For video cards, I'm looking at the Quadro FX3800 because it's approved for the coming Adobe CS5 Production suite, which will evidently lean heavily into the graphics card for real-time performance.
But, if I really knew what I was talking about, I'd probably be building my own! Actually, some of you HAD inspired me to go that route, but now I need this up and running in a week and I have too much else to do!
In case anyone is curious, here's the build:
$7500
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Intel i7 975 Extreme Quad Core 3.33GHz x 4 core/8 thread CPU 6.4 GT/s
4TB User Swappable 4 Bay Raid Array w/PCIe x4 SATA-600 Hardware Raid 0+1
500GB System Drive w/ 500GB Replacement/Restoration Clone Drive
1TB SATA-600 Misc. Media Drive
12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 1333MHz High Performance Tri-Channel Memory
10X BD Blu-Ray Burner / CD & DVD +- R/RW Burner w/ Software
Nvidia GeForce GTX-285 1GB PCIe 2.0 x16 Graphics Card, Adobe Mercury Ready
750 Watt – Industrial Duty Single Rail Modular Power Supply with 7 Year Warranty
Cooler Master Sniper-X Advanced Black Mid Tower Chassis
12’ HDMI 1.3 HD AV Cable, 12’ Stereo Audio Cable, 12’ Digital SPDIF Audio Cable
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Peripherals: (included)
Dual 24" LED LCD's - 1920x1080 - 8,000,000:1– 2ms – 0.276mm –
Professional Black LED Illuminated Keyboard & Advanced Wireless Dark Laser Mouse
Video Editing Options: (included)
1) Adobe Premiere CS4 Production Premium
2) BlackMagic Design – HD Decklink Extreme v3
Upgrade Options:
160GB SSD System Drive w/ 160GB Replacement/Restoration Clone Drive Add $375
1.5TB SATA-300 Misc. Media Drive Add $25
Dual 10X BD Blu-Ray Burners / CD & DVD +- R/RW Burner w/ Software Add $180
Nvidia Quadro 3800 1GB Graphics Card w/Elemental accelerator, Adobe Mercury Ready Add $600
950 Watt – Industrial Duty Single Rail Non- Modular Power Supply with 5 Year Add $30
