video editing comp

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04-27-2002, 06:03 PM
dip027

video editing comp

my friend has an athlon/650 slot a (i think) with 256 pc133 ram

he does some video editing with his firewire camcorder and he was wondering what to do to speed up rendering with adobe premiere

i was thinking he should get a new cpu and ram...which means get a new motherboard too

he just got a 120 gb western digital hard drive

what would be the most cost effective way to speed up video rendering on his computer? i dont know how much he wants to spend, but i'm guessing not TOO much

i told him that he should probably wait for the new amd chips to come out so he can pick up a 2100+ xp pretty cheap and some pc2100 ddr

any suggestions?
04-27-2002, 06:08 PM
HarvesterOfSorrow

Ram would help, i guess cpu would too. What time of video card does he have?
04-27-2002, 06:11 PM
dip027

i think a matrox card, ill ask him
04-27-2002, 07:06 PM
Chicken

dual 1.2 and a mpx board for 350
04-27-2002, 07:26 PM
dip027

whats a mpx board?
04-27-2002, 07:27 PM
dip027

also does premiere support/work better with dual processors?
04-27-2002, 07:28 PM
Chicken

mpx
Multiprocssing amd board tyan mpx 192 at newegg i think

just be done with it and get a dualie, it will last you run
04-27-2002, 08:28 PM
dip027

how about this? (its not dual processor, that would cost a lot more)

asus a7v333 - $120
athlon xp 1800+ - $97
crucial pc2100 256 mb - $80

total - $297 + shipping

he has $500 to spend, but of course he doesnt want to blow it all if he doesnt have to (as in, xp2100 would be nice, but $115 more for that little performance gain isnt worth it...)

edit:
or...how about samsung pc2700 ram? at newegg, $82 for 256, $155 for 512
04-27-2002, 09:09 PM
fbs1992

Quote:

Originally posted by dip027
how about this? (its not dual processor, that would cost a lot more)

asus a7v333 - $120
athlon xp 1800+ - $97
crucial pc2100 256 mb - $80

total - $297 + shipping

he has $500 to spend, but of course he doesnt want to blow it all if he doesnt have to (as in, xp2100 would be nice, but $115 more for that little performance gain isnt worth it...)

edit:
or...how about samsung pc2700 ram? at newegg, $82 for 256, $155 for 512

get more ram at least 512
04-27-2002, 09:41 PM
Insey

Premiere loves RAM. Here's an idea. Create a RAM disk and use that as a scratch disk. The 120 gig WD will be used for rendering. Then get him a faster processor. Premiere loves fast processors too. Remember that you have to make Premiere happy in order for it not to crash.
04-27-2002, 10:24 PM
Snoop Dogg

MEMORY MEMORY MEMORY!!! I can not stress this enough! The more MB's the better expecially with Video/Photo Editing. The faster the memory too (such as PC133 over PC100 or what not) also increases performance dramatically. HDD speed does little but space is important. Also a faster processor or even multi processors with a Windows 2000 system does the job fast and pretty dandy if I might say :).
04-28-2002, 12:59 AM
Insey

Quote:

Originally posted by Snoop Dogg
MEMORY MEMORY MEMORY!!! I can not stress this enough! The more MB's the better expecially with Video/Photo Editing. The faster the memory too (such as PC133 over PC100 or what not) also increases performance dramatically. HDD speed does little but space is important. Also a faster processor or even multi processors with a Windows 2000 system does the job fast and pretty dandy if I might say :).

Funny...I've never seen you around here before, but you have over 5k posts. Your sig also seems very, very familiar. I am getting deja vu. Who exactly are you?
04-28-2002, 02:51 AM
Chicken

hes ussualy in the other part of the forum
04-28-2002, 08:52 AM
dip027

Quote:

Originally posted by Snoop Dogg
MEMORY MEMORY MEMORY!!! I can not stress this enough! The more MB's the better expecially with Video/Photo Editing. The faster the memory too (such as PC133 over PC100 or what not) also increases performance dramatically. HDD speed does little but space is important. Also a faster processor or even multi processors with a Windows 2000 system does the job fast and pretty dandy if I might say :).

ok so i guess a fast athlon xp + 512 of that samsung pc2700 would be good?

is samsung ram as good as crucial?
04-28-2002, 01:17 PM
Snoop Dogg

Quote:

Originally posted by Insey

Funny...I've never seen you around here before, but you have over 5k posts. Your sig also seems very, very familiar. I am getting deja vu. Who exactly are you?

