well my current rig is set up with:
Mobo: Asus M3N-HD
CPU: 4 Core 9750 OCed to 2.8 GHz (due to mobo)
RAM: 2GB Partiot 800MHz
GPU: 7600GS x2 SLI
Boot HDD: 80GB IDE WD
Storage HDD: Seagate 400GB SATAII
Other HDD: 120GB IDE WD
Drive: SATA LITE-ON DVD-RAM
PSU: RAID-MAX RX-630A 630W Modular
Monitor: Samsung LN-325HA 1366 x 768 32" HDTV
OS: Windows XP Pro 32Bit

Currently looking into getting some video editing software. I'm new to the video scene.

My next upgrades will be 4x750GB HDDs on Raid 5, then a Geforce 9600 GX2 and eventually another one, then adding 4GB or so of RAM. If anyone has some suggestions on software it would be awesome if you pmed me.

Nice box - RAID is deffo the way forward - no more panics. Make sure you get a h ware raid card, the software raid soloutions are alledgedly rubbish.

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actually there is a raid device built into my mobo i believe unless thats still software but i dont think it is. since its in the bios settings from the start. I'm deffinately getting a raid config goin tho. especially since my 400 is almost full and im workin on the 120 and heck an 80 isnt gonna do anything. first im getting a new cam which will be friday.

Can one of you clever editing people come and offer me some help? Please

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Hi All

Recently bought a HP XW6600, Quad Core Xeon E5420, 2.5GHz, 8GB RAM, 250GB HDD, DVD+/-RW, +extra 500GB (7200rpm) second drive, Nvidia quadro FX 1700 512MB Graphics, - mainly to edit HDV/SD footage In Premiere CS3.

I captured 30 secs of HD footage, applied a duration of 50% which extended the footage to 60 secs and then rendered it.
I was hoping that it would render in a few seconds but it took 2.5 mins. My previous pc - this test would take 5 mins.
So the HP is 2 times quicker at rendering then my old machine (pentium 4) but for me this seems really slow still.

What times can you guys achieve?, and what can I do to speed up rendering time? Will a matrox card (RT.X2) make any difference?

Any ideas would be really appreciated .

Thanks

Maxx