Building a computer to run Premier Pro

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redherring2049

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Hey guys. I just preordered Adobe CS5.5 Premier Production, its a preorder and won't be here until sometime in May. My current computers aren't equipped to run an editing software as heavy as Premier, so I'm going to need to build a new one. I looked and compared parts/prices on TigerDirect to the system requirements, and it is around 800 bucks. However, I'm not much of a computer guy, so the parts I picked might not be even what I need, and my question is do you guys have an recommendations for parts and pieces for the computer to run the creative suite?

I'm just shopping around right now and I figure you guys could help me out. The parts I picked are:

Blu-Ray/DVD combo drive
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy SE
StarTech PCI 2 port firewire PCI card
SEA Barracuda 7200 Harddrive, 1TB, SATA-3G, OBM
GeForce GTX SE, 1GB
4g RAM
AMD Phenom II X4 965
Windows 7 Home

Thanks in advance guys!
 
what number gtx...what motherboard? What type of ram?

The gtx video cards are not technically workstation cards although the high end ones will hold their own. I'd recommend going with something in the quadtro series. Th FX570 is a good card for what your doing. Also the WD Caviar Black is faster then the seagate barracuda. It also comes with a 5 year warranty. I'd recommend the caviar black over the barracuda. I dont know what motherboard you need, but ram type and cpu type is based off of what motherbard you chose. Most mobos have built in sound and firewire so you may or may not need the addon cards. If you plan on using built in sound, make sure its not realtech on the mobo.

I'd pick a cpu you want, (i prefer intell over amd, butt your choice). Then find a mobo with the options you want. then find ram that fits that mobo.
 
Honestly a good editing computer will cost 2 grand min.
It should have:
An i7 or Xeons under the hood. (atleast 4 cores if not 8 with HT. dual cpu) (I run an I7 with 8 virtual cores)

6 or more GB of ram (I use 12GB DDR3 1600)

A workstation Graphics card (I use dual Nvidia 480's that are gaming , but workstation cards are better...the dual gfx has enough power even thought its not designed for gaming. A more cost effective option would be the fx 570)

Hard drives should be a raid so you have increased security and speed. (I run a raid 1 for my os drives and a 6 disk raid 5 for my media drives, Yes i know a little overkill)
 
Take a look on youtube. There's a bunch including one I did a few months back. Search "video editing machine" and see what you find.
 
Networker said:
Look here:

http://www.videoguys.com/Guide/E/Videoguys+DIY8+Hex+Core/0x094b1737e0a06c495e5178a167fbdbd7.aspx

Should answer most of your questions. I built the "cheap version" of this a little while back. Runs CS5 PP with no problem.
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I'd strongly recommend against that MOBO. It has realtech audio. Many programs you may use down the line don't like realtech audio. You will most likely have to to get a sound card. Check out some other asus boards with non realtech audio.
 
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You can't have too much RAM, too much hard disk space, too many cores or too fast a monster display card. Isn't it nice to know though that you can always try anyways!
 
Thanks for all the replies, dudes. I'm looking to spend about 800 dollars. I have two monitors already, and a 19 inch hdtv I could use as a monitor, but if I can find a full HD monitor for a good price, I will consider it. Does anybody know the requires for OnLocation? I'd like to install it to my laptop, a mid-grade Toshiba satelite. Also, do you know how many computers you can install CS5 to legally? I work with a few editors who could also use the upgrade.
 
Try $1000 and you will be set. (Pretty much)

Try $1000 and you will be set. (Pretty much)

Hope I am not too late!

I just build an i7 system, for a friend, with 8GB of RAM and smoking Antec 3 tower case, custom 580 watt power supply,a DL DVD burner, 7200rpm 1TB SATA drive, an ATI 5850 HD Video card with 1GB of DDR5 RAM and the mainboard is ready for two video cards running in SLI mode when he gets some more money. With a 20" LED monitor the total was $1146 (including tax), without the monitor you are looking at $975 out the door.

SHOP CAREFULLY.

