First Box for Film/Video Edit - Avid/Premiere - Is this OK?

[plexguy]

Hi All,
After reading much on this amazing site, I have compiled a list for my first box. Been a Mac user for many many years and finally getting around to replacing a MacPro and thought I go this way. My core need for this box is Video/Film Editing on Avid and Adobe Premiere CS5.5 and the rest of the Adobe Suite. So, I definitley need the nVidia CUDA GPU power as much as I love the ease of setup that comes with the Radeons

Can you please check below and advise below to get it going in Lion 10.7.2 with least amount of headaches please


CPU - i7-2600 3.4Ghz Processor - $329.97 // http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... CatId=6991
MB - Gigabyte MB - $160 // http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... pNo=353599
Memory - 16GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 ~$104 // http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6820145346
CPU COoler - Corsair CWCH60 - $60 // http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... key=CWCH60
Power - Corsair TX750M 750W - $100 // http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... CatId=5440
Case - Cooler Master RC430 $40 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... =C283-3122
OR Cooler Master RC912 $60 // http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... =C283-2094

Graphics - Ok, this one I am still confused about. What has the least amount of headaches from the below. I need nVidia and it seems EVGA seems to be compatible, so here we go:

1) EVGA GeForce GTX 460 - http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... CatId=3669
2) EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti - http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... CatId=3669
3) EVGA GeForce GTX 280 - http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... CatId=3669


I already have:
3 x 1TB Hitachi 7200 rpm Drives
LG 24x DVD-RW
Mouse/Keyboard

Am I missing anything else or should be aware of?

Thanks so much for all the help.
PG.

 

[jester969]

Should I buy a 2600K?
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=42033&start=10

The first gfx card is a recommended card on here.

5xx cards to work in Lion
viewtopic.php?f=15&t=28975

Choose which pc case fits your needs for storage, expandability and appearance.

Everything else is a ok! Shop around for deals to lower your costs.

Notes

550 Ti? No luck?
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=22576

 

[plexguy]

Thanks jester969 for the feedback. From the sounds of it, 5xxx are much complicated to work with then the GTX 460. Looks like I will go with that. 550 is the same price but I am seeing many issues from several folks. On the brands, EVGA ok?

For case, not too crazy for "looks" as it will be hidden anyways. For deals, I haven't found much in Canada other than couple online stores as I quoted (unless another canadian can point me to any please )

Anyone recently built a system using Adobe Premiere with nVidia CUDA/GPU that can comment on what card they used and their experience please?

Thanks
PG

 

[Mate94]

Thanks jester969 for the feedback. From the sounds of it, 5xxx are much complicated to work with then the GTX 460. Looks like I will go with that. 550 is the same price but I am seeing many issues from several folks. On the brands, EVGA ok?

For case, not too crazy for "looks" as it will be hidden anyways. For deals, I haven't found much in Canada other than couple online stores as I quoted (unless another canadian can point me to any please )

Anyone recently built a system using Adobe Premiere with nVidia CUDA/GPU that can comment on what card they used and their experience please?

Thanks
PG

With the GTX460 you will get fermi freeze. If you don't want much headache, go with a HD6870. On Mac in performance that's the best. CUDA cores are count not too much.

 

[plexguy]

Thanks for the heads up Mate64.

I would love to go Radeon but nVidia CUDA cores have a significant improvement in Premiere. From what I have seen the nVidia brought down times from an hour (on others) to about 12-14mins in export and rendering for video footage (of course depends on codec etc.)

Would GTX 440 be better? I am looking at http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6814500207 specifically.

Would that be better option?

Thanks
PG

 

[Mate94]

Thanks for the heads up Mate64.

I would love to go Radeon but nVidia CUDA cores have a significant improvement in Premiere. From what I have seen the nVidia brought down times from an hour (on others) to about 12-14mins in export and rendering for video footage (of course depends on codec etc.)

Would GTX 440 be better? I am looking at http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6814500207 specifically.

Would that be better option?

Thanks
PG

The all 4XX series have fermi freeze. :?

 

[plexguy]

Thanks for the heads up Mate64.

I would love to go Radeon but nVidia CUDA cores have a significant improvement in Premiere. From what I have seen the nVidia brought down times from an hour (on others) to about 12-14mins in export and rendering for video footage (of course depends on codec etc.)

Would GTX 440 be better? I am looking at http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6814500207 specifically.

Would that be better option?

Thanks
PG

The all 4XX series have fermi freeze. :?

Ah Darn! and I thought I was ready to build the box finally
What are my options for an nVidia with least amount of headaches then? 2xx? 550 seem to have mixed results as well.

Thanks
PG

 

[Mate94]

Thanks for the heads up Mate64.

I would love to go Radeon but nVidia CUDA cores have a significant improvement in Premiere. From what I have seen the nVidia brought down times from an hour (on others) to about 12-14mins in export and rendering for video footage (of course depends on codec etc.)

Would GTX 440 be better? I am looking at http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.as ... 6814500207 specifically.

Would that be better option?

Thanks
PG

The all 4XX series have fermi freeze. :?

Ah Darn! and I thought I was ready to build the box finally
What are my options for an nVidia with least amount of headaches then? 2xx? 550 seem to have mixed results as well.

Thanks
PG

GTX560 Ti? Needs a little kext editing to get working, but it has lots of workarounds and guides and experience.

 

[plexguy]

Hmm.. I was really hoping not to spend $250 (w/ tax & ship) on the 560 Ti video card. Hence the cheaper alternatives.

I have a Mac version of a Quadro FX 5600 in a machine. If its a Mac Card and works well under a 'Real Mac', will it work on this new i7 box or the BIOS won't even boot with it.?

Thanks
PG