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Question

Video Editing PC

Jun 26, 2013 3:34AM PDT

Trying to get a custom rig for running the cloud programs (Premiere, after effects, photoshop, etc.) I have the specs for the one I'm lookin at. I have a somewhat limited knowledge, so I figured I would ask you guys. How does it look? Thanks for the feedback.
Intel i3/i5/i7 CPUs:
Intel Core i7-3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) Quad Core 8000K

Intel i5 / i7 CPU Fans:
Coolermaster Hyper 212, 4 Copper Heat Pipes, Dual Cooler CPU fan

Intel i3/i5/i7 Motherboards:
Intel DH77EB, H77, Onboard Video, DVI & HDMI, SATA3, USB3.0, GB LAN

DDR3 Dual Channel memory:
32GB (4x8GB) PC12800 DDR3 1600 Dual Channel

PCI-Express Video cards:
AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB PCI Express 16x dual head DVI, HDMI

Hard Drives:
120.0 GB SSD OCZ AGILITY-3 Solid State Drive, SATA3 6.0Gb/s, 525MBs

Hard Drives:
1000.0 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM SATA3 6GB/s 64m Cache

Hard Drive Fans:
Hard Drive Cooling Fan Aluminum Internal

Media Card Readers:
All-in-One Memory Card Reader Internal Black

DVD Recorders:
LG 22x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW

Sound Cards:
Realtek HD digital audio (onboard)

Network Cards:
Ethernet network adapter (onboard)

Cases:
Cooler Master CM Storm Scout 2 black, side window & front USB 3.0 & 2.0

Case Fans:
Dual Case Fans 120 mm Extra Quiet DC fan (two fans)

Power Supply:
Antec Hgh Current Gamer Series 900W Extra Quiet ATX Power Supply SLI & X-fire ready

Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows 7 Pro 64bit DVD w/SP1

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Clarification Request
Why so high end a GPU?
Jun 26, 2013 3:37AM PDT

Did the video software use that?

Also, most of my friends just RAID 0 the standard drives since we are dealing with big files. I think you should find out what your video editing friends are using.
Bob

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Video Card
Jun 26, 2013 3:40AM PDT

The video card was actually what I was confused about the most. Does that affect rendering? I just read that that was a good card. I apologize for my very limited knowledge haha

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The software tells us it does or not.
Jun 26, 2013 3:45AM PDT

You're the expert on the software so you would check that with them. I have to take your word this is for video editing and not another gaming rig.

There are a few time sinks in video editing. The size of the files are so large that you want higher speed reads and writes. SSD is not usually used for that as its life span is still under discussion.

But a RAID 0 setup would neatly give a lot of time back to the video editor.
Bob

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RAID 0 setup
Jun 26, 2013 3:53AM PDT

How would I go about a RAID 0 setup? Sorry again for the dumb questions ha also the software does use that video card, but I could go with a lower end. At some point I do want to play a couple games however, but nothing too crazy. (Sim city 4, AOE 3, The sims 3, civilization 4)

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That
Jun 27, 2013 12:54AM PDT

Would be covered in the maker's manual. For example you head to the maker's site and get the manual and look over the install and setup sections.

Remember I take your word this is a video editing rig. I would have removed the SSD and gone RAID 0 as all the time waiting for a file to copy is reduced. It's a big chunk of time too. I've seen folk wait an hour for some works. You do that a lot since you want to save a current project so you copy it to another folder and wait for that before you go to the video editor.
Bob