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TAKIS

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hello,

i am a newcomer in the field and iam trying to make my home studio-my pc has

cpu-p4 presc s478 3.0ghz 800/1m


ram-1g

hdd sata 120gb

m/b p4 albatron px875pro ?

svga gf fx5700 le ?

they told me that if iwant to run avid i need to change basically motherboard and graphics card ,also to buy one more display and farthermore an external harddisc.Because i listen many and iam new i dont know what to do, my wish is to make a system for editing short docs and experimental movies,training my skills and possibly make a job of awedding or something(i make photos all ready).
I wonder also if instead os reforming my pc(if it needs) ,i could give something more buing a good laptop(i dont have one) with allthe standards ineed(m/b ..etc) and in use it for my purpose with the other pc someway.

They told me also that if i change m/b and graphics card its not sure that they fit with the processor so i have to change him..........


iam planning to use dvx for this project

thank you in advance

takis ATHENS
 
Takis - I would say don't bother changing anything - with one question: do you *HAVE* to run Avid? If you do, then you might look to changing as it does seem Avid is friendlier with some hardware as opposed to others. If you don't have to go Avidt then consider something like Sony Vegas.

It seems to me that you're not trying to train up as a pro editor, you're more interested in editing stuff you've made. So there is no need to go Avid; in fact I'd warn against it. It can be rife with problems unless you know what you're doing - that is my experience anyway. Vegas will pretty much just work out of the box, has a nice interface and good audio tools built in and it runs well on almost any hardware.

I am running a P4 800MHZfsb, 768MB RAM and a lowly matrox G550 video card and it runs like a dream editing DV.

A graphics card that supports multiple screens is handy, that's for sure, but with Vegas you could set up the window configurations and with the press of a key, simply switch around as needed, depending on whether yuo're doing effects, trimming, etc. You can also route the video out the firewire bus, to your camera and out to a small TV if you have one, so you can see what you're doing that way.

Regarding extra hard disk, that's always a handy thing. Again though, at first you could get away with it. Once you've loaded up Vegas and are editing, you'll find things are pretty snappy, unless you're doing other disk access to the system drive.

It all depends on how much $$ you have. I'd save the $$ that you'd spend on buying a new GFX card and processor or MB, and get Vegas and another HD and possibly another display (Assuming your card does dual monitors)

Good luck.

Aaron
 
AZA,
thanks again for the response,its true that my interest is in making movies,for this iam taking also some lessons of cinematography,where i met afriend willing to teach me how to use avid (its very popular in the cine-people),otherwise i didnt mind.
I have done a bit of photography and iam good to imagine stories,so i convinced my shelf to try make it one like an experiment.
But its sure like we say in Greece ,"wearing the clothes of a priest ,it doesnt make you a priest"
 
They announced an upgrade for Studio users to Studio HD. They also announced Symphony Nitris.

All in all a bit of a non-eventful NAB for Avid so far. I'm not complaining too much because Xpress Pro HD has really delivered everything that I need in this stage of the game.

Chris
 
http://www.dvxuser.com/V3/showthread.php?t=23956

Sorry, couldn't resist. :) I think most of my advise here still applies with the exception of the difference between Xpress Pro 4.5 and Xpress Pro HD. Though Studio HD is just announced with a projected release time, not a solid date. If the rest of the programs excite you and would be useful, then go for it. With the Studio HD announcement Avid also dropped the price of the package, so it's better than it was before in every respect. But it's still a different production cycle that Xpress Pro HD, so it's possible that Studio users will run into a similar situation where Xpress Pro HD is on version 6.5, but Studio is still on version 5.1 (or whatever will ship with Studio HD).

Chris
 
Takis:

It sounds like you want to start off doing some basic editing and then get into bigger projects. I recommend Avid Xpress Pro HD (with Mojo and program monitor) if you can afford it) as it can do basic editing with a lot of high end features (for later). You'll learn a very valuable tool and be able to take it to the next level. It's a worthwhile investment if you're really serious about this stuff. Very professional setup.

Regarding hardware, I recommend you learn from my mistakes. I originally tried to build a non-qualified Avid system that was a bit outside of their specs. It gave me more problems too many problems and I had wished I just put the money towards a better system. Now, I've built a new system that is not quite qualified but pretty much has all of Avid's specs in there. It not only is much more powerful, it is far more reliable.

For the hardware specs, I recommend the following:

Motherboard:

Tyan Thunder i7525 (S2676)
http://tyan.com/products/html/thunderi7525_spec.html

CPU’s:
Two 3.6Ghz Xeon processors

Graphics Card:
nVidia Quadro FX 1400

Soundcard:
Creative Labs Soundblaster Audigy

Memory:
2GB minimum

IEEE-1394 PCI card:
ADS Pyro PCI 64, part #API-311

Internal EIDE Hard Drive (boot drive with Windows XP Pro):
160GB at 7200rpm

Video Storage Hard Drives:
SATA drives (300GB or more 7200rpm) set as a RAID

TOTAL: Approx. $4200
I know a guy that could build this for you. Just let me know and I can refer you.

-DC-
 
You know how to reach me. :)

-DC-

p.s. The price is actually a little cheaper - about $4000.
 
Hehehe, yeah, that's what I meant. Just shoot me a private email when you're ready and I'll give you all the details. :)

-DC-
 
thanks for answering DC,
i bought an external western digital 200gb,plus 1g of memory(i have 2g now).
my graphics card is GF FX5700LE,BUT it doesnt support two displays,so i need an other one.
i have to keep this system at the moment,but trying to buy things which would be usefull when i can make an upgrade.this card (nvidia fx1400) you suggest to me,you think it could work with my system as it is now(after this basic upgrade idid).
IN few words i have toget the best from what i have now upgrading in a reasonable cost

takis
 
Takis:

Bottom line: I recommend staying as close as possible to Avid's qualified hardware list.

If you have to upgrade a little at a time then I guess ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Regarding the FX1400 . . . you may want to consider the FX3400 which is way more powerful. The same hardware, just basically a lot faster.

Good luck!

-DC-
 
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