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New video editing computer
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Russ - Posted on Wednesday, January 30th 2008
I am putting together a new video editing computer for some things that are needed. I don’t really have a set budget, but it looks like I’m keeping it under the $2,000 mark. I was looking for something that handles Adobe CS3 (Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop) mainly. My list currently comes to $1,618.86 at NewEgg (though I will be shopping around for the best prices) Here’s what I’ve come up with:
- Antec P182 case for the superior cooling and soundproofing
- OCZ GameXStream 700W Power Supply
- ASUS P5N-E ATX Motherboard
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz (Quad core, *drool*)
- 2x Patriot Extreme 4GB (2×2GB) DDR2 800 (Was considering DDR3, but 8GB DDR2 vs 4GB DDR3 Costs less and I think will be better for what I need)
- MSI GeForce 8600GTS 256MB 128 bit video card (Really just for the display, I don’t think a high end video card is required for video editing but I could be wrong)
- Creative Soundblaster Audigy SE 7.1
- Western Digital Raptor 10,000 RPM 150GB (For the OS drive)
- Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 500GB hard drive (For storage)
- LITE-ON 20x DVD burner
- Microsoft keyboard and mouse (best keyboard and mouse in my opinion)
- Logitech speakers (just because)
- XP Pro 64 bit (I was considering Vista Ultimate for a moment. Yeah, right)
- CyberPower 1500VA 900W UPS (Don’t want to lose anything with our unreliable power)
- Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium: $1700 (So expensive, but so worth it)
So, would anybody change this? I am looking mainly for something to do videos ranging from 30 seconds to 15 minutes. Possibly a lot of effect work, maybe not. I don’t think I will need a dedicated scratch drive with the 8GB of RAM and staying with XP.
It will be mainly for the Adobe Suite but may occasionally have some games played on it. I think the video card will be fine but I might upgrade.
I may also add an additional 500GB drive. I really don’t like running in RAID 0 because of the possibility of one drive failing and all data on both drives being lost. Everything will also be backed up to DVD as soon as I capture the footage from Mini DV tape.
I will not be doing any overclocking on this. I don’t want to risk anything and I don’t want to mess with cooling. That’s why I’m getting a quad core and 4-8GB of RAM. Shaving off 1 minute of rendering time from a 30 minute render doesn’t really interest me.
If you’ve got some suggestions let me know!
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Great setup imo.
Thanks for the comment. I think it should be pretty good for editing and just wanted to get other people’s opinions or suggestions
I think it’s a little bit extreme.
I mean I still have a 1.5 GHz computer, and it can edit videos (15 min) pretty well … sure it takes more then a high-end computer but … I think what you have there is more then enough.
Sure it’s a bit extreme, but I want to be able to work in Premiere Pro and After Effects with the best performance for dollar I can.
It would be my worst nightmare to edit on a 1.5GHz machine.
These parts are all at that magical point of price where they work out to not be outrageously expensive. This will be for a business, not just for fun. And it comes in at a good price I think.
Thanks for the comment!
Ok, if it’s for business then I guess that’ll do very well.
Good luck !
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