I've always loved seagate as my first pick. But western digital is nice runner up. For speed, I try and go 7200 rpm and 6gb/s if your board can take it. Basically that's the fastest I know of within the 'cheaper' price range. Faster drives exist, both ssd and non, but theres a pretty big price...
Re: First Build for Video Editing/FCP
Ok,
I've been reading some stuff about Premiere CS5 and I'm thinking it may be better for me to switch and also use a CUDA compatible Nvidia card...Let me explain.
This Hackintosh is going to be used for weekly teaching videos shot in a home-brewed set...
Re: First Build for Video Editing/FCP
Wow, this has been some fantastic advice!
And so far you guys are making alot of sense. And don't worry @slowjin, I knew what you ment. Unfortunately, I'm having to keep everything under $900, otherwise I would definately spring for a seperate SSD and HDD...
Re: First Build for Video Editing/FCP
Ok cool,
So I decided to swap out that memory for some triple channel, like @slowjin mentioned. And also I just went ahead and went for a smaller HDD. I wish I could go solid state but I'm holding out for prices to lower some more.
So here's the new...
Re: First Build for Video Editing/FCP
@ijhu
True, that would be the next step to upgrade performance. But I'm trying to keep costs down as much as I can for this first build and since I'm not doing any 3D rendering, a cheaper card should suffice for now.
As far as compatibility goes, should...
Hi guys,
This is my first post and first hackintosh build!
Primarily this will be a didicated machine for FCP editing, and some work with Adobe Creative Suite(Photoshop, InDesign, AfterEffects). {EDIT} I'm now also considering primarily using Premiere CS5 since we shoot AVCHD and lots of it. My...
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