Help me build the perfect computer

2006-10-15 12:01:18

#1

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|7142

I am willing to spend $3,000 USD.

I am a film maker and need a computer that I can edit my films on using a good program.

I want to be able to play BF2142 at maxed out settings.

Should I get a good Windows machine or a Mac since I am a film maker?

I dont really know how to build a computer but I know people who do.

Last edited by Superior Mind (2006-10-15 12:01:43)

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2006-10-15 12:11:23

#2

XxOiLsP1lLxX: Putting the "I" back in TEAM; +48|6870|Kent UK

Well, as you want to make movies I would say go for top of the line Ram + Graphics cards for starters.
1 or 2 X Nvidia 7950GX2 + 4Gig of Crucial Ballistix ram should do nicely on that front

Thats a start :p

~!~Richard~!~

2006-10-15 12:11:53

#3

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7051|132 and Bush

What ever you do just make sure you get a C2D . You will really notice a difference when you go to render the movies.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2006-10-15 12:12:17

#4

l41e: Member; +677|7098

Well, I suppose you know this but if you're going to make 500GB of movies get a humongous hard drive.

2006-10-15 12:12:54

#5

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|7142

Well are there any good editing programs for PC that are as good as Final Cut Pro?

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2006-10-15 12:20:02

#6

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6972|...

dont waste ur time putting a large internal drive ... get a san (tcp/ip + sata +usb) for large storage (2 drives mirrored) ... for you actual system .. use a modest amount of fast drive space (i.e. 2 10k stata drive striped)

Last edited by jsnipy (2006-10-15 15:08:42)

2006-10-15 12:30:33

#7

younggun: Member; +28|7094

E6700 - $500
X1950XTX - $420
Asus P5W DH - $270
Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 2GB - $280
Seasonic S12 650W - $160
Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATA2 - $95 (or you could get 2 and RAID them for $190)
Antec P180 - $120
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum - $185
Any DVD/DVD R will work - on average $40
Zalman CNPS9500 - $64
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Total comes to around $2100 as I'm sure you can find rebates on some of these.

That leaves you $900 for speakers, monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.

That computer will blow through any current games like they are nothing and I'm sure it would compress video super fast too!

2006-10-15 12:41:10

#8

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|7051|132 and Bush

younggun wrote:
E6700 - $500
X1950XTX - $420
Asus P5W DH - $270
Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 2GB - $280
Seasonic S12 650W - $160
Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATA2 - $95 (or you could get 2 and RAID them for $190)
Antec P180 - $120
Audigy 2 ZS Platinum - $185
Any DVD/DVD R will work - on average $40
Zalman CNPS9500 - $64
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Total comes to around $2100 as I'm sure you can find rebates on some of these.

That leaves you $900 for speakers, monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.

That computer will blow through any current games like they are nothing and I'm sure it would compress video super fast too!

You might want to consider the Asus P5n32 SLI Deluxe SE for the Mobo it has SATA on the fly which will make a difference if you get an external HD. It has an external SATA connection on the back and it would be much faster than a firewire conn.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2006-10-15 14:03:49

#9

Stealth42o: She looked 18 to me officer; +175|7121

Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Full Tower Case w/Side Panel Window (Black)

Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2PRO 2GB Kit DDR400 XMS3200 ProSeries Memory (x2)

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Processor (San Diego) Socket 939

Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB Serial ATA 10,000RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer

Western Digital RE2 WD5000YS 500GB Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer

Sony CRX320EBK DVD 16x + CD-RW 52x24x52 Combo Drive (Black)

Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/Athlon 64 X2/Sempron Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card

Asus EN7950GT/HTDP/512M GeForce 7950 GT PCI Express 512MB DDR3 Video Card w/Dual-DVI & HDTV-Out (x2)

Thermaltake W0073RU PurePower PST520W Series 520W Power Supply w/Active PFC

Zalman CNPS7700-CU CPU Cooler

3008.43 Shipped
zipzoomfly.com

Now THAT'S a monster. I love these easy builds.

I had a freind ask me a few months back "I got 8 grand for a computer" That was a fun build :-).

