Recommend me components for video editing rig

[ny888]

It's been awhile since I built a new computer but need a faster machine for video editing.

No overclocking and no gaming at all on this new rig. Just regular computer work and video editing most likely with Premiere Pro or Vegas. I also use Photoshop and After Effects and have a Matrox rt.x100 card.

I would like 3 hard drives in this setup.

Looking to upgrade from 17" LCD to larger widescreen.

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[pkme2]

Need to PM you some info.

 

[gsellis]

Make sure you have your PCI slot. Videoguys has a $200 tradeup to the new card, but I did not see it without the bundled suite ($2k).

Intel Dual Core or 2 x Xeon dual cores (4 cores). 1GB (2 if you are going to do HDV). Creative Labs SB Audigy/2 with IEEE1394. 2 250-500GB WD or Seagate drives. 1 250GB same (OS). nVidia based 78xx series card. Dell 2x07/3x07 monitor (or the Apple equivalent). NEC/BenQ DVD Writer.

 

[LikeLinus]

Here's the setup I use at home.

Intel C2D E6600
2GB of Ram
Nvidia 7900GT KO
73GB SCSI 15K for OS/Apps
320GB SATAII for production storage
320GB SATAII for backup

(2) Dell 20" 2005FPW Monitors

I really need to pickup a card like the x100. Anything else at home is overkill (unless you are doing it for money).

At work I use a dual Fiber Channel card with a Medea 2TBx2 (RAID) that uses 320 SCSI 15K drives and then another 1TB unit for editing. With an Matrox Axio HD, dual Xeon and Quadro FX 5500.

 

[ny888]

Thanks for the responses so far.

Interested in which motherboard I should be looking at. 965 or 975 chipset?
Since I don't do gaming, should I look at Parhelia video cards instead of the 7x00 cards?

 

[LikeLinus]

Originally posted by: ny888
Thanks for the responses so far.

Interested in which motherboard I should be looking at. 965 or 975 chipset?
Since I don't do gaming, should I look at Parhelia video cards instead of the 7x00 cards?

I got my 7900GT KO as part of a bundle with the E6600 and Gigabyte P965-DS3. I don't game either. The 7900 is going to be a much faster card though. Parhelia is ideal for 3-4 display solutions. We were using a DigisuiteLE set, but moved to the Quadro cards here at work.

I've been very happy with the set and it's pretty fast at rendering.

I too was looking into the Parhelia cards. Mainly I wanted dual DVI output and TV output = Triplehead. The downfall I found is that the Parhelia cards are only able to output to VGA, DVI and TV at the same time. I didn't want to put VGA to an 20" LCD.

EDIT: This has actually changed. The APVe supports dual digital and tv output now. I was not aware of that. But for some reason the APVe still only has 128mb of ram. Not sure why.

Plus the 7900 GT KO has component output dongle, so I can output HD or SD content to a TV and just go with a single screen for review. So it was a win-win.

 

[ny888]

Originally posted by: pkme2
Need to PM you some info.

Aloha Mike - I haven't received any PMs. Would like your info, thanks.

 

[ny888]

LikeLinus - thanks for the information !

 

[mshan]

http://videoguys.com/DIY.html

 

[pkme2]

Your profile doesn't have an email address. Neither can we send you a Private Message.

Send me a PM so I can return reply.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: ny888
Recommend me components for video editing rig.

Get the Bella DV 3.0 keyboard with jog/shuttle controller. :thumbsup::laugh:

 

[ny888]

Sweet keyboard ! A little pricey though and I already have a Premiere Pro keyboard and a Shuttle controller.

 

[compressor]

Here is the system I put together for Vegas and DVD production.

ASUS P5B-E (on board firewire, good overclocker)
G.SKILL (2 x 1GB) DDR2 800 (reasonabley priced)
Core 2 Duo e6600 (4 meg cache to help rendering)
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro CPU cooler (quiet, cool)
eVGA 256-P2-N615-TX GeForce 7600GT (will handle games if I evered played one)
Three Seagate Barracuda ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording) 320GB
(1 for system, 2 for Raid 0)
COOLER MASTER Centurion 532 case (adds a firewire and two usb ports on front top)
SAMSUNG IDE Multi-DVD (DL) Burner With 12X DVD-RAM (handles all formats)
CORSAIR HX520w ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W (great reviews, modular, quiet)
MITSUMI 3.5" Internal USB 2.0 digital card reader with Floppy Drive (just plug'em in)

All shipped from New Egg for $1377.