Ultimate Premiere Machine

[craeon]

Hi Everyone. I am shopping for a editing computer and have a few quotes I would like to share and get feedback for. I mainly edit SD but am starting to have large HD footage (45 minute final runtime in HVX200 P2) to work with. I would like to step up to a better PC(!) as soon as possible.: Here are the two quotes. Tell me whatever you think I am spending too much or too little on.

FIRST QUOTE
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Intel Xeon E5420 Quad-Core 2.50GHz 64-bit Processor, 12.0MB L2 Cache, 1333FSB, s771,
$ 461.00
$ 922.00
EM64T, Heat Sink & Fan, Retail Box, BX80574E5420A - (3Y) - [SW#7026]
-1
Tyan Tempest i5400XT (S5396A2NRF) Motherboard, Intel CPU Support: (Xeon 5000, 5100, 5300
$ 533.00
$ 533.00
B/O
& 5400 Series), Intel 5400 MCH + 6321ESB Chipset, 1066/1333 FSB Support, Socket 771, Ultra
Quiet - No Fan/Heatsink Only), Dual Channel DDR2-667 (Effective 1333 MHz), 8xFB-DIMM
(32GB Max), 6xSerial ATA (SATA300) w/ RAID 0/1/5/10 Support, 2xPCI-E x16, 1xPCI-E x8,
2xPCI-X (64bit 133/100MHz), 1xPCI (32bit 33MHz), RealTek ALC888 8-Channel AC'97 Audio
w/SPDIF, Dual Intel 6321ESB 10/100/100 BaseT (Gigabit) Network, up to 8xUSB 2.0 &
2xIEEE1394a (Firewire400) (TI Chip) - (3Y) - [SW#7050]
-4
Kingston Value RAM (KVR667D2D4F5/2G), 2.0 GB PC5300 DDR2 (667 MHz) FB-DIMM, CL 5.0,
$ 114.00
$ 456.00
B/O
Dual Rank x4, Fully Buffered ECC - (Lifetime Warranty) - [SW#5544]
-1
Antec Titan 650 Server Tower, 650 Watt EPS12V TruePower Trio Power Supply (Intel & AMD
$ 240.00
$ 240.00
Certified), 4x5.25 ext bays, 6x3.50 int bays, 1x120mm Case Fan (Inc), Optional: (2x92mm Case
fans), 2xUSB & 1x1394, Black - (3Y) - [SW#6540]
-1
LG Electronics Super Multi Double Layer 22xDVD Writer (GH22LP20), Write Speeds: (12xDVD-
$ 39.00
$ 39.00
RAM, 22xDVD+/-R, 16x/12xDVD+/-R DL, 8x/6xDVD+/-RW, 48x/32xCD-R/RW), Read Speeds:
(16xDVD-ROM, 48xCD-ROM), Lightscribe - Direct Disc Label Printing, 2.0 MB Buffer,
SuperLink Buffer Underrun Protection, PATA (ATA66), With Software, Black, OEM - (1Y) -
[SW#10152]
-1
Asus Radeon EAH4870 (EAH4870/HTDI/512M), ATI Radeon HD 4870, 750 MHz Core, 256bit
$ 288.00
$ 288.00
B/O
512MB DDR5 (3.60 GHz), 480 Stream PUs, PCI-E x16 2.0, DirectX 10.1 & OpenGL 2.0 Support,
Video-Out/TV-Out & HDTV-Out, 2 x DVI (Dual-Link), DVI to HDMI Adapter Included, HDCP
Support, Dual Monitor Support, Powered by ATI, Retail Box - (3Y) - [SW#10108]
-1
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 320 GB Hard Drive (ST3320613AS), Serial ATA (3Gb/s), NCQ, 7200
$ 66.00
$ 66.00
OS
RPM, 16 MB Cache, OEM - (5Y) - [SW#5381]
-2
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.0 TB (1000 GB) Hard Drive (ST31000340AS), Serial ATA (3Gb/s),
$ 135.00
$ 270.00
Storage Raid 0
NCQ, 7200 RPM, 32 MB Cache, OEM - (5Y) - [SW#6687]
-2
Antec TriCool 92 3-Speed 92mm Case Fan (TRICOOL 92MM) - 3-Speed Manual Switch, 3-Pin & 4-
$ 15.00
$ 30.00
Pin Power Connectors, Fan-Speed Monitoring Support, 1200-2200 RPM, 21-38 CFM, 15-27 dBA,
Retail Box - (1Y) - [SW#4766]
-1
Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition DVD-ROM with Service Pack 1 (66J-05523) - 64-bit
$ 202.00
$ 202.00
Operating System - 128.0GB Max. Supported Memory - Up to Two Individual Processors
Supported - English/Anglais - OEM - (1Y) - [SW#6226]
-1
Assembly & Three Years Labour and the Manufacturers' Parts Warranty (One Year Sigmawave
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
Shipping & Handling). (SW-WARR-3+1)

TPS/GST
154.80
TVQ/PST
243.81
Signature:_______________________________________
TOTAL
$ 3494.61

