advice on spec of a computer used for premier

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i am a user of adobe premier and want an upgrade to run my system. i am not so worried about the money side, as long as the system is more than capabe of performing all of the tasks of downloading from a DV camcorder, eidting in premier and outputing to both analog y/c and dvd.
 

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P4 2.53Mhz
Asus P4T533
40Gb Seagate Barracuda IV (for system & apps files)
120Gb Western Digital 1200JB (for data)
512Mb PC1066 RDRAM
Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM
Radeon 8500DV
Audigy Platinum
Klipsh ProMedia 5.1 speaker kit
You can add a Plextor or Yamaha burner (if you need one).

That should do it!


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chuck232

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512Mb PC1066 RDRAM
Fer God's Sake!! Everyone, please stop telling people to get PC1066 RDRAM in a P4T533!! It does not work! Different pin numbers. In a P4T533, only RIMM3200 and RIMM4200 will work. You can use the PC1066 RDRAM in a P4T533-C though.

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Chuck, here's a quote from Asus Web site:

The ASUS P4T533 incorporates the Intel 850E chipset with high-bandwidth 1066MHz RDRAM support to deliver the best performance for latest 533MHz FSB Pentium 4 processors. A maximum 2GB of RIMM 4200/3200 RDRAM is supported with a peak bandwidth reaching up to 4.2GB/s.

Can you comment on that?


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Yes. RIMM3200 and RIMM4200 as they said. Your point?

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What do you mean, my point?
Have you read the WHOLE paragraph? P4T533, 1066Mhz?

BTW, the P4T533-C sports the same 850E chipset.

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Yes, and RIMM4200 runs at 1066MHz. PC1066 runs at 1066MHz as well, but the difference between the PC1066 and RIMM4200 is that they have a different connection type.

IIRC, the RIMM4200 is 232 pins and PC1066 is 184 pins. The P4T533 has RIMM slots with connectors for 232 pins, not 184, therefore PC1066 <b><i>WILL NOT WORK</i></b>.

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Well, I'll be damned!
Now, I can apply your signature to myself!

I was unaware of that nomenclature change.
Now let me get this straight, PC800 has same pin count as RIMM3600 and RIMM4200, but not PC1066?
Who's the freakin' moron messing with our heads?
As I see it RIMM nomenclature is based on bandwidth and PC is based on Mhz for RDRAM as opposed to DDR for which PC is accompanied by the bandwidth number.
I can't believe that BS!


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Ok, the original RDRAM is 16bit. That being PC600, (PC700), PC800, and PC1066. They all have the 184 pin connection.

Then, they made a new RIMM, which is now known as RIMM3200 and RIMM4200, which are 32bit, therefore basically combining the Dual Channel into 1 module. They're the 232 pin connector type.

The RAM speed (in MHz) is like this:

PC600 - 600MHz
PC700 - 700MHz
PC800/RIMM3200 - 800MHz
PC1066/RIMM4200 - 1066MHz

Hope that clears things up. :smile:

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I knew about the new 32-bit and no-need-for-two-module-anymore version, but I was confused with the nomenclature.
Thanks, I feel much better now. :smile:
I'll pin your post on my board for a while, as a reminder.


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