2006-10-15 14:30:03

#10

sgt_rambo35: Banned; +5|6915

Stop flaunting your E-Penises with these high spec

2006-10-15 15:05:14

#11

kylef: Gone; +1,352|6943|N. Ireland

Get a 24" iMac Macs are much better for video editting.

2006-10-15 15:07:14

#12

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7031|SE London

Stealth42o wrote:
Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Full Tower Case w/Side Panel Window (Black)

Corsair TWINX2048-3200C2PRO 2GB Kit DDR400 XMS3200 ProSeries Memory (x2)

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 Processor (San Diego) Socket 939

Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB Serial ATA 10,000RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer

Western Digital RE2 WD5000YS 500GB Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s 7200RPM Hard Drive w/16MB Buffer

Sony CRX320EBK DVD 16x + CD-RW 52x24x52 Combo Drive (Black)

Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/Athlon 64 X2/Sempron Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card

Asus EN7950GT/HTDP/512M GeForce 7950 GT PCI Express 512MB DDR3 Video Card w/Dual-DVI & HDTV-Out (x2)

Thermaltake W0073RU PurePower PST520W Series 520W Power Supply w/Active PFC

Zalman CNPS7700-CU CPU Cooler

3008.43 Shipped
zipzoomfly.com

Now THAT'S a monster. I love these easy builds.

I had a freind ask me a few months back "I got 8 grand for a computer" That was a fun build :-).

What not to get.

2006-10-15 15:08:19

#13

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,074|7221|PNW

Superior Mind wrote:
Well are there any good editing programs for PC that are as good as Final Cut Pro?

I've had experience with cutting out films in editing class, and have some idea of what works. Give me awhile and I'll slap together a system or two for you.

As for PC editing programs, I highly recommend Avid. I'm going to tell you right now to steer clear of Premiere Pro, and I don't care if I get an angry e-mail from Adobe because of it. I'm also going to tell you that film editing will take up your space like no other, with all the bits of raw footage. Just making a 7 minute movie is going to cost you up to 100GB, depending on how many takes there are.

I avoid Macs on sheer principle of the proprietary nature of such corporations, but don't entirely discount it as a possibility, if you're going to be editing most of the time.

Last edited by unnamednewbie13 (2006-10-15 15:17:52)

2006-10-15 15:09:48

#14

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7031|SE London

leetkyle wrote:
Get a 24" iMac Macs are much better for video editting.

Till you can get Final Cut Pro for PC, I agree.

Get a mac - make sure it has a core 2 duo.

Or get a PC with a a core 2 duo. Get FAST RAM, that'll really help with video editing. If possible go for a 15K SCSI 320 Hard Drive.

2006-10-15 15:11:57

#15

d4rkst4r: biggie smalls; +72|6903|Ontario, Canada

Yea, get a Maac then when you want to play BF2142, run Boot Camp.

"you know life is what we make it, and a chance is like a picture, it'd be nice if you just take it"

2006-10-15 15:32:53

#16

Stealth42o: She looked 18 to me officer; +175|7121

Bertster7 wrote:
What not to get.

Funny shit coming from a "Confused Pothead"

Your right, I have no idea what I am doing. Now go smoke a joint and help with the dumbing down of the population.

Gl on your build.

2006-10-15 15:44:17

#17

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7031|SE London

Stealth42o wrote:
Bertster7 wrote:
What not to get.
Funny shit coming from a "Confused Pothead"

Your right, I have no idea what I am doing. Now go smoke a joint and help with the dumbing down of the population.

Gl on your build.

The A8N32 is rubbish, it's the overpriced big brother of the other excellent A8N boards, the expanded PCI-E bus speeds are useless unless you are running something like a quad SLI system. The FX-55 is a crap processor to get on a budget like that, especially when the system will be used primarily for video editing. 150GB Raptors don't perform very well. You didn't even include a DVD-RW which, if the system is to be used for video editing, is an obvious thing to include.

What he needs is a stupidly good CPU. Not an FX-55, which isn't very fast at all. One of the new Xeon chips might be worth a look, if not get an Intel 6700 or 6800. He also wants to be getting 800Mhz RAM, not 400MHz. An AM2 system would be stupid to get, with a budget like that the only real choice is a conroe.

