at avid? much better? I'll have a look around now...

Thanks
 
Well for more professional results then yeah it's pretty much industry standard.

Also if going higher end footage the i7 920 minimum but xeon if you can afford. Also quattro card would be good.
 
Hey,

So the conclusion before I get the rig signed off is the following:

Processor : One Intel Xeon W3503(2.4GHz,4.8GT/s,4MB,DC)- Memory runs at 1066MHz
Memory : 12GB(6x2GB)1066MHz DDR3 ECC-UDIMM
Hard Drive : 320GB (7200RPM) Serial ATA II with NCQ and 16MB DataBurst Cache
Additional Hard Drive : 320GB (7200RPM) Serial ATA II with NCQ and 16MB
Raid Controller : C1 All SATA Hard Drives, NON-RAID for 2 Hard Drive
Graphics : 512 MB Quadro NVIDIA FX580
Audio : Creative SoundBlaster Xfi Titanium Music Card (PCIe card)


Storage isn't an issue as I've access to a few hundred TB's.

Anyone small tweaks you can recommend....
 
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