SECOND QUOTE

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Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz Quad-Core 64-bit Processor, 12.0 MB Cache, 1333FSB, s775,
$ 421.00
$ 421.00
Retail Box (w/ Heat Sink & Fan), BX80569Q9550 - (3Y) - [SW#7094]
-1
ASUS P5Q-E Motherboard (P5Q-E), Intel CPU Support: (Core 2 Duo/Quad, Pentium 4/D), Intel
$ 191.00
$ 191.00
P45/ICH10R Chipset, Socket 775, Ultra Quiet - No Fan/Heatsink Only, 800/1066/1333/1600
FSB Support, 4xDIMM (16GB Max), Dual Channel DDR2-1200 (Effective 2.40 GHz), 6xSerial ATA
(SATA300) w/ RAID 0/1/5/10 Support, 2xPCI-E x16 2.0, 1xPCI-E x16, 2xPCI-E x1, 2xPCI (32bit
33MHz), Marvell 88SE6111 IDE Controller: [1xATA133 + 1xeSATA300], Silicon Image Sil5723:
[2xSATA300], Dual 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network, ADI AD2000 High Definition 8-channel Audio
w/SPDIF, up to 12xUSB 2.0 & up to 2xIEEE1394a (Firewire400) (LSI Chip) - (3Y) - [SW#9549]
-4
Kingston Value RAM (KVR800D2N5/2G), 2.0 GB PC6400 DDR2 (800 MHz), CL 5.0 - (Lifetime
$ 34.00
$ 136.00
Warranty) - [SW#7022]
-1
Antec Titan 650 Server Tower, 650 Watt EPS12V TruePower Trio Power Supply (Intel & AMD
$ 240.00
$ 240.00
Certified), 4x5.25 ext bays, 6x3.50 int bays, 1x120mm Case Fan (Inc), Optional: (2x92mm Case
fans), 2xUSB & 1x1394, Black - (3Y) - [SW#6540]
-1
LG Electronics Super Multi Double Layer 22xDVD Writer (GH22LS30), Write Speeds: (12xDVD-
$ 40.00
$ 40.00
RAM, 22xDVD+/-R, 16x/12xDVD+/-R DL, 8x/6xDVD+/-RW, 48x/40xCD-R/RW), Read Speeds:
(16xDVD-ROM, 48xCD-ROM), Lightscribe - Direct Disc Label Printing, 2.0 MB Buffer,
SuperLink Buffer Underrun Protection, Serial ATA (SATA150), With Software, Black, OEM - (1Y) -
[SW#10151]
-1
Asus Radeon EAH4870 (EAH4870/HTDI/512M), ATI Radeon HD 4870, 750 MHz Core, 256bit
$ 288.00
$ 288.00
B/O
512MB DDR5 (3.60 GHz), 480 Stream PUs, PCI-E x16 2.0, DirectX 10.1 & OpenGL 2.0 Support,
Video-Out/TV-Out & HDTV-Out, 2 x DVI (Dual-Link), DVI to HDMI Adapter Included, HDCP
Support, Dual Monitor Support, Powered by ATI, Retail Box - (3Y) - [SW#10108]
-1
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 320 GB Hard Drive (ST3320613AS), Serial ATA (3Gb/s), NCQ, 7200
$ 66.00
$ 66.00
OS
RPM, 16 MB Cache, OEM - (5Y) - [SW#5381]
-2
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.0 TB (1000 GB) Hard Drive (ST31000340AS), Serial ATA (3Gb/s),
$ 135.00
$ 270.00
Storage Raid 0
NCQ, 7200 RPM, 32 MB Cache, OEM - (5Y) - [SW#6687]
-2
Antec TriCool 92 3-Speed 92mm Case Fan (TRICOOL 92MM) - 3-Speed Manual Switch, 3-Pin & 4-
$ 15.00
$ 30.00
Pin Power Connectors, Fan-Speed Monitoring Support, 1200-2200 RPM, 21-38 CFM, 15-27 dBA,
Retail Box - (1Y) - [SW#4766]
-1
Microsoft Windows Vista Business Edition DVD-ROM with Service Pack 1 (66J-05523) - 64-bit
$ 202.00
$ 202.00
Operating System - 128.0GB Max. Supported Memory - Up to Two Individual Processors
Supported - English/Anglais - OEM - (1Y) - [SW#6226]
-1
Assembly & Three Years Labour and the Manufacturers' Parts Warranty (One Year Sigmawave
$ 50.00
$ 50.00
Shipping & Handling). (SW-WARR-3+1)

TPS/GST
96.70
TVQ/PST
152.30
Signature:_______________________________________
TOTAL
$ 2183.00


thanks for checking it out.

[Steve2012]

You have some nice specs there in the first quote. little pricey for SD.

Both your specs are a little overkill for SD (IMHO).

My specs

ASUS P5K-E MB

Intel Core 2 Q6600 2.4 GHZ

4G Ram 800mhz

3 320g Western Digital HD

Nvidia Geforce 8600 1g Ram

1- 3 speed cooling fan

750 Watt power supply

Large tower with heat temp monitor and fan speed clock etc, etc....

Windows XP Pro 32 bit (thought I'd play safe for a while)

I run:

AE 7 - PP2 - Photoshop cs2- & have never had a problem,
(mind you I do not edit HD but am quite confident I can).

I usualy run the applications all at the same time while i'm working on a project & it has never bogged down.

Total cost

$1,250.00 a year and a half ago. ( bout $600.00 to 750.00 todays cost).


Steve

[seejay1031]

If CS4 i what you want to run, and you want it to be the ultimate machine, it seems that you need the NVIDIA Quadro CX card ($1700), at least if you believe the hype. I have no expierience with the card but its being sold as "the accelerator for CS4", but seems that its main advatage is in encoding h.264. Useful, but I'd hope for more for 1700... stilll I would love to read a shootout comparing the difference.

as far as proccesors go-
What about the new i7 chips? They are quad core hyperthreaded (which is like 8 cores) and I read that they did away with the frontside bus entirely, which should give faster memory-chip interaction, if I understand correctly. And cheaper than xeon.

I like your Hard Drive setup mostly, but I'd probably add another small drive for audio only (assuming you use a fair amount of audio seperate from your video source). Also make sure you have an esata port somewhere, it will make backing up much faster.

I think I'm gonna go spec one out on newegg...