Post your PC SPECS!

[SuperSean23]

Murrlets post gave me the idea to start a thread displaying the Specs of everyones PC. It would be a good idea to see where everyone stands (seeing as editing HD takes a lot of pc power). By doing this we can compare our PCs and give people advice on what could make PC editing better, along as give beginners a guide to follow.

My Specs (as shown in Murrlets thread)

Intel Duel Core e6600
ASUS P5N-E SLI motherboard
320gb 7200 hard drive
2gb ram
XFX GeForce 7600GT 256mb
20 inch lcd screen

cost after rebates...$900

Let me know what you guys think of my rig. So far i love it, although i'll definatly want to update my video card, add another hard drive, and i'd like a hd tv tuner (when costs come down i'd like a blu-ray burner as well of course).

[Goose]

Dell E520
E6600 2x2.4Ghz
250gb 7200 hard drive + 500GB 7200
2gb ram
XFX GeForce 7600GS 256mb fanless
Sony W900 24 inch widescreen scrt (normally at 1920x1200@75hz)

[neocastillo]

I use a Macbook for my PC needs. Just reboot and run XP you use After Effects which isn't UB yet.

[Critters]

I have a nice Dual core laptop, but the HDD is slow and small so I use my desktop for editing which is:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
Gforce 6800
74gig SATA Raptor (10,000rpm)
300gig SATA (7,500rpm)
1 gig of RAM
24" LCD (1920x1200)

The only problem I have editing HDV is hitting the RAM limit, 2 to 4 gig is needed. Other than that it is very good at editing video ( I use Vegas ), the Raptor drive is not needed, but makes for a quicker page file.

[Yann]

e6600@3,4 Ghz Watercooled
ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
2x320Gb SataII Samsung 16 Mb Cache @raid0
+160 GB Backup
+500GB Western Digital External
+320GB Western Digital External
+ 2x80GB@raid0 SataI Hitachi for Video Cut
2gb ram @900 Mhz 4-4-4-12
x1900xt
22" Dell Tft + 17" benQ tft

[crobs808]

computer1: (running xp+macos via bootcamp)
Apple iMac - Intel 2.33ghz core2duo, 24" HDres monitor, 500gb hard drive, 3gb ram, wi-fi, isight camera, 8x dvd burner, 512mb ati x1600 video, sigmatel HD audio, etc...

computer2: (running vista+macos tiger via bootcamp)
Apple Mac Pro, 8-core 3.0ghz XEON, 16gb ram, 500gb internal, nvidia quaddro video, 1.5TB external RAID array (3TB physical non-raid), of coruse built in wi-fi, etc. blah blah blah

use computer1 for presentation of final rendered projects for video clients, also use it with a Wacom Intuos tablet for illustrations, and for administrative stuff...quickbooks, payroll, etc...use computer2 for all the dirty work. capture/edit in premiere pro 2.0 and author with encore dvd 2.0...only boot into macos when i want to screw around, since that's mainly what it's made for right? (final cut has lagged behind for the last 5 years, i left it in version 4 to use premiere pro for more features effect, and easier integration into after effects. no point in relearning FCP, but at least the option is there if need be)

[BarnOwl]

Dell Dimension 9200:
Dualcore E6300 2 x 1.86Ghz @ 1066MHz
2048 Mb Dual Channel DDR2 533 MHz mem.
500Gb (2 x 250Mb) 7200rpm SATA Raid 0
Geforce 7900GS 256Mb
Dell 2407WFP 24" 1920 x 1200 LCD

[neocastillo]

Crobs its no wonder green screen it easier than a matte for you. Just curious if you have that kinda of gear why the HV20? Seems like you could afford a $17k HD camera no problem.

[Dodgy Nick]

My rig:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2x2.4ghz)
BFG 8800 GTS OC 320MB
Abit IN9 32X MAX 680i mobo
OCZ 2GB RAM
WD Raptor 150GB SATA 10KRPM 16MB Cache
WD 300GB SATA
SB Audigy 5.1 surround
32" H&B monitor

Software
Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64Bit
Sony Vegas 7e
Loads of DigitalJuice JB's, SFX, ETK & MDE's

Camera Setup:
Canon HV20
Rode Videomic
Velbon 7000 tripod
Wide angle lens adapter
UV & ND Filters
Extra battery (BP-2L14)
1xclapperboard
+free lens cap courtesy of MAL!

Now all I need is a proud HV20 owner as a B-camera to shoot my script. Do you have any weekends free in August Worley???

"ACTION!"

[SuperSean23]

looks like the Intel Core 2 Duo e6600 is a popular processor.
SpoilerWarning I had Windows Vista Ultimate x64 too, but it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO buggy, i had a rough time with almost all my apps and especially installing stuff. So i switched back to XP. Have you had any of those problems?

And the rigs are looking good people, keep em coming! Waitin on yours Mal

[Dodgy Nick]

looks like the Intel Core 2 Duo e6600 is a popular processor.
SpoilerWarning I had Windows Vista Ultimate x64 too, but it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO buggy, i had a rough time with almost all my apps and especially installing stuff. So i switched back to XP. Have you had any of those problems?

