New Build for Video/Media Editing

[YANIV]

1. This system will be used with the following software for media encoding/editing rendering

a) Avid Xpress Pro HD
b) Adobe Premiere Pro CS3
c) Sony Vegas 8.0
d) Xmpeg 5.0
e) AutoMKV & AutoGK
f) Adobe Soundbooth
g) Cakewalk

2. Budget is around $2300 tops.

3. I will be buying the parts from India as I live there.

4. Brand Preference - Personally I am an AMD-ATI fanboy. However, I'm building this system for someone else so it doesnt matter just need the best deal.

5. I dont intend on using any of my current parts. Its a totally new build.

6. I have searched numerous threads and am very confused to be honest.

7. I plan to overclock the system to as much as possible without extreme measures

8. I'm on a tight schedule to get this system up and running so im in a hurry


I've edited out my config. Could you give me a build for that amount of money (USD 2300) and for the purposes listed above right from scratch. I'm not sure of running SLI but i might need to for higher resolutions in the future.)

I've readded an updated rig.. could you tell me the pros cons.. i really do want to go for amd and if it was my own system I would have but al i want to do is give the best performace to the guy who Im building this system for so let me know if its Intel or AMD.

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300


eVGA nForce SLI FTW (ive heard over and over again abt the video corruption bug so i have to change this ? also SLI is not a must have)
alternative: Abit IP35 Pro - Gigabyte GA- X38 - DQ6 (whats the major difference between the X38 and X48 variants ?) is it really worth the change ? any DFI boards ? i need rock solid stability which is another reason ive ruled out the Nforce boards)

Geforce 8800 GT (Which brand do I go for ?)

Coolermaster Real Power 550 or Corsair HX620W

Corsair Twin2X4096C4DHX (4-4-4-11) i think the timings are..

Coolermaster CM 690 Cabinet

Dell 19" WideScreen (UltraSharp) whatever that is...[was planning on two of this but i like heyheybooboo's suggestion so will go in for an LCD HD TV...

now.. your suggestions please.. thanks

my main worry now is the motherboard..its realy a hard choice..

 

[Blain]

Use an Intel chipset MB.

 

[DSF]

If you're going to use RAID 0 on a business machine, I would have a very clear backup plan.

Yes, you should get the SATA drive if for no other reason than it will create less clutter. I also think the Q9300 is an odd choice for that kind of overclock, given its low multiplier. If you do go that route, I would suggest DDR2-1000.

 

[YANIV]

I've edited out my config. The reason i did this was so i could get a fresh unbiased setup list from you guys. also.. the reason i chose q9300 was because it falls in the same price category of the q6600.. of course im very tempted to go in for the Q9450 though if it justifies the price difference.. the 12MB cache is very interesting though it doent show any improvements in benchmarks. any inputs.

 

[YANIV]

is anyone there.. sorry for double posting... really need help quickly..

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: YANIV
The reason i did this was so i could get a fresh unbiased setup list from you guys. also.. the reason i chose q9300 was because it falls in the same price category of the q6600..

You consider a $60 price difference to be... "in the same price category"? :shocked:

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: YANIV
is anyone there.. sorry for double posting... really need help quickly..

Then I think editing out your original build was a mistake. People here are generally more willing to help posters tweak an existing build than create one from scratch.

 

[heyheybooboo]

MainConcept encoders in Avid Pro HD, Premiere and Veags seem to favor AMD.

No SLI - but I would consider dual monitors (one of which being a 16:9 HD monitor or LCD HDTV)

64-bit OS, lotsa RAM, 3 or 4 HDDs (OS, data, capture, scratch, backup, audio, video - whatever you want to call them)

 

[YANIV]

Originally posted by: Blain

Originally posted by: YANIV
The reason i did this was so i could get a fresh unbiased setup list from you guys. also.. the reason i chose q9300 was because it falls in the same price category of the q6600..

You consider a $60 price difference to be... "in the same price category"? :shocked:

what i meant is relatively. Considering im spending 2400 USD on the system, thats not much. whereas the jump from a Q9300 to a Q9450 is huge.

Originally posted by: DSF

Originally posted by: YANIV
is anyone there.. sorry for double posting... really need help quickly..

Then I think editing out your original build was a mistake. People here are generally more willing to help posters tweak an existing build than create one from scratch.

Hmm sorry dint know that. will post back my initial configuration.

Originally posted by: heyheybooboo
MainConcept encoders in Avid Pro HD, Premiere and Veags seem to favor AMD.

No SLI - but I would consider dual monitors (one of which being a 16:9 HD monitor or LCD HDTV)

64-bit OS, lotsa RAM, 3 or 4 HDDs (OS, data, capture, scratch, backup, audio, video - whatever you want to call them)

do they really favor amd ? if so is that difference enough to favour AMD instead of an Intel quad core performance wise ? I think they favour AMD because of the memory bandwidths and the on die memory controller ??

yup im looking to go with 64bit OS. though Vista or XP64 im not sure.. which would you recommend....

 

[heyheybooboo]

Originally posted by: YANIV

Originally posted by: heyheybooboo
MainConcept encoders in Avid Pro HD, Premiere and Veags seem to favor AMD.

No SLI - but I would consider dual monitors (one of which being a 16:9 HD monitor or LCD HDTV)

64-bit OS, lotsa RAM, 3 or 4 HDDs (OS, data, capture, scratch, backup, audio, video - whatever you want to call them)

do they really favor amd ? if so is that difference enough to favour AMD instead of an Intel quad core performance wise ? I think they favour AMD because of the memory bandwidths and the on die memory controller ??

yup im looking to go with 64bit OS. though Vista or XP64 im not sure.. which would you recommend....

Vista.

I imagine IMC and reduced memory latency has a bit to do with it. AMD and Intel provide programming documentation and in the past direct programming subsidies. In this case I'd guess it has more to do with a specific instruction set in SSE4a from which MainConcept takes advantage.

It's not uncommon. DivX seems to favor Intel instructions (but DivX is not really 'quad' capable in running 4 parallel threads - it's all clock speed).

You can't really go wrong one way of the other in this case performance-wise with either AMD or Intel (can't say that very often).

 

[YANIV]

Unlike all previous iterations of SSE, SSE4 contains instructions that do operations not specific to multimedia applications. It features a number of instructions whose action is determined by a constant field, and, in a rather surprising move, a set of instructions which take XMM0 as an implicit third operand. In addition, SSE4 totally lacks support for operations on 64-bit MMX registers; SIMD integer operations can be carried out on 128-bit XMM registers only.

Hmm either ways.. IMC seems to be a good enough reason to go with AMD.. if i were to go with amd.. what mobo processor combo ?? ive done so muc research on intel mobos im clueless abt AMD mobos.. i heard the 8200a chipset or something is good. what mobos carry that ? thanks again..