Hi Guys, Having joined your group only three days ago I do not know how often the topic of what computer to get has come up. I guess quite a few times. Donald, I will not comment on your specification in detail but agree with Alan to /go for the best your wallet can stand. /What to get obviously depends largely on what you want to do. Some people easily get carried away thinking that unless they have the absolutely best they can not do anything at all. I started editing with a P2 computer long before digital cameras. My first editing software was Premiere 4.2. I wonder how many of you still know it. My first HDD had a capacity of 4Gb. The video was captured via a Miro DC30 capture card with massive compression. During capturing you virtually had to stop breathing to avoid dropping frames. 32Mb memory was considered out of this world. BUT - I was able to make videos much better than with analogue editing suites, even though the computer crashed or hung up a few times during the day. What am I trying to tell you? Well, get the best you can afford but be careful with the so-called "would be nice" things which usually cost a lot of money. I bet you will NOT notice a difference between HDDs with 8 or 16Mb cache. Just as important as the actual hardware you get is the configuration of your computer. I have seen many super computers not performing at all as a result of bad configuration.
And remember, whatever you get today will be an old hat in 6 months anyway. Enjoy Uwe Donald Cailler wrote: > > What do you think about these two 160 drives: $ 54.99ea - (2) Western > Digital160GB Hard Drive - SATAII 8MB Cache for for use as RAID mirror > for OS as you suggested... I've been told that maybe the 8MB Cache is > weak and should be at least 16MB ...should I have my guy change these > drives? Does it matter? > Thanks! > > Thanks > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Alan K Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED] co.uk > <mailto:alan%40theatreorgans.co.uk>> > To: Adobe-Premiere@ yahoogroups. com > <mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 9:33:56 PM > Subject: Re: [AP] NEW VIDEO COMPUTER > > Case color - irrelevant. > PSU underpowered - 750W preferable to allow for expansion. > Mobo is OK - personally I prefer Asus. > CPU is fine. > Memory needs to be faster and low latency - Kingston is still a good > choice. > Nowhere near enough HDD capability - 2 * 160GB (min) in RAID Mirror > for OS. 2 * 1TB in RAID Stripe for data. Extra single HDD for AP > 'scratch' would be an advantage. HDDs are now very cheap. > DVD drive is excellent but dump Nero. Nero started off very well but > has become bloatware and often interferes with other programs. > Graphics card is OK but something with 1GB memory would give you more > speed. Two monitors are great for AP video editing. > To take advantage of 4GB (or more) memory you need Win XP64 or Vista > 64. XP is only just hanging in there, better with Vista as long as > PPro 2 is OK with it - I have not checked. > > The price is average, you could do better by going to a small > independent company who specialise in 'performance' PCs and haggling. > You need as much power as you can get, unless you're happy to do > something else whilst your PC is rendering video. Video can take huge > amounts of storage and AP also needs a scratch area for extra speed, > away from your main storage drives. > > I have more work than I can handle so not looking for more, but I > specialise in high end PCs for turnkey systems that are the most > memory/speed hungry and would recommend that you go for the best your > wallet can stand. Consider more memory, but you will need a 64bit OS > to take advantage of it. Check that GPU drivers are compatible with > 64bit OS. If you feel competent, consider building your own to reduce > costs, but do remember to use an anti-static wrist strap. > > Regards, > > Alan. > > www.theatreorgans. co.uk > www.virtualtheatreo rgans.com > Admin: ConnArtistes, UKShopsmiths, 2nd Touch & A-P groups > Shopsmith 520 + bits > Flatulus Antiquitus > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Don > To: Adobe-Premiere@ yahoogroups. com > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:43 PM > Subject: [AP] NEW VIDEO COMPUTER > > This is a new system that I might have built for video editing...can > what do you guys think? Does this look like a good deal? > > I use Adobe Premier Pro 2.0 > > Athenatech A602B Black Case w/ 450 Watt Power Supply > MSI P45 Neo3-FR Motherboard > Intel Q6600 2.4GHZ Quad Core CPU > (2) Kingston 2GB 800MHZ PC6400 DDR2 Memory > Western Digital 500GB Hard Drive - SATAII 16MB Cache > Pioneer DVR2910 20x DVD-RW w/ Nero Essentials 8 Suite > eVGA nvidia 9600GT 512mb DDR3 Video Card > WinXP Professional > > Total w/ Tax = $1097.16 > > I would appreciate any input. > > THANKS! > > . > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ 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/
