Currently I am in Africa for the next few months and will be heading back to the US in September. I have been here for 2 years in September and when I get home I am planning on building a new system when I get home. To be quite honest I have been out of the tech world for the last two years so I really cannot be very specific when it comes to the parts that I want to put in the system. To give you some sort of an idea of what I mean, last time I built a machine I built an AMD x2 rig.
Anyways I am planning first and foremost to use this machine mainly for Adobe CS4 (And cs5 whenever it comes out). I will be starting a Media creation company when I go home to do things like weddings, corporate events and even filming educational music videos and what not. But understand that this machine will mainly be used to create media. And I will NOT be overclocking by the way (At least not at this point)
I have a computer case (The antec p180b), and a keyboard and mouse. But that is really the extent of my hardware. I have a monitor, but would prefer to upgrade it when I get home anyways. So basically I need the following:
Motherboard/Processor/RAM:
With these ones I will leave it up to you as to whether I should go with intel or AMD. I hear the Core i7 is pretty much the way to go with media editing, but I am open to suggestions. Also dont forget
Video Card:
Should I go with a good gaming card? Are the Quadro FXs really worth the price difference?
Hard drives:
At least with Western Digital, they have an enterprise edition of their 1TB hard drive, but is the price differential worth it? Also, I am planning on having a RAID 5 array with 3 TB hard drives. But I also want a seperate system drive. Should I go with another RAID 5 drive, or what about SSDs? Or what about the 300GB Raptor? Whats my best option here? Anyways your input would be greatly appreciated.
Power Supply
CD Drives:
Blu-RAy burners for sure. HD is the way to be!
So thanks in advance. I am looking at about a $2000 - $3000 budget so happy planning!
Anyways I am planning first and foremost to use this machine mainly for Adobe CS4 (And cs5 whenever it comes out). I will be starting a Media creation company when I go home to do things like weddings, corporate events and even filming educational music videos and what not. But understand that this machine will mainly be used to create media. And I will NOT be overclocking by the way (At least not at this point)
I have a computer case (The antec p180b), and a keyboard and mouse. But that is really the extent of my hardware. I have a monitor, but would prefer to upgrade it when I get home anyways. So basically I need the following:
Motherboard/Processor/RAM:
With these ones I will leave it up to you as to whether I should go with intel or AMD. I hear the Core i7 is pretty much the way to go with media editing, but I am open to suggestions. Also dont forget
Video Card:
Should I go with a good gaming card? Are the Quadro FXs really worth the price difference?
Hard drives:
At least with Western Digital, they have an enterprise edition of their 1TB hard drive, but is the price differential worth it? Also, I am planning on having a RAID 5 array with 3 TB hard drives. But I also want a seperate system drive. Should I go with another RAID 5 drive, or what about SSDs? Or what about the 300GB Raptor? Whats my best option here? Anyways your input would be greatly appreciated.
Power Supply
CD Drives:
Blu-RAy burners for sure. HD is the way to be!
So thanks in advance. I am looking at about a $2000 - $3000 budget so happy planning!