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Thanx for all help, I guess I'm ready to order soon 
About the SSD, I'm looking at the OCZ Vector 256 GB, which has got great scores in some tests I've read.
I have got the three Sata 2 drives from my present PC. I have been thinkng of making a RAID 0 whith tese, to get more speed. But is that neccessary, need AVCHD editing that extra disk speed, or s it more a CPU case? (when editing SD footage, and AVI output, that was very dependent on the disks). If AVCHD also is very dependent of disk speed, I guess it is far better to get an extra SSD for media, temp and output, than the three Sata 2 in RAID 0? Correct? I never edit veeery long movies, so a 256 Gb would do, as I have the 3TB NAS (X RAID) for storage and backup.
And I'll gt a new monitor
Regards, Nicco
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Hi
About my budget, it is not very specific. I'll buy what is needed for good performance, but not use 50% extra money to get 10% more speed... So these items are within my budget:
- i7 3770k
- http://www.asus.com/ROG/MAXIMUS_V_FORMULA/
-sku=757574#linkshttp://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/GTX660_TIDC22GD5/ (in the PassMark test (link above) I see the gtx660ti get a high score, and the price i still not sky high).
- SSD http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=757574#links
- RAM http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=752764#links
- a new more powerful PSU
- I have Antec P180 cabinet http://www.antec.com/specs/P180_spe.html
When I read about the Intel HD graphics 4000 it seems that no extra graphic card is needed, but I guess that is not correct, right? When using PD, I guess the gtx660 will improve speed a lot, or?
I guess the spec above will perform well? And since I can share the load on different disks, I'll set up my three 320 gb "old" sata 2 drives in a RAID 0 config if that is useful.
Thanx for all help!!
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Thanx
Is it a 1:1 relation between the passmark index and the PowerD's speed when rendering and making previews?
The sharing of load between the CPU (i7) and the graphical board/videocard: is it so "simple" as to pick a fast CPU (eg i7 3770k) and a fast videocard, and they will woork good together (smart sharing of load), or is there some other "traps" I need to consider? MBO ...?
I find it strange that PD is not able to allocate dirfferent physical disks for different tasks, that all files need to be on C:/ drive.
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Maybe I could use my 3 Sata 2 disks in a RAID 0, and install PD on that disk, and keep all media/output+++ files on that disk - just for this purpose. Or is a SSD even faster than that?
The NAS will only be for storage, not for editing.
Any suggestions on what MBO, graphic board, SSD and RAM to choose? That will work fine with PowerD 11?
Thanx a lot!
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...and I have a 3TB NAS for main storage and backup.
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Thanx
Of course, the 3 sata2 disks are each 320gb! Should make these (2 ore 3) in a RAID 0? When using Premiere, I could allocate one disk for the video material, one for temp files and one for output files, in order to increase speed. Is that possible in PowerD?
Ok, I see I need a good graph card, any suggestions on the typical standard I would need? And MBO?
Nicolaj
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My PC is now too old, so I pan to upgrade it in order to make a decent AVCHD editing PC. I plan to buy PowerDirector 11 (used Premier before). This is what I will reuse from my pressent PC:
- 3 Sata 2 disks (320mb)
- PSU (450w)
- cabinet
I plan to buy Intel i7 3770-K processor, and a new SSD for OS and programs and 16gb of Ram. I am NOT a gamer, the pc will mostly be used for ordinery internet surfing and office programs, but also for editing AVCHD video. I do not need a high end machine, but a decent one that will make AVCHD editing go smooth. If thevrendering at the end takes a ehile, that is not a problem.
Main questions:
- what MBO do I need? I do not need a lot of connection (4 Sata ports, and maybe put some of my Sata2 in Raid 0, if that will be useful??)
- do I need an extra graphics card at all? I see that the specs for Power D.11 suggests some graph. boards. What are tha advantages, will the editing process and rendering be much faster with a decent graph board? And will it be much difference if buy a eg 300 dollar board or a 100 dollar board?
Thanx
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