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hi all,
I'm looking at purchasing a top end desktop. its been a while since i looked at pc's, so I'm a little behind the times on specs and graphics cards. but I need to be able to run HD movie editing s/w along with playing games like flight sim X any thoughts on the sort of specs ? I also see you can now buy physics engines. do applications have to be specifically designed to use these? any recommendations on manufacturers ? dell maybe ? have a budget of around £3K
cheers
Michael
I'm looking at purchasing a top end desktop. its been a while since i looked at pc's, so I'm a little behind the times on specs and graphics cards. but I need to be able to run HD movie editing s/w along with playing games like flight sim X any thoughts on the sort of specs ? I also see you can now buy physics engines. do applications have to be specifically designed to use these? any recommendations on manufacturers ? dell maybe ? have a budget of around £3K
cheers
Michael
Have you thought of building one?
The problem you might have from buying from Dell or whatever is that when you spend a large amount, they tend to bundle a lot of crap you (might) not need!
I built mine nov 05 and she is still on standadrd settings (i.e. not over-clocked) and am just at the point where the new games I buy, I can't run at full-graphics! Athlon64 3700+ Clawhammer, 256mb 6800GS, 1gb RAM...
The problem you might have from buying from Dell or whatever is that when you spend a large amount, they tend to bundle a lot of crap you (might) not need!
I built mine nov 05 and she is still on standadrd settings (i.e. not over-clocked) and am just at the point where the new games I buy, I can't run at full-graphics! Athlon64 3700+ Clawhammer, 256mb 6800GS, 1gb RAM...
Edited by LukeBird on Saturday 3rd March 12:09
£3k? Nice budget.
Apple would be my first choice since HD movie editing is what you mainly plan on using it for.
Cheap option - Final Cut Express HD. Pro option (the other 5-10% missing in FCE) is Final Cut Studio 5.1 - big money @ 4x the FCE HD price.
Price: £2,168.52
VAT: £379.49
Subtotal: £2,548.01
Ready to ship: 3 days
Free Shipping
Specifications
* Two 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
* 1GB (2 x 512MB)
* ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (2 x dual-link DVI)
* 160GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* One 16x SuperDrive
* Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse
* Mac OS X
* Final Cut Express HD
* Five USB ports
* Two FireWire 400 ports
* Two FireWire 800 ports
Add on another 2 x 500GB in RAID 1 mode and sell the 2 x 512 sticks of RAM on ebay, and buy 8 x 1GB sticks (Fully Buffered & ECC) and you'll have a beast of a system for a bit over £3K.
Should keep you going nicely for the next 2-3 years, especially if you keep adding the RAM.
You could make the same system under £3K by dropping down to the 2.66 GHz CPUs.
Apple would be my first choice since HD movie editing is what you mainly plan on using it for.
Cheap option - Final Cut Express HD. Pro option (the other 5-10% missing in FCE) is Final Cut Studio 5.1 - big money @ 4x the FCE HD price.
Price: £2,168.52
VAT: £379.49
Subtotal: £2,548.01
Ready to ship: 3 days
Free Shipping
Specifications
* Two 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon
* 1GB (2 x 512MB)
* ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB (2 x dual-link DVI)
* 160GB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/s
* One 16x SuperDrive
* Apple Keyboard & Mighty Mouse
* Mac OS X
* Final Cut Express HD
* Five USB ports
* Two FireWire 400 ports
* Two FireWire 800 ports
Add on another 2 x 500GB in RAID 1 mode and sell the 2 x 512 sticks of RAM on ebay, and buy 8 x 1GB sticks (Fully Buffered & ECC) and you'll have a beast of a system for a bit over £3K.
Should keep you going nicely for the next 2-3 years, especially if you keep adding the RAM.
You could make the same system under £3K by dropping down to the 2.66 GHz CPUs.
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