Thanks very much for the help Alan. I will pass on the comments to the guy who's building my computer. Greg
Greg Rothschild Photography http://www.gregrothschild.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan K Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 12:50 AM Subject: Re: [AP] Noob > Hi Greg. > > Red flags: > > 1) You only really need 80Gb HDDs for OS & programs, preferably 2 drives > in RAID 1. I have that setup fully loaded with many programs and still > 30Gb spare! :-) > > 2) Storage HDDs are not big enough. For the small extra, 500Gb or even > 750Gb (SATAII of course) would be far better. I use 2 x 500Gb HDDs in RAID > 0 and believe me, they can quickly get full if I'm running several PPro > projects. I have a WD 500Gb for dumping video backups on my LAN and that > is starting to fill. It's also abysmally slow - should run at 100 speed > but only achieves 10 !!! :-( > I have an old PIII machine with a 1GHz proc., which by today's standards > is slow, but it's very fast as a server and runs 3 x USB printers, so I'm > now leaving the 80Gb IDE drive in it for OS and programs and fitting a > SATAII PCI card along with a 750Gb HDD for more backup storage and when > funds permit, I may even add another 750Gb and put them both into RAID 0. > > 3) The Intel DP35DPM mobo spec only mentions 1 x eSATA with RAID support. > If the other 4 are SATAII and can be used in RAID then it's a good buy, > otherwise I'd look for something else with support for RAID on all 6 > ports. > > Some thoughts....................... <g> > > Regards, > > Alan. > > www.theatreorgans.co.uk > Admin: ConnArtistes, UKShopsmiths, 2nd Touch & A-P groups > Shopsmith 520 + bits > Flatulus Antiquitus > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Greg Rothschild > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 3:34 AM > Subject: [AP] N > Hi all- > New guy here... waiting for my new computer to be built so I can get > busy. I > wanted to run the specs by the group to see if anyone thinks I'll have > issues editing hd footage from a Canon XH-A1. Here's the main parts: > > Intel DP35DPM Intel Socket 775 ATX Motherboard > Nvidia Quadro FX-560 video card (2 dvi outs, plus s-video/component out) > 4g ddr2 800mhz ram > Hard drives (4): Western Digital 250GB. One drive for os and programs, > two > drives for video footage (RAID0), one drive for scratch, media, etc. > Antec TruePower TRIO 650w power supply > > See any red flags? I read specs 'til my eyeballs burned and still feel > like > I'm missing something. Oh yeah- I'll be getting CS3. > Thanks for your time. > Greg > > > > . > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