Don't burn yourself by skimping on the processor (i7 is a monster for the price), nor the RAM, nor the mainboard. You want a mainboard that is going to be upgradable to at least 16GB, if it supports SLI mode with two video card slots, even better, and RAM is king. If you get a good case and power supply you can look forward to putting that second video card in, along with more RAM and some monster hard drives later on.

At the very least get the i7 processor and work from there. The 4 extra virtual cores WILL be used when you do video editing and the i7 chews through rendering. It's only a hair shy of the quad core Xeon when it comes to performance.

Mail me if you have any questions, I can tell you EXACTLY what to get on your budget if you are willing to wait to get $1000 together.

Peace.
 
Hey guys.

This is what I'm looking at right now:

ASUS P8P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950

Please let me know!
 
redherring2049 said:
Hey guys.

This is what I'm looking at right now:

ASUS P8P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950

Please let me know!
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Can't say anything about the MB since I don't have any experience with it. However; the SATA 6 is of value mostly if you plan on putting in an SSD as your system drive. I haven't seen a normal HD that gets even close to that I/O rate.
USB 3.0 devices are beginning to show up so those are nice to have.
The processor rocks. I've got one in my machine and it is nice.
 
lsc9x said:
Hope I am not too late!

I just build an i7 system, for a friend, with 8GB of RAM and smoking Antec 3 tower case, custom 580 watt power supply,a DL DVD burner, 7200rpm 1TB SATA drive, an ATI 5850 HD Video card with 1GB of DDR5 RAM and the mainboard is ready for two video cards running in SLI mode when he gets some more money. With a 20" LED monitor the total was $1146 (including tax), without the monitor you are looking at $975 out the door.

SHOP CAREFULLY.

Don't burn yourself by skimping on the processor (i7 is a monster for the price), nor the RAM, nor the mainboard. You want a mainboard that is going to be upgradable to at least 16GB, if it supports SLI mode with two video card slots, even better, and RAM is king. If you get a good case and power supply you can look forward to putting that second video card in, along with more RAM and some monster hard drives later on.

At the very least get the i7 processor and work from there. The 4 extra virtual cores WILL be used when you do video editing and the i7 chews through rendering. It's only a hair shy of the quad core Xeon when it comes to performance.

Mail me if you have any questions, I can tell you EXACTLY what to get on your budget if you are willing to wait to get $1000 together.

Peace.
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5850 is a gaming card not a workstation card. Also ATI doesn't do SLI, they do crossfire. I'd agree the i7 is tone pf power/dollar. the 950 beets most xeons and only the absolute best beat it. When you put the best i7 vs the best Xeon, the i7 wins (slightly) and it about a third the cost. Advantage to xeon is that you can run 2 of them blowing the i7 out of the water. For single cpu installs I7 is the best.
 
redherring2049 said:
Hey guys.

This is what I'm looking at right now:

ASUS P8P67 (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601950

Please let me know!
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Still have realtek audio on there...also thei7-950 is a 1366 cpu...you need a mobo that's 1366 not 1155

I'd recommend this mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131658

has usb 3.0 for future external drives, non realteck audio...and 2 gfx slots for future crossfire/sli
 
Hey Guys.. Last night I bought the i7 960 1366. The motherboard in the post before me looks pretty good. I like that it has a firewire right on it. Can anyone recommend a graphics card?
 
I bought the NVIDIA GTX 470, and have no complaints. It's the recommended card by the DIY crew at Videoguys.com.
 
Yeah its been recommended to me also. I was going to do 4 gigs of ram and later upgrade to 8 but I decided to just go with 8 right off the bat. Another question, Does Windows 7 Professional have anything I would want, or would it be better just to stick with Home Premium?
 
redherring2049 said:
Yeah its been recommended to me also. I was going to do 4 gigs of ram and later upgrade to 8 but I decided to just go with 8 right off the bat. Another question, Does Windows 7 Professional have anything I would want, or would it be better just to stick with Home Premium?
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It's been a while since I looked at it, but I think the main difference is in some networking features. Pro will let you join a domain, Home will not. There may be other differences too. Microsoft has a features chart where you can look at the different versions and what they do. I'm pretty sure the Home version will do just fine unless you run a big home network. But in that case you probably wouldn't need to ask :)
 
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