What setup do you have for editing?

Prodigi · Post by **Prodigi** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:32 am

Hardware
2.4 GHz dual processors.
3.62gb ram.
120gb, 80gb, 80gb, and 140gb internal hard drives.
250gb external hard drive.
256mb Radeon 9550 video card.
Dual 21 inch CRT monitors [HUEG amounts of desk space required]

Software
Adobe Premiere 6.0
Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5
Adobe AfterEffects 6.5
Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Particle Illusion 3.0

Corran · Post by **Corran** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:32 am

XiaoMovieMaker wrote:I wonder why people buy Quad Cores
Intel stated that unless your computer is connected by a network or if you're an IT Professional, you can only use 2 of the 4 cores >.>

So unless you have some multi hard drive network, isn't a quad core a waste of money? A core 2 Duo is basically the same thing O_O

Quad-core doesn't require multi-threaded apps to be useful. The most instant gain you will receive is from running multiple tasks at once. Say you are running 8 separate programs. Depending on load and such, the OS may run two programs per core thus spreading the load.

Of course, if you do have a multi threaded app that can run more than two threads simultaneously (such as the newer versions of premiere) You will notice a much greater gain. Especially in a video editing hobby like this, you can't go wrong with more processing power.

Anyways, here are my specs... I plan to upgrade my motherboard, ram, and processor in a few months...

--Sony Bravia 40" 1080p LCD TV with a 24" widescreen Dell monitor off to the side
--Windows Vista Ultimate
--ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
--AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+
--1 TB total HDD space, 500 GB of which are in a redundant RAID 1
--2GB PC3200 DDR Ram
--Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
--Antec P180 case
--Logitech Wireless Mouse and Keyboard combo
--Maddog 16x dual layer DVD burner

Falconone · Post by **Falconone** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:05 pm

My computer
AMD Atholon 64 3400+
2GB Ram
600 GB hard drive
Ati Radeon 9600 Pro 256 mb

1 GB Ram and 400 GB hard drive are new.

Jnzk · Post by **Jnzk** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:32 pm

Antec Solo case + Seasonic 550W PSU
-Gigabyte DS4 P965 motherboard
-Core 2 Duo E6600 + Scythe Ninja
-2 GB RAM
-500 GB HD
-Geforce 8800GTS 640 MB
-X-Fi XtremeGamer
-floppy/cardreader combo
-DVD+-RW drive

Samsung 226BW 22" display
MS Business Hardware Pack keyboard+mouse
Logitech Z-5500 speakers
Canon MP160 printer/scanner
Vista Home Premium 64-bit

Photos

MadScientist · Post by **MadScientist** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 4:45 pm

Here's what's under my hood...

Antec P190 case w/ Antec 700w PS
Intel D805 Dual Core (not o.c.'d at the moment)
4gb DDR2 Corsair XMS memory
3 x 320gb Seagate Sata II drives running in RAID 5
1 x 500gb Western Digital Sata II drive
2 x nVidia 7950GS 256mb running in SLI
Soundblaster X-Fi Platinum
Logitech X-530 5.1 Speakers
1 Pair Behringer TRUTH B2031A active studio monitors
Samsung 226BW 22" Widescreen LCD, Viewsonic 19" VX924 LCD

For software:
Premier Pro 1.5 & CS3
After Effects 7 & CS3
Photoshop Extended CS3
Sony Sound Forge 8
Cubase SX 3
Fruity Loops Studio

NeoQuixotic · Post by **NeoQuixotic** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:47 pm

Just built my new rig a week ago:

Hardware
Antec P180B gen 2
Corsair HX620W PSU
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R rev 1
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz @ 3.4 Ghz (HSF: Tuniq Tower 120)
2GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2 800 @ 850 Mhz 4-4-4-12
2x 160 GB WD1600YS (320 GB RAID 0)
500 GB Samsung HD501LJ
EVGA 8800 GTX 768 MB
Pioneer DVR-112D DVD-RW
Sony DDU1615/B2s DVD-ROM
Sony MPF920 Floppy
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
19" Dell M992 Shadow Mask Flat CRT
Logitech Z-5300e 5.1 Speaker System
Sennheiser HD 515 Headphones

Software
Windows XP Pro
Vegas Video 6.0
Photoshop CS3 Extended
VirtualDub
AVIsynth
MeGUI
CCCP

I should probably start editing again, but I've been enjoying my games too much ^_^!

Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:30 am

"The Ice Box"

Intel T7600
Aopen 1945GTt-VFA
2GB Corsair Matched
Panasonic UJ-810 Slim Blue-Ray BD-RE
Seagate 100GB 7200 RPM SATA
Seagate 100GB 7200 RPM SATA
Western Digital "My Book" 1.5TB IEEE1394b
Integrated AVID HD Breakout Box (HD video capture)
Tri-boot: Windows Vista Ultimate, Win 2k, Mac OS X (x86 hack)

Editing software:
Avid Liquid Pro
AfterEffects CS3
Automatic Duck
Premiere 6.0
FinalCut Pro HD

JazzyDJ · Post by **JazzyDJ** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:09 am

Speaking of my new system. I'm having a problem where if I install Vegas it causes problems with Windows Media Center? I have a TV Tuner and it works fine until I install Vegas, and then I have to uninstall vegas and do a system restore to get Media Center Reciever Service to work again and see my TV Tuner in Media Center.

Vegas is causing it to crash. So I don't know what to do about this. It's making me choose between them.

Anyone else have issues like that on their system with Windows Media Center?

Should I just go out and exchange Vegas for Premiere?

Funky-kun · Post by **Funky-kun** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:35 am

CPU: Athlon XP 1.8Ghz (3000+) clocked @ ~2.25 Ghz
RAM: 2x 512 Dual DDR 400 clocked @ Dual DDR 500
GPU: PNY GeForce 7900 GT
HDD: 2x80 7200RPM RAID 0
PSU: 400 W
OS: MS Win Vista Ultimate
Keyboard: Laptop sized Benq :O
Mouse: Laptop sized Benq again :O
Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster713n (17")

Software :
Adobe Premiere 7.0
Adobe After Effects 7.0

crappy CPU still manages to handle them lol