New Computer For Rendering Video ???
 

I am looking at getting a new Computer for rending video as we're about to start shooting some High Def stuff, what are the important spec things to look for ? Is it memory, is it graphics memory, is it graphics card, is it speed of processor ?

This is the spec for a computer I seen, not a great brand "Advent" but is the spec any good for rendering ?

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33Ghz
Blu-Ray Combo
8192 mb RAM Memory
1Tb SATAII Hard drive
512MB mb Graphics Memory
NVIDIA® GeForce 9600GT
1333 mhz Processor speed
Windows Vista Operating system
Keyboard
Mouse


Also I take it you need the computer to have firewire to best upload the video onto the machine ?

if you can, go with intel i7 with tri-channel ddr3.

I just priced out a system with an Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor with 6 Gb of RAM, cooling, a good case, power supply, 10,000 rpm hard drive, a DVD and a Blue Ray burner on NewEgg.com for $1585.

I have been reading mixed reviews on the i7 for rendering speed.

The reviews from the actual users on NewEgg.com are overwhelmingly positive, and they love the overclocking ability. I think it will render twice as fast as my Core2Duo machine.

foe the same price i could build 2 quad core lower end systems and get more work done.

do the actual users of new egg render video? Its your party but from what I read its not a shocking extra amount of speed for the cost.please report back when you get it:)

Don't get anything unless it its an i7.

I have 5 systems total for 3d animation. One of them is an i7 and it renders frames literally 2.5 times faster than the others(all quadcores also). If it can crunch 3d that quick, I imagine it would eat video encoding as a snack.

You?re going to love that computer. I ordered the parts from NewEgg.com and I?ve been running it for 2 weeks now. Vista Ultimate installed so fast that I thought I did something wrong. Rendering a 25 minute HD scene with transitions, watermark and some color correction took under 12 minutes to render to an AVI file on an external eSATA hard drive. The same file took under 16 minutes to render to an external USB hard drive. My setup is as follows:

Intel Core i7 940 Nehalem 2.93GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor
COOLER MASTER V8 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler
COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit for System Builders
ASUS P6T Deluxe LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+ 1GB Video Card
CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 Modular Power Supply
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory
2 Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
LG Black Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner SATA Model
LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound

If you're into it, you can overclock the i7 920(cheapest version). Got mine up to 3.8ghz stable.

what nle and compression software are you using?

The specs are right enough on your video rendering.

Dang
 

Well I am in the UK, Guess I need to find somewhere in the UK that does a computer with a i7 in then by the sounds of it lol...

Also regards this new egg company do they assemble the machines after you spec them ? If so I might have to find out if they ship to the uk... :)

Yay
 

A british firm does one prtty much to the spec mentioned ! :thumbsup

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTVIEWPAGE&USG=PRODUCT&ENT= PRODUCT&KEY=464453&source=3

Buy a IBM/Lenovo ThinkStation S10
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q9550 Processor ( 2.83GHz 1GHz 12MB )
Windows Vista Business 64
It uses the nvidia quadro nvs 290 grafx card

It have a onboard SAS Disk controller, so build it with two 146 or 300gb sas 15k rpm disks, and you will have a system you can use the next years nonstop without ever having a hardware faliure.

Get a Firewire I/O card, and a small external disk enclosure for the grunt storrage


If you have any money left, buy a video-boardset

The renders from HD to AVI were done with Adobe Premier Pro CS3.

Speaking from experience... quadcore or bust... make sure your getting a 64bit setup to handle that extra ram properly... i don't care how many rpms your hd tells you it does, raid the mother fucker sata2 x2 drives or more, with speed limiters disabled... the more power in the better, and watch your ram timings...

Since you?re running Vista 64, up the RAM to 6 Gigs.

I like the motherboard they?re offering. You will be very happy with it. Once you get the system, download the latest drivers and utilities for the motherboard from Asus? web site. The Express Gate utility is pretty sweet.

Hey...
 

Thanks dude we'll definetly be taking the 6 gig upgrade and also the 1TB hard drive upgrade too :thumbsup

I'm about to build a new core i7 920 for video transcoding... probably next week. It seems the way to go. 6GB RAM and Vista 64. Mild overclock to 3.2 or so.

Looks a good machine!

That's great to hear, I also use Premiere Pro CS3 and render HD video to Cineform AVI for my intermediate files.

I have a p3 laptop doing it all fine