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Sowlobro

Sowlobro

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Dear Gentlemen:

I am looking to build a PC that is strong enough to give me excellent real time previewing and be a powerhouse. I would like some of you to share your component list with me and tell me your suggestions as to what I should buy and what I should not buy. I had a Dual opteron system but had to give it back to the production company I worked for. It was a dual 245 system and I was surprised to see that it would sometimes have a hard time previewingon some of the projects I was working on. Now I am looking for a system for myself and need some input. all solution ideas are welcome. I have nothing against Intel based systems either. Thanks in advance
 
http://www.johnrofrano.com/pcequipment.htm

This is identical to the multiple training systems we've recently built. Screaming, faster than our dual Xeons.
I have a couple dual 275 systems, and other than the uncompressed media we work with, I could almost swear the X2's are faster. They sure feel like it, and for a quarter the cost...hard to beat.
 
Why can't I just buy a Dell?
Let me warn you about what Dell does. First read this article on Dell proprietary (non-standard) ATX design. That's right, they have their motherboards and power supplies specially designed to be non-standard and thus not upgradeable so that you have to buy replacement parts from Dell! Then they were quite happy to advertise that their computer comes with an Creative Audigy 2 sound card but they don't advertise too loudly that some features have been disabled to make it cheaper. So they removed the MIDI support! That might not be a big deal for you but my primary reason for buying the card was because I'm a musician who plays MIDI keyboards so that was quite a showstopper for me. They also disabled the digital input or output (I forget which). Then they sold me an nVidia GeForce 2 GTS graphics card with only half the memory of the retail version. Another Dell cost cutting measure.

So Dell has name brand peripheral makers like nVidia and Creative make special cards with disabled features just for Dell and they sell them as if they are the equivalent of the retail version. Beware. This is very deceptive marketing and I would never buy from Dell again.

Finally, I followed the instructions on the Dell web site on how to upgrade my Dell 8100 from Windows Me to Windows XP. They provided programs and drivers and BIOS upgrades and everything. Then when I called Dell for support, the first question they asked was, "Did you buy Windows XP from us?". When I told them I had bought it locally, they informed me that they could not help me since they did not sell me the operating system. End of conversation.

So if you buy a PC from Dell. You must like this type of deception and abuse. You can build your own cheaper and have better quality parts.
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Wow I just bought a Dell and I did not know that!:evil:
 
I've heard bad things about alienware.

If you have a compusa in your area you can go there and tell them what you want in your comp and they'll build it for you.
 
Hmm....thats really interesting about dell, tho it doesn't surprise me. I had my editing computer built from scratch buy a local company in the Niagara region. They're called MediaVice and they speicalize in media computers.
My computer (when bought) had the following stats:
2x250GB WD HDD
2 Gigs of Ram
3.4 P4 CPU
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platnium
Nvidea G-force FX5500

This thing runs like a dream. Rendering 1hour 4min concerts in about 22minutes. (raw AVI, no effects, no transitions). I've since upgraded with yet another 250GB and a 160GB(external) WD HDD. I'm running dual flat screen 19inch CRT montiters. As for external hardware I have a JVC SR-MV50US which is a mini dv deck, 160GB HDD, and a dvd burner. This peice is really a gem to have. I have a 15inch LCD TV sitting on my desk top for my preview moniter. I have my cable line going into a JVC VCR and the VCR goes into the JVC deck. This allows me to record TV onto VHS, DVD, and Mini DV which is kinda cool.

These photos are a few months old, I'll try to get updated ones shortly.

This is a general shot of my gear.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/mediaguykyle/IMG_1644.jpg

The JVC deck and my two cameras. Optura 20 and GL-2 (full loaded)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/mediaguykyle/IMG_1643.jpg
 
HP and SONY VAIO do the same thing. So I bought my new system piece by piece, it's as followed:

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor
ASUS A8N-SLI Premium NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
Albatron GeForce 7800GT 256MB PCI Express Video Card
Corsair XMS 2GB Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory
Silverstone SLI-Ready 650Watt Power Supply
Western Digital Caviar 250GB Hard Drive & x3 80GB External Harddrives
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS Platinum [7.1 Surround Sound]

It runs like a jewel. Though I do hope to upgrade to 4GB of RAM and eventually get the AMD Athlon 64 FX57 in the future.

Jesse
 
NO CA$H said:
If you have a compusa in your area you can go there and tell them what you want in your comp and they'll build it for you.
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They're overpriced. Heck, I could do it for you for cheaper -- including shipping.
 
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