LMAO your joking right ;). If so I get the point lol.
04-28-2002, 01:20 PM
Snoop Dogg

Quote:

Originally posted by dip027

ok so i guess a fast athlon xp + 512 of that samsung pc2700 would be good?

is samsung ram as good as crucial?

Yes a faster processor is always going to help in those type of categorys like CAD, CAM, Video/Photo Editing and the memory specs you read my mind :). If you ask me I think Samsung memory is better then crucial mainly for personal reasons but either on is good. Samsung is the only dealer I know that sells 100% genuwine PC2700 chips and not that OC'ed high ns crap. :)
04-28-2002, 03:05 PM
Insey

Quote:

Originally posted by Snoop Dogg

LMAO your joking right ;). If so I get the point lol.

No, I really am not.

It's your sig that looks so familar. I know someone else had it too.
04-28-2002, 03:14 PM
dudephil

Quote:

Originally posted by dip027
how about this? (its not dual processor, that would cost a lot more)

asus a7v333 - $120
athlon xp 1800+ - $97
crucial pc2100 256 mb - $80

total - $297 + shipping

he has $500 to spend, but of course he doesnt want to blow it all if he doesnt have to (as in, xp2100 would be nice, but $115 more for that little performance gain isnt worth it...)

edit:
or...how about samsung pc2700 ram? at newegg, $82 for 256, $155 for 512

Get him as much ram as his mainboard will support. Since he has a budget of 500 you'll be able to at least get a gig of ram. Also make sure his swap file is larger than windows default setting.
04-28-2002, 03:46 PM
ECILOPAVEHT

Quote:

Originally posted by Insey

No, I really am not.

It's your sig that looks so familar. I know someone else had it too.

Insey

Snoops, been here for quite some time. He posts all the time. What might be throwing you off is his new Avatar (Which is doggy damn cool.)
04-28-2002, 03:59 PM
Insey

Quote:

Originally posted by ECILOPAVEHT

Insey

Snoops, been here for quite some time. He posts all the time. What might be throwing you off is his new Avatar (Which is doggy damn cool.)

Oh yeah...you're probably right. My old noggin' needs a workin'.
04-28-2002, 04:33 PM
dip027

Quote:

Originally posted by dudephil
Get him as much ram as his mainboard will support. Since he has a budget of 500 you'll be able to at least get a gig of ram. Also make sure his swap file is larger than windows default setting.

a gig? ok ill tell him...2 512 chips should be good...xp shouldnt have any problems w/ that, right?

also whats a good full tower case for the asus motherboard and a good powersupply (350-400 watt)
04-28-2002, 07:04 PM
AMD Soldier

Quote:

Originally posted by dip027

a gig? ok ill tell him...2 512 chips should be good...xp shouldnt have any problems w/ that, right?

also whats a good full tower case for the asus motherboard and a good powersupply (350-400 watt)

I believe XP can take 4gb of ram, 1gb is of no concern.

I suggest getting the Antec PLUS880 case, comes with a 430w Antec True Power PSU. Also it has firewire and usb connections in the front of the case, good for hooking up those CAMS.
04-28-2002, 07:22 PM
dip027

Quote:

Originally posted by AMD Soldier

I believe XP can take 4gb of ram, 1gb is of no concern.

I suggest getting the Antec PLUS880 case, comes with a 430w Antec True Power PSU. Also it has firewire and usb connections in the front of the case, good for hooking up those CAMS.

ok, thanks...would 300 watts (he has a 300watt ps now) be enough to run 3 7200 rpm hard drives, a cd burner,dvd drive, zip drive, and the rest of the system? or would that be pushing it

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