Hi there,
After some advice on building a new system for a friend who does a lot of video editing. System will be running software such as Adobe After effects, Adobe CS4, Avid Express, Canopus ProCoder and other similar programs. So speed is kinda important! From what I understand, processor, ram, video are the major factors. How important is hard drive speed etc. eg for the scratch disk. Am I better to go RAID0 for the scratch disk/tempory files, RAID 1 for storage of projects etc. Would I better going AMD and more RAM and better graphics or going the Core I7 direction? These are the sort of suggestions I'm after.
Source of parts isn't critical at the moment as when he makes his decision I'll just go find the best deals at the time (tend to use newegg.ca and tigerdirect.ca). Looking to build within the next month though. Budget is ideally around $1000 canadian but upto $1500 canadian.
On this budget I know it won't be kick ass, but will better than the current machine (P4 3GHz, 512Mb RAM!!!!!)
Current thoughts are in this direction:
CPU: Intel Core I7 920 (will overclock)
RAM: DDR3 10666 6Gb
Mobo: Asus P6T mobo
CPU cooler: Sunbeam CCTF 120MM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTS260 or ATI equivalent
Not sure to go Quadro or stick with GTS260. How does equivalent price point Quadro match up in performance terms to the "gamer card". Advice really appreciated here!
Hard drives: 2x 1Tb WD RE3 drives
Any and all advice greatfully received!!
Thanks
After some advice on building a new system for a friend who does a lot of video editing. System will be running software such as Adobe After effects, Adobe CS4, Avid Express, Canopus ProCoder and other similar programs. So speed is kinda important! From what I understand, processor, ram, video are the major factors. How important is hard drive speed etc. eg for the scratch disk. Am I better to go RAID0 for the scratch disk/tempory files, RAID 1 for storage of projects etc. Would I better going AMD and more RAM and better graphics or going the Core I7 direction? These are the sort of suggestions I'm after.
Source of parts isn't critical at the moment as when he makes his decision I'll just go find the best deals at the time (tend to use newegg.ca and tigerdirect.ca). Looking to build within the next month though. Budget is ideally around $1000 canadian but upto $1500 canadian.
On this budget I know it won't be kick ass, but will better than the current machine (P4 3GHz, 512Mb RAM!!!!!)
Current thoughts are in this direction:
CPU: Intel Core I7 920 (will overclock)
RAM: DDR3 10666 6Gb
Mobo: Asus P6T mobo
CPU cooler: Sunbeam CCTF 120MM
Graphics: NVIDIA GTS260 or ATI equivalent
Not sure to go Quadro or stick with GTS260. How does equivalent price point Quadro match up in performance terms to the "gamer card". Advice really appreciated here!
Hard drives: 2x 1Tb WD RE3 drives
Any and all advice greatfully received!!
Thanks