Thoughts on this PC Setup?

Well I was thinking of that but everyone seems to suggest triple channel... supposedly it's easier to over clock because 4gb ram doesn't have much headroom? (whatever that means)
 
Nathan.Buxton said:
The big question is why are you looking to make this a hackintosh? In all honesty, windows 7 is just as good if not better than OSX (something I would never say about any other MS OS)
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i'd have to strongly disagree with this, hackintosh is defiantly the way to go being a editor ,great hardware choices.
 
I agree with the buy a mac for final cut pro idea. With Hackintosh, you have no idea when they will drop an update that disables you etc. If you are set on building you are on the right track. GSkill memory is great stuff, so no need to spend extra on corsair. 1600 speed memory is mainly for overclocking headroom. As you push your bclock, your memory frequency goes up depnding on which memory multiplier you use. 6GB is a great place to start with memory as you can always add another triple channel set for 12GB later. You are not going to see much difference in performance unless you are doing a lot of after effects. SSD boot drive is great for overall system responsiveness, and is the number one way to make your machine feel fast. My gaming rig is a EVGA Classified with GTX480 SLI, 6GB 1600 RAM, Core i7 920 OC to 3.6, and 1000W Corsair PS. I use an intel X25M 80GB SSD for my boot driver and WD 640GB drives for storage. If you go SSD, I highly recc the Intel X25M G2 drives (80GB). the P6T Deluxe is a great motherboard. I have built systems with V1 and V2 of that board and they are rock solid.

Also note the gtx465 is much maligned. Go for the GTX 460.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/07/12/nvidia_geforce_gtx_460_review/

FYI, Hardocp.com is the place to ask hardware advice more than here.
 
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Thank you for the suggestions saneproductions.. I've been doing a bit research and have found out the 465 is crap... The 460 seems be praised everywhere but for some reason I'm still learning towards the gtx 470. So from my understanding... premiere takes advantage of CUDA cores, and with the 470 having more than the 460, will there be any noticeable gain?

I'm really considering an SSD now but the price is just way too high... That particular SSD you recommended cost over 200! I have been looking at some OCZ agility models for around $150.. Do you know anything about those?

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Screw the hackintosh. I'm getting the 460... But what advantages does the P6T board have over the UD3R?
 
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Motherboard is the basis for your system. Get a proven one. Asus makes the best boards and I have a lot of experience with that board, it rocks. If you get a non-intel SSD, go sandforce chipset. Saving $50 is not worth the drop in performance. Don't bother with an SSD unless you get a good one. You can always use a WD 640GB black as a boot drive and those perform close to raptors for around $80. Nothing approaches an SSD for boot drive as it makes the whole system seem faster. Look around in the forum at hardocp.com. The 470 is more about gaming performance. The 460 will be fine for video, spend the extra money on more memory, better SSD or more drive space.
 
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Still torn between the two mobos... I've read that gigabyte has a good reputation as well, and it seems to be up there with ASUS. I'm taking a look at the intel ssd and I'm really considering purchasing one... As for the video card, I went ahead and ordered the 460 off newegg for $230.. about $60 less than the gtx 270. Hope I made a good decision cuz I'm having 2nd thoughts.... The GtX 470 has 115 more CUDA cores over the 460.. not to mention slightly more vram.
 
I am sure the gigabyte mobo is good too. Look on hardocp and take all newegg reviews with a teaspoon of salt.

I doubt you would notice any difference between the cards unless you are gaming. Sure the 470 is faster, but the Intel or Vertex 2 is going to make your PC seem much faster in real world use like launching programs and surfing the web. You will never go back to a platter for a boot drive. Just make sure you know to manage your space. If you can't do that, it may not be worth it.
 
Is this machine an editing system or a gaming system? NLE's are finicky and require stability. That's why I suggest Asus boards and Corsair RAM. The Corsair RAM plays well with all memory slots full, something that is important. Lots of motherboard/RAM combos act funky when you have all the memory slots full, but ASUS and Corsair play together very nicely. That's why I and others suggest it.