Oh look, here's a benchmark for some video encoding:

https://images.tomshardware.com/2006/08/02/thg_tuning_test/xvid.png

Note how the FX-55 doesn't even make it onto the chart.

Last edited by Bertster7 (2006-10-15 15:51:20)

2006-10-15 16:11:21

#18

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6972|...

if ur editing video u need beefier drives (10k spin, striping, etc), save ur case temp and ditch that extra psu (with an extra don;t you need 2 plugs running from back +extra noise)

Last edited by jsnipy (2006-10-15 16:12:20)

2006-10-15 16:19:14

#19

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|7142

I have (I think) decided to go with the Mac. Now tell me, what is bootcamp and is it easy to run so I can play 2142?

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2006-10-15 16:20:25

#20

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,074|7221|PNW

Superior Mind wrote:
I have (I think) decided to go with the Mac. Now tell me, what is bootcamp and is it easy to run so I can play 2142?

Whatever floats your boat. Current Mac is out of my realm of expertise, though.

2006-10-15 16:22:34

#21

scottomus0: Teh forum ghey!; +172|7087|Wigan. Manchester. England.

Bah i used a mac were i used to work. I hate them

2006-10-15 16:30:54

#22

doc. josh: Member; +48|6995

OK u will need the new X2142 mobo.(it has duel processor configuration) with that said u need two AMD 9900+ its an quad core processor running at 4.2THz. 2TB of DDR900 RAM and the new NVATIA GE-de-on(its NVidia and ati merged and their names in every thing merged) x9721GTX it has 1tb of on board memory and If your up for it U can run cross-SLI and have 4 of these babies in yer computer.. Plasma cooled. THE component's are submerged in this heat destroying compound that doesn't conduct electricity. OH and a 40 000 WATT power supply
one NANO HD DVD DRIVE, Each disk holds 10 TB of data. and last bot not least an 1000 TB (IDK WHAT COMES AFTER A TERRA BYTE) XATA Hard drive @ 100,000 RPM.

There u go the perfect computer.

Last edited by doc. josh (2006-10-15 16:32:35)

2006-10-15 16:31:24

#23

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|7142

scottomus0 wrote:
Bah i used a mac were i used to work. I hate them

well I really want a reliable machine that is good for what I need, believe me I would rather get a PC, but the Mac really fits my needs.

x

2006-10-15 16:41:47

#24

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,074|7221|PNW

doc. josh wrote:
OK u will need the new X2142 mobo.(it has duel processor configuration) with that said u need two AMD 9900+ its an quad core processor running at 4.2THz. 2TB of DDR900 RAM and the new NVATIA GE-de-on(its NVidia and ati merged and their names in every thing merged) x9721GTX it has 1tb of on board memory and If your up for it U can run cross-SLI and have 4 of these babies in yer computer.. Plasma cooled. THE component's are submerged in this heat destroying compound that doesn't conduct electricity. OH and a 40 000 WATT power supply
one NANO HD DVD DRIVE, Each disk holds 10 TB of data. and last bot not least an 1000 TB (IDK WHAT COMES AFTER A TERRA BYTE) XATA Hard drive @ 100,000 RPM.

There u go the perfect computer.

You lost me at every bit of unlikely speed. Be a bit more creative with your make-believe.

2006-10-15 16:44:10

#25

Bertster7: Confused Pothead; +1,101|7031|SE London

Superior Mind wrote:
scottomus0 wrote:
Bah i used a mac were i used to work. I hate them
well I really want a reliable machine that is good for what I need, believe me I would rather get a PC, but the Mac really fits my needs.

I hate macs. It hurt to recommend one to you. It does seem by far the best option though.

The new Intel macs are nice and I've even started liking OS X. Get final cut pro best video editing stuff out there, that isn't for silly money anyway.

If you were to get a PC try to get a E6700 and quite a bit of fast RAM. I would SERIOUSLY recommend a SCSI hard drive solution - the drives are SOOOOOOO much faster. Maybe a 15Krpm Seagate Cheetah?

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Bertster7 wrote:

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doc. josh wrote:

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