And the rigs are looking good people, keep em coming! Waitin on yours Mal

I've contemplated switching back to XP loads of times, but have so far manage to sort out most of the problems I've encountered. Outstanding issues I still have:

A proper Nvidia driver (with custom resolutions)
Quicktime
Codecs that don't break (32 and 64 bit)
Vegas (v8 will be 64 bit compatible, out end of '07)

So yeah, Vista is nice but still a nightmare to get to work properly i.t.o. drivers. When push comes to shove and I really need to start editing my short film, I'll put XP back on, but until then, I'm holding out and checking tons of sites and forums every day for solutions. I know, it's stupid, but still, I can't help myself. I'm a sucker for bleeding edge...

[SuperSean23]

haha as am I, visually i liked it...however i think its to early to really even consider using it. I tried my hardest for a month and i finally woke up and switched back. The 32/64 bit issue was my biggest problem Dont worry i'll probably put it back on my pc once all the bugs are sorted out and programs start being usable.

[Dodgy Nick]

haha as am I, visually i liked it...however i think its to early to really even consider using it. I tried my hardest for a month and i finally woke up and switched back. The 32/64 bit issue was my biggest problem Dont worry i'll probably put it back on my pc once all the bugs are sorted out and programs start being usable.

Don't want to hijack this thread any more, so this will be the last I say on this, but I've been strongly contemplating getting Vista 32bit which should solve most of my problems. Since I have the OEM version of Vista Ultimate 64 bit, I can't use it on another machine, so I would have bought 2 copies of the same OS which I can only use on one machine. It just doesn't make sense to me, so I'd rather put XP back on until such time as software vendors have caught up with the whole 64bit deal, then switch back to Vista.

Oh and I forgot, loads of my games either don't install properly (because they're looking for DX9 files) or have silly glitches (because of the useless nvidia drivers), and my soundcard is not the card it used to be under XP. SO FRUSTRATING!!!

[Murrelet]

Wow, some nice rigs people own.

My poor old legacy box was bleeding edge;
Epox 8RDA+ mobo
Athlon Barton 2800 OC'd
2GB ram OC'd
120GB WD and a 300GB Maxtor, both PATA's
ATI 9800Pro 128
X-Fire sound card
22" LG 226WA
Altec sound system
XP SP2

About to abandon Pinnacle for Vegas 7 and Neo.

[BarnOwl]

Nobody running a dualboot config XP/Vista? I'm getting Vista next week and wanted to start with a dual boot to see what runs well and what not.......

[africanmarty]

UPDATE (new cpu & 2gig more ram):
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
ABIT KN9S mobo
4 gig ram
512 nvidia geforce 7300GT
500GB RAID 0 HD
XP SP2

using HVD-split, prem pro 2.0 & after effects 7.0

[Yann]

Nobody running a dualboot config XP/Vista? I'm getting Vista next week and wanted to start with a dual boot to see what runs well and what not.......

I have this Config above 3 monts and i must say vista is shit.
I will wait until Vista will work better...

[white_2kgt]

E6600 (Dual Core 2.4GHz)
MSI Board
nVidia 7600
2GB Ram
320x3 SATA Internal
250x3 External IDE
Windows XP
22" Wide Screen LCD (edit/storyboard screen) and 19" LCD (preview screen)

[joemit]

I'm running a MacBook Pro 15" 2.16 GHz
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz

connected to an external 500Gb LaCie drive and using iMovieHD.

Joe

[GregHV20]

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 2.6GHz to 3.0GHz
DFI NF4 LanParty Ultra-D
1GB RAM at 2-2-2-6 CAS
2x80 GB 10,000RPM
ATi Radeon X850 Video-In Platinum Edition

Since two years, wow.. heheh very nice rig for gaming and encoding.

[Lunchbox]

I bought a new computer with this spec,

CASE: CoolerMaster Stacker 830 Tower 420W Case W/ Side-panel Window
CPU: (Quad-Core)Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX6850 @ 3.00GHz 1333FSB 8MB L2 Cache 64-bit
MOTHERBOARD: (Quad-Core FSB1333) Asus P5N32-E nForce 680i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)4GB (4x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Dual Channel Memory (Corsair Value Select or Major Brand)
VIDEO CARD: ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT PCI-E x16 512MB Video Card
LCD Monitor: NONE
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Data Hard Drive: NONE
SOUND: Creative Labs SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio 24-BIT PCI Sound Card

Total: $2,335

I know the vendor so I got a pretty good deal on this. If you are interested in buying a new computer, PM me and I can hook you up.

[SenorKaffee]

Intel P4 2,4 Ghz
Asus Motherboard
About 600GB of hard drive on several drives
Nvidia 5800 GFX Card
Soundblaster Live Card
Cheap WACOM tablet
22" Widescreen LCD (1680x1050)
2x512MB RAM
Windows XP SP2

Well - it was a great PC a few years ago.

BTW I used Windows 2000 SP4 until SP2 for Windows XP was available. Why switch when the system runs fine as it is.

[Ten Ounce]

Here's one of my setups.

Antec Fusion Media Case
1TB HDD via 2 x 500GB Drives
2GB RAM
Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz
Intel DG965OT Mobo
430Watt PSU
Nvidia 7300GS (this is being upgraded here shortly)
Windows MCE OS

I've got all this connected to a 50" Samsung Plasma TV in the living room.

[pascalbrown]

Taky; you didn't just get a good deal, you got a f***ing amazing deal.

CASE: Thermaltake Eureka Aluminium Server Case
CPU: Intel C2D E6600 running at 3.6GHz
MOTHERBOARD: Asus P5b-E Plus
MEMORY: 2Gb Kingston PC8500 (running at PC10000) