New Video Editing Rig ...

[ny888]

Still a couple of months away on this new build but wanted your expertise and comments on the components I've chosen. Nothing is set in stone so I'm open to suggestions.

This rig will be for normal day to day Internet and Office applications as well as Photoshop, After Effects, and Premier Pro. No gaming.

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.asp?ID=4564988

Case: Antec P180
MoBo: Asus P5B-E
CPU - Intel E6600
HSF - Zalman CNPS7700
Memory - Corsair XMS2 2Gb DDR2 675 (PC2 5400) Dual Channel
PSU - Corsair HX520w
Video Card - PNY Quadro FX560
OS Drive - WD Raptor 74GB
A/V Drives - Seagate 7200.10 320Gb x2
Optical - NEX 3550a DVD Burner
Monitor - either Acer 22" wide or Dell 2407fpw

What happens if I decide to upgrade to Vista ? Is this good enough to run Vista?

 

[Ayah]

I wouldn't go with the 7700. I'd go with a Thermalright U-120 and a Yale Loon @ either 12 or 7v.
Yes, it will be more than enough if you go to Vista.

 

[Hulk]

If you are going to be video editing I assume you'll be using firewire quite often.

The P5B-E built in firewire uses the VIA chipset.

The P5B-Deluxe uses the TI firewire chipset which most editors seem to strongly prefer.

Ask around in some video editing forums.

 

[LikeLinus]

Is this for professional editing or just home?

 

[ny888]

Mostly home but I also edit videos for work but I wouldn't call it professional.

 

[ny888]

Hulk - thanks. I wasn't aware they were different chipsets.

Does anyone know if there are any P965 boards with 2 IDE channels?

 

[n7]

There are not to my knowledge.

P965 doesn't even natively include IDE.

It's added via third party controllers such as VIA, JMicron, etc.

 

[smopoim86]

dont get the 7700 cooler, i am using it on a d820 and it isn't much better than stock, get a arctic cooling freezer 7

 

[ny888]

Thanks for the info about the cooler.

I'm now thinking of going P5W DH for dual IDE. I'm thinking I can use an older IDE HDD as a scratch drive. Do you think that's a good idea?

 

[VisionxOrb]

if this is a new rig, why are you going pata at all for hard drives?

 

[bob4432]

i would wait and see what the quad core intels are doing price wise in a couple of months. no reason to go dual core when you can go quad core as the encoding is nearly strictly cpu and hdd limited.

as far as using a pata hdd for scratch, no issues, but i am assuming it is an older left over unit? just make sure it is not more than ~1-1.5yrs old - in that time hdds besides the 7200.10 are pretty equal to todays sata/pata in terms of str with the exception of the raptor series.

i would save the $$$ on the aftermarket hsf and just use the stock unit

 

[mshan]

http://www.videoguys.com/system.htm

http://videoguys.com/DIY.html

 

[ny888]

Originally posted by: VisionxOrb
if this is a new rig, why are you going pata at all for hard drives?

PATA only for the scratch disk, otherwise SATA for all other drives.

 

[ny888]

Originally posted by: bob4432
i would wait and see what the quad core intels are doing price wise in a couple of months. no reason to go dual core when you can go quad core as the encoding is nearly strictly cpu and hdd limited.

as far as using a pata hdd for scratch, no issues, but i am assuming it is an older left over unit? just make sure it is not more than ~1-1.5yrs old - in that time hdds besides the 7200.10 are pretty equal to todays sata/pata in terms of str with the exception of the raptor series.

i would save the $$$ on the aftermarket hsf and just use the stock unit

I am planning to build in January so that might be an option then for me.