Your system looks good Mike. Can you ballpark the cost of the elements, and/or total?
cheers Mark McLaughlin ---------------------------------------------------------------- Best Color Video Production DVD Website Design mailto:[email protected] Ph. 250-744-4111 Fx. www.bestcolorvideo.com/ 1021 Ridgeway Place, Victoria BC. " We Produce Videos & Internet Websites for YOUR Business " ---------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Boom > Sent: August 25, 2011 11:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AP] Configuring a system for Premiere/Photoshop > > > > Memory's cheap these days, so I'd go with 16 GB of RAM > instead of 8 GB. Here's the system I just built for video > editing using CS5.5. I was looking for maximum return for > money invested, so it's not bleeding edge, but still quite powerful: > > - CPU: Intel Core i7 - 2600K - 3.4 GHz (Sandy Bridge > architecture, four core hyperthreading) > - Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe (supports the CPU, includes > SATA 6GHz connections) > - RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series, 16 GB, DDR3, 1600 > - Power supply: Corsair CMPSU-750HX 750-Watt HX Professional > Series 80 Plus > - Graphics card: EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX560 Ti FPB 1 GB DDR5 > 2DVI/Mini HDMI PCI-Express Video Card 01G-P3-1561-KR > - Cache drive: Kingston SSDNow V100 Series SV100S2/64GZ 2.5" > 64GB SATA II Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) > > Some notes: > > The CPU supports caching on an SSD (solid-state drive), so if > you spend a little over US$100, you can add a 64GB SSD as I > did to speed up overall system performance. If you don't mind > spending around US$500, you can get a much larger SSD and use > it as your boot disk for a really big performance boost. > > The graphics card isn't on the Adobe-approved list for CUDA > co-processing by Premiere Pro, but as we discussed earlier > it's easy to modify the Premiere card list so this card will > work with PP CS5.5. I found that all the Adobe-approved > graphics cards were on the pricey end -- this one is not as pricey. > > Make sure you've got a power supply big enough to handle your > mother board, graphics processors, and drives. ASUS has a > power supply calculator on their web site. You choose your > mother board, specify what you're adding to it, and they > total up the necessary power. > > ASUS makes it very easy to overclock the CPU for faster > performance, but you don't want to do it with the standard > fan that comes with the CPU. You'll want to install a beefier > CPU fan to dissipate the extra heat generated by > overclocking. Without it you can fry your CPU. > > This graphics card is big, takes two slots, and extends quite > a way back into the computer. Make sure your case doesn't jam > the motherboard too hard against the hard drives or you could > be cramped for space to run cables. This power supply has > modular cabling, which means you plug in cables as necessary > and don't have unused cables choking up space inside the case. > > If all of this makes you nervous, pay someone experienced to > build your computer for you. > > Good luck, > > Mike Boom > > At 04:53 AM 8/25/2011, Rieni wrote: > >I am going to ask a supplier to configure a PC system for me and am > >wondering what is good nowadays for working with Premiere > and Photoshop, CS5. > > > >The supplier recommended an Asus motherboard with i7 > processor (I have > >no clue what i7 stands for... I stopped reading computer > magazines many > >years ago), 8GB Kingston DRAM3 memory. For graphics board I > can choose > >between on-board intel HD2000 chip with 1GB memory or he can > put in a > >nVidia gForce graphics board for a few Euros extra. > > > >What do you experts recommend? > > > >Rieni > > > > > > > >------------------------------------ > > > >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: [email protected] [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/