Bells and whistles are nice, as well as savings, but in the end the #1 goal in creating an editing machine is stability.
 
^ primarily an editing system but will also be used for gaming. Yall have me leaning towards ASUS now, and I never knew that there were issues with having full ram slots. Guess, I'll reorganize my list...
 
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This is the list of qualified DDR3 1600 RAM with the P6T Deluxe V2
 
Here is my (dusty) PC. I worked over all of the cables with heat shrink and wire loom for optimum airflow (and I need it for GTX480 SLI :)) Please note that this is not for editing (I do that on a mac) this is gaming/web/photos only.

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saneproductions said:
I also urge you to post your final build list over at hardocp.com in the general hardware forum. You will get great advice there.
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Making an account right now, thank you so much for all your help.

And that's one mean looking rig! Why not use that as an editing machine?

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I give up making an account on that forum... I tried my email and it says that gmail, yahoo, and hotmail are not acceptable emails... fine, so I made a gmx.com email address and it still won't accept it.. Saying that my email has been banned?
 
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semajha said:
Making an account right now, thank you so much for all your help.

And that's one mean looking rig! Why not use that as an editing machine?

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I give up making an account on that forum... I tried my email and it says that gmail, yahoo, and hotmail are not acceptable emails... fine, so I made a gmx.com email address and it still won't accept it.. Saying that my email has been banned?
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Bummer on that. You could probably save some cash with the advice and deals, but I get that some things are annoying. I don't edit in premiere or avid any more. I started Final Cut Pro in '99 and only too a brief tour of PC for premiere and avid around the launch of OSX and FCP 3 which both sucked :). I like my FCP and have edit stations at work and a laptop to use.
 
FCP's interface is so clean and simple compared to Premiere Pro's... I'm hoping I can pick up things fast when I make the switch.
 
Premiere is a pretty intuitive interface. I like it a lot, though I can't say I've spent a lot of time behind the wheel of FCP. Can't quite get myself to boot a Mac, as I've been a PC guy for so long. You can get fine help here on this forum, there are plenty builders that can give you advice specific to building an EDITING machine (and that's IMPORTANT). What works for a gaming machine doesn't necessarily equate to the NLE world.

Not sure if I'm allowed to mention it, but a lot of good conversation on editing builds happens over on DVinfo.net forums. Harm Millard is a great source of info there and is very open to answering questions. Got a bunch of guys on there that have really tweeked systems for optimal Premiere Pro performance.

Right now I'm running an i7 920 @ 4.2Ghz (using a Noctua cooler, not stock cooler!) and running quite stable.
 
All of the advice I have seen in this post is specific to editing machines. Your advice on ram was good around problems with all slots (especially with overclocked machines). Gskill is good memory though (and certified with that board).
 
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wildfly said:
Is this machine an editing system or a gaming system? NLE's are finicky and require stability. That's why I suggest Asus boards and Corsair RAM. The Corsair RAM plays well with all memory slots full, something that is important. Lots of motherboard/RAM combos act funky when you have all the memory slots full, but ASUS and Corsair play together very nicely. That's why I and others suggest it.

Bells and whistles are nice, as well as savings, but in the end the #1 goal in creating an editing machine is stability.
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I had to look up the whole ram and full memory slots deal and found something interesting that pc builders should take note of when putting together their machine... So it turns out that the only way to use all memory slots without any problems doesn't have anything to do with the brand or maker of the ram(well sorta cuz you still need to have a supported memory for that specific mobo) but the type. Only ddr3 1067 and 1333 support 2 sets of triple channel configuration. 1600 is only supported by 4, 3 and 2.

Glad that's clear, I now know what type of memory to get.

Wildfly, you mentioned that corsair ram and ASUS mobos play together well but I'm looking at the memory support list and corsair isn't even listed.
 
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