Multithreading on budget, need comments and advice

[toshvan]

I'm putting togther a working rig I'll use for video editing. Need some multithreading on budget so I came up with the configuration below.
So I'd like to ask for opinion about the choice of components and PSU. Also I'm wondering whether the PSU
is suitable for this setup...

Intel Pentium D 820
Asus P5LD2 Pentium 4 LGA775 Intel 945P/ICH7R
Cooler Master CI5-9JDSB-0C (LGA775)
Corsair TWIN2X1024-5400C4 DDR2, XMS2-5400 2x64Mx64non-ECC 2x240 DIMM
Inno3D GeForce 7600 GST PCI Express (500/1400MHz) / 128MB DDR3
Maxtor IDE HDD 300GB MAXTOR AS 7200rpm 16MB SATAII
Asus DRW-1608P3S/BLACK (DVD+/-RW) Bulk
Cooler Master eXtreme Power (RS-430-PMAP)
and ether some Matrox or Pinnacle video editing card




Links to reviews of other components if anybody is interested:
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2736
http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/printpage.php?id=379
http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=554
http://www.sysopt.com/features/memory/article.php/12028_3571016_4
http://www.octools.com/index.cgi?caller=articles/corsair/twin2xpro/xms2.html

 

[Powermoloch]

what's your budget in $$$?

 

[toshvan]

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Around 1000$ and I need to slap some value monitor in there, too.

I'm kinda more looking for info if the above stated setup will be stable enough. Local dealer will give me signifecent discount but they don't have much to choose from.
So I'm more or less stuck with choice like Asus boards and optical drives, Maxtor disks and Cooler Master PSU's :-/
I've always liked AMD, but right now I can only afford Intels dual-core cpu's...

 

[cmdrdredd]

If you buy online you can get a dual Core AMD setup for about $500 and that leaves KB/Mouse and Monitor and that can fill in the rest of the $600 in your budget, unless you get a generic crt on sale.

If you want some better components like a nicer case etc you will spend a bit more.

 

[stevty2889]

The 820 is one of the crappiest CPU's you could get. If you insist on a pentium-d, go with the 9xx series, the 8xx series runs very very hot. Performance wise the pentium-d isn't a good choice at all. The X2 3800+ now sells for ~$150, and it performs at the levels of a pentium-d 950(3.4ghz). Core 2 duo is the best, but hard to get right now. That psu should be enough, although Fortron is usualy the best choice for budget PSU's, they are inexpensive, but don't sacrifice quality.

 

[dexvx]

Get a Intel 965board with an E6300 is budget permits. If not, then I'd suggest at LEAST a 965 board (future upgrades permitting) and a 9xx (perferably 915) series Pentium-D. You can also get an AM2 X2-3800, which would be also ok.

You can skimp to a 7300 if you're doing nothing but video editting.

 

[bob4432]

for video editing i would do whatever is needed to get the most cpu and storage - use a sh!tty gpu as it won't matter. what matrox/pinnacle card are you talking about - is it just a 1394 card?

 

[toshvan]

Thanx for the great answers

Btw, the card will be for real-time editing, I'm not sure what model right now but it shouldn't be to power hungry. I kinda don't want to skimp too much on the video card, I like to play a game from time to time...
I'm not sure X2 would be available anytime soon here, online buy is not an option too, my country's distance makes it too complicated. Let's say I go Intel 9xx, why 965 board? is the performance gain worth it?
I think Core 2 duo works with 945, Asus states rev2 and later of P5LD2[/i]

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: toshvan
Thanx for the great answers

Btw, the card will be for real-time editing, I'm not sure what model right now but it shouldn't be to power hungry. I kinda don't want to skimp too much on the video card, I like to play a game from time to time...
I'm not sure X2 would be available anytime soon here, online buy is not an option too, my country's distance makes it too complicated. Let's say I go Intel 9xx, why 965 board? is the performance gain worth it?
I think Core 2 duo works with 945, Asus states rev2 and later of P5LD2[/i]

just make sure the board you get does support c2d. a bunch of people bought the uber expensive 975 boards early on, then to get it in the bum when intel changed the voltage setup for the conroe....

let me know what real time card you are getting, i am doing some premiere 2 work and my cpu is maxing out a lot, seems worse than premier pro (i think that was v7??), was thinking of going to a o/ced 3800 x2 @ 2.3-2.4. how do the real time cards do for final rendering to dvd? or is that part still all cpu intensive? unfortunately the video i have to work with(client provided) is less than ideal(pesonally fo sd video i like beta converted to mini-dv), so i need to put a noise reduction filter on it. seems to take forever to render.....

 

[dexvx]

945 doesn't officially support Conroe because it officially doesnt do 1066FSB. Obviously some board OEM's circumvent this. However, 965 does have the advantage of native Core2 support as well as future Quad-Core support.

 

[toshvan]

Hmm, if Asus says rev2 and later supports core2 duo than I guess it is so. Good to know that upgrade is possible, even if it isn't officially supported.

I really like the X2, but no friend is coming form US soon enough...

Originally posted by: bob4432
... i am doing some premiere 2 work and my cpu is maxing out a lot, seems worse than premier pro (i think that was v7??), was thinking of going to a o/ced 3800 x2 @ 2.3-2.4. how do the real time cards do for final rendering to dvd? or is that part still all cpu intensive? unfortunately the video i have to work with(client provided) is less than ideal(pesonally fo sd video i like beta converted to mini-dv), so i need to put a noise reduction filter on it. seems to take forever to render.....

As I know the final rendering is always CPU calculated, the more filters, transitions, effects, pluggins and stuff, the more time it takes. Real time is for preview while working on the project.

 

[bob4432]

Originally posted by: toshvan
Hmm, if Asus says rev2 and later supports core2 duo than I guess it is so. Good to know that upgrade is possible, even if it isn't officially supported.

I really like the X2, but no friend is coming form US soon enough...

Originally posted by: bob4432
... i am doing some premiere 2 work and my cpu is maxing out a lot, seems worse than premier pro (i think that was v7??), was thinking of going to a o/ced 3800 x2 @ 2.3-2.4. how do the real time cards do for final rendering to dvd? or is that part still all cpu intensive? unfortunately the video i have to work with(client provided) is less than ideal(pesonally fo sd video i like beta converted to mini-dv), so i need to put a noise reduction filter on it. seems to take forever to render.....

As I know the final rendering is always CPU calculated, the more filters, transitions, effects, pluggins and stuff, the more time it takes. Real time is for preview while working on the project.

thanks, looks like i need a boost in cpu.....as this video needs quite a bit done to it, i have a ~5video layers...ugh and the video will be ~1:30long. my cpu will be putting in overtime. how i wish somebody would make rendering farm software for the small scale using Gbe...