Questions about my editing workstation

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Hey guys, these are the specs for my Mac Pro that I have fcp installed on(and soon AE)

MacPro 2.8 8CX/3X/1G/320/2800XT/SD/BT

I installed 8 Gigs of ram on it the day I bought it. My question is this:

I plan on shooting a lot of HD footage this summer and want to know if I should get an external drive to load the footage on or get the 4 terabyte memory upgrade?

Also, what kind of video card should I get or upgrade too?(within a couple hundred dollars price range)

Whats the best alternative to the MAC 30 inch display? Should I spend $800 on ebay and buy a used one or the full 1.8k on a new one?

Any other enhancements or upgrades I should get for my system? I shouldnt have any problems with fcp and ae running on the same system right? Thanks guys and I look forward to your responses!
 
HD footage from which camera? Also FCP and AE have zero conflicts running on one system.

Noah
 
hey noah, the camera is a panasonic gh1 and shoots full 1080, so going to need alot of storage. Ive heard of external drives and that wouldn't be a bad way to go, but if there is a better method, I'm game.

Also, I saw a pic or a post on here once(can't remember where) and it was about storing your footage on some kind of server/host built specifically for footage, so like an external drive specifically for footage, and large quantities.

Thanks.
 
I don't think you'll need tons and tons of storage- it will probably wind up as ProRes or ProRes HQ I'd guess. I like the G-Tech RAID systems though as David suggests a bunch of internal drives would also be up to the task.

Noah
 
Guys what about upgrading to an awesome video card? FCP is skipping frames sometimes and I want to upgrade my video card to something that will last me for a while and allows playback without any hiccups. Thanks.
 
I have no idea what an "awesome video card" means. The 4800 nvidia Quadro runs $1700, and is a strong performer for FXPlugin, and Open GL. Helps with renders in both FCP and Motion. But it might be best to be specific about what you want in a video card. Awesome doesn't help in that discussion.

Frame dropping is basically unrelated to video cards. It is related to drive speed for the most part.
 
David S. said:
I have no idea what an "awesome video card" means. The 4800 nvidia Quadro runs $1700, and is a strong performer for FXPlugin, and Open GL. Helps with renders in both FCP and Motion. But it might be best to be specific about what you want in a video card. Awesome doesn't help in that discussion.

Frame dropping is basically unrelated to video cards. It is related to drive speed for the most part.
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Now don't be a goofball- what David was trying to say was what's important to you in terms of price and performance.

Noah
 
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