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Mar 19, 2002, 10:48 PM
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Re: is this a good NLE system?
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Sounds good, but if you tweak it just a bit, you can get an awesome system. Here's my 2 cents...
Switch from Pentium 1.6 to an Athlon AMD 1.6 (reason: they are better for video and cost a little less)
Bump from 256 to 512 RAM (it's too cheap not to get the extra RAM)
There is no need for two 80 GB drives. You want one drive for video only and one for system opps. Therefore, you would not need an 80 GB drive for system opps. Instead, get a 120 GB (video) and a 40 (system). Make sure you get at least 7200RPM drives (Maxtor is good).
Floppy is fine. CDR is fine
If you want an absolute rock solid system card, you should consider going with a Canopus Raptor-RT. NOBODY beats them in stability, and you can get it in the same price range as the DV500. Pinnacle has it's problems, just goto their forum or the Adobe premiere forum and you will see tons of "I have problems" posts from users of their stuff. You hardly ever see any from Canopus, that's because their stuff is solid. In doing weddings and things like youare talking about, you need stability. I know because I do the same thing. You can get the Raptor with Premiere 6 for about the same price as the DV500.
You should also bump you 32md to 64 in the graphics card.
I had my computer (AMD 1.5) custom designed to my specs and built for me from IBUYPOWER.com. They take your order, build it and ship it to you.
I bought my Raptor-RT card from BHPhoto.
I got the whole thing, with shipping, for about $1,700.00. This was about 6 months ago.
Do your homework an the card. I know too many people having headaches with Pinnalce products. I have never had a problem with my Raptor.
.......my 2 cents.....>Eric
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