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adam

Hey all, I'm getting ready to move into a new studio space (with a green screen), and as part of that I'm adding a second computer to the studio set-up. I'm allocating $1000 worth of BTC to this purpose and will be spending it in BTC at either Newegg, Tiger Direct or a combination.

I'd like someone to build a shopping list for me that I'll then have someone locally build. I do build computers myself but usually it involves me shorting something and taking it to a shop anyhow so I figure this time I'll skip to that part.

Primarily this computer will be used for production, video/audio editing and rendering. The graphics card it uses must have displayport and support at least two screens, the other via either hdmi or dvi.

The shopping list should include everything in the unit itself, from the case to the motherboard to the graphics cards to the HDD, to the psu, whole computer but none of the accessories.

Post your wishlists with explanations, thanks!

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  • adam

    @kerneloops And, if you happen to be dropping by in LAX/Santa Monica area, I'll put one together lickety-split :)

    Want to build and ship? I'm planning on paying a local shop to build format and test everything, might as well keep it in the community.

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  • adam

    @kerneloops @adam, sure, I'd love to contribute.

    I get a decent discount with FedEx (IIRC at least 50%, maybe up to 70%). What's the timeline?

    Floor and standing desks went in yesterday, internet guys are coming end of the week. I'm ready whenever, whats your timeframe?

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  • adam

    I'm happy either way, your call.

    That live preview feature is

    Really Freaking Awesome

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  • adam

    That would be fine, Windows 7 would be ideal. email me.

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  • Trojantouch

    Thats a pretty sweet setup.Im still rocking the amd six core from 2011. lol

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  • CrimsonRoze

    I don't have time to go over and pick parts today, but I'll say this:

    For your intended purposes the best processor is one of the Intel Core i7. The motivation for that is that you're working on heavy floating point calculations when you're doing audio and video conversion and scaling. (I personally prefer AMD and use it for all my builds, but my workload is very different from yours)

    Furthermore it is crucial that a decent amount of RAM is available, so anything less than 8GB is probably not a good price/performance match.

    Modern video cards can alleviate some of the load by doing color conversions and other video related work, but needs proper drivers so if you're not planning on using windows you need to look up driver compatibility for this first.

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  • CrimsonRoze

    @kerneloops @adam This list is without GPU (Display Port/HDMI on mobo). Unless you are going to game with the box (Intel® HD Graphics 4600 will do most gaming ok), I think your music/video editing & rendering will be unaffected sans GPU, even with dual screens.

    It will not be unaffected, but depending on how strong the requirements are in terms of what is needed, I'm sure it won't be a bottleneck either.

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    @crimsonroze

    @kerneloops @adam This list is without GPU (Display Port/HDMI on mobo). Unless you are going to game with the box (Intel® HD Graphics 4600 will do most gaming ok), I think your music/video editing & rendering will be unaffected sans GPU, even with dual screens.

    It will not be unaffected, but depending on how strong the requirements are in terms of what is needed, I'm sure it won't be a bottleneck either.

    I'm intending to put a video card in it.

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  • adam

    @kerneloops if you haven't already started buying things, what would it cost to do it "right"? I think I came at this from the wrong perspective lol.

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