Help For A Beast Configuration!

[justpippen]

Hi, I'm new to the forum!
I'm an italian VideoEditor.
I work with FinalCutPro 7/X and with Adobe After Effects Cs5.
I now have an early 2009 iMac 24' i've been waiting for the new MacPro until now but there are no clues of when it will be introduced.
I need a beast!
I mean,now i really need some power because my poor iMac doesn't manage 2K footage very well as you can imagine
Can you recommend me a? precise and truly powerful, working configuration from Start to Finish?
Thank you for your time!

 

[Mate94]

User Builds and 10.7 Guides are your friends. Please come back when know what you want. Like CPU, GPU, RAM, etc....

 

[djblastyfone]

If it were me, and money wasn't an issue, I'd buy something like this:

i7 2600k Processor - 325$
Cooler Master Hyper 212 CPU Cooler - 30$
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3P Mobo - 180$
16GB (4x4GB) Corsair DDR3 1600 RAM - 95$
OWC Mercury 6G 60GB SSD - 105$
2x Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB Drives (In RAID0) - 240$
EVGA GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB - $420
Corsair 850W Modular PSU - 175$

For a grand total of $1570.

If you have more money to throw at this I suggest either getting a second graphics card (OSX can use 2 GPUs for OpenCL, which heavily used by FCPX), a decent soundcard, and/or a nice 1920x1200 monitor or two.

Good luck!

 

[justpippen]

Thank you!!
I would spend something around 1500€ which should be around 2000 $.
Could you reccomend me a good second graphic card and a good sound card
that surlely works with lion?
For the monitor, no problem,i've a 42' samsung tv waiting for the HDMI
from my computer.
Is it possible also to rise the RAM to 24, respecting the budget?
Do you think i should wait for the Ivy Bridge?

Really really thank you!

 

[justpippen]

I was forgetting to specify that i'll need a blu-ray burner on this.
Do you know any model that surely works?

 

[Mate94]

I was forgetting to specify that i'll need a blu-ray burner on this.
Do you know any model that surely works?

Samsung SH-B123L

 

[justpippen]

Seems like the Samsung SH-B123L is only a Blu-Ray reader and not a Blu-Ray Burner...
Thanks anyway...
Knowing other useful models?

 

[Mate94]

Seems like the Samsung SH-B123L is only a Blu-Ray reader and not a Blu-Ray Burner...
Thanks anyway...
Knowing other useful models?

LG WH10LS30K?

 

[sleeperninja]

I haven't had any problems with the LG H20L Drives, but I haven't tried any newer writers yet, as the H20L has run strong through 3 motherboards, 2 video cards, and 3 different processors.

 

[justpippen]

Thank you, keep huntin'!