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Require a new spec for Video Editing (Pinnacle Studio 14 HD). My old P4 2.8 prescott is just not doing the trick.

Please comment on the below spec (I7 is just too expensive right now). Your recommendations are appreciated!

Mobo: Asus P5Q IP45
CPU:Core2Quad Q9550
RAM: Corsair DDR2-1066 4GB (2x2GB) XMS2 CL5 Memory Module Kit
GPU: Asus EAH4670/DI/512M Radeon HD4670 16xPCIE 128-bit 512MB DDR3 w/HDTV + DVI
Case: ANTEC 300
PSU: Gigabyte Odin 585 GE-P585A-C2 Power Supply - 585W
Optical Drive: LG GH22LP20 DVD-RW
System HDD: 1 x Seagate 500GB Barracuda 7200.12 SATA300 16MB 7200RPM Hard Drive
Storage HDD: 2 x Seagate 500GB Barracuda 7200.12 SATA300 16MB 7200RPM Hard Drive (RAID0)

I have no intention of overclocking at this stage, but in a few years time I'll most likely want to push it for a little bit more.

Thanks
 
No advise from anyone? :(

Surely someone has some pearls of wisdom???? :D
 
It sounds about right to me. I am running a core 2 duo 2.5ghz with an Nvidia 8600m vga and i struggle BIG TIME with HD. Those specs should be good enough, Did you look at the recommended settings
 
Mr Feesh said:
It sounds about right to me. I am running a core 2 duo 2.5ghz with an Nvidia 8600m vga and i struggle BIG TIME with HD. Those specs should be good enough, Did you look at the recommended settings
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Recommeded specs for Pinnacle Studio are a joke. They claim it runs fine on far lower specs but experience dictates that this is not the case.

Just interested to know if there is any obvious component that i've listed that does not make sense. I.E. Far cheaper to go with something else and you will get the same result.
 
Have you priced i5 over this setup?

Core i5-750 Core LGA1156 2.66GHz 8Mb Cache R 1,599 excl. R 1,822 incl.
P7P55D-DLX ASUS Intel P55, LGA1156, 4xDual DDR3 2133(O.C), 3xPCI-x16(CrossFire & SLI), 2xPCI-x1, 2xPCI, 6xSATAII(Raid 0,1,5,10), 1x eSATA, 1xATA133, 2xGbe Lan, 10ch-Sound HD, Max 14xUSB, 2xIEEE1394, ATX (For Core i5) R 2,137 excl. R 2,436 incl.


Does require ddr 3 though.
 
I also use Pinnacle for editing, no v 12 now. Its quite memory intensive as is most video editing. I'd say try n max out ur ram if ur mobo support more than 4 gigs. Also get two monitors, if u dnt already have, and stretch da timeline across both for more efficient editing.

Not sure on da gpu side... Anyone knw if da gpu contributes significantly to editing/rendering?
 
Ro87 said:
I also use Pinnacle for editing, no v 12 now. Its quite memory intensive as is most video editing. I'd say try n max out ur ram if ur mobo support more than 4 gigs. Also get two monitors, if u dnt already have, and stretch da timeline across both for more efficient editing.

Not sure on da gpu side... Anyone knw if da gpu contributes significantly to editing/rendering?
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I'm also running v12, are you by any chance editing hd? if so how much ram do you have?
 
Ro87 said:
I also use Pinnacle for editing, no v 12 now. Its quite memory intensive as is most video editing. I'd say try n max out ur ram if ur mobo support more than 4 gigs. Also get two monitors, if u dnt already have, and stretch da timeline across both for more efficient editing.

Not sure on da gpu side... Anyone knw if da gpu contributes significantly to editing/rendering?
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GPU is very important in video editing.
 
@Mr feesh. I'v got 4 gigs ddr2 atm lookin to upgrade to 8gig n a quad soon. I do sd editing tho so its not so bad. Hd is wer it gets mean wen it comes to system requirements
 
Prof. said:
GPU is very important in video editing.
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You 100% sure about this? From the research I've done, the most important factors are the processor and LOTS of memory.

GPU does not appear to be that important. The recommendation from Pinnacle is "DirectX® 9 or 10 compatible graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB or higher recommended) - 256 MB required for HD and AVCHD" Which is far from high spec.

Thats the reason why I went with the 4670..........seems to be a good performer for what you pay.
 
Prof. said:
It's cheaper to get one 1TB hard drive for storage than to get two 500GB hard drives. Check out my future gaming PC, my specs should also do the trick:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=200226.

The best deals I could get is on my private web page.
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Point noted. Was hoping to get a performance improvement on running the drives in RAID 0. Disk I/O is also very important for Video editing. Does this make sense or would the onboard RAID controller on the P5Q be a bottleneck anyway?
 
killadoob said:
Have you priced i5 over this setup?

Core i5-750 Core LGA1156 2.66GHz 8Mb Cache R 1,599 excl. R 1,822 incl.
P7P55D-DLX ASUS Intel P55, LGA1156, 4xDual DDR3 2133(O.C), 3xPCI-x16(CrossFire & SLI), 2xPCI-x1, 2xPCI, 6xSATAII(Raid 0,1,5,10), 1x eSATA, 1xATA133, 2xGbe Lan, 10ch-Sound HD, Max 14xUSB, 2xIEEE1394, ATX (For Core i5) R 2,137 excl. R 2,436 incl.


Does require ddr 3 though.
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Looked at this config. Basically will come in at approx R1500.00 more. Question is, is the performance difference worth the R1500.00???? Couldn't really find any benchmarks for the I5 750 on toms hardware.

Would be interested to see how the I5 performs compared to the Q9550.
 
yep the only video editing suite which benefits from a good GPU is Apple's Final Cut Studio
 
Thorin said:
You 100% sure about this? From the research I've done, the most important factors are the processor and LOTS of memory.

GPU does not appear to be that important. The recommendation from Pinnacle is "DirectX® 9 or 10 compatible graphics card with 64 MB (128 MB or higher recommended) - 256 MB required for HD and AVCHD" Which is far from high spec.

Thats the reason why I went with the 4670..........seems to be a good performer for what you pay.
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Tend to agree that GPU has no effect on video editing. However on displaying video like for the x264 codecs, it's good to have hardware acceleration.

A Q9550 seems to cope quite well even with an slower card. Why? Because I have exactly the same motherboard and CPU. Used both an Nvidea 8400GS and then a HD3850. No difference in video playback or editing. The latter is obviously better for the occasional game...:D:D
 
The i5 is really really well suited to video and is probably totally worth it for you over the q9550. It's a monster at encoding with those 8 threads and can still give you turbo mode for single threaded awesomeness..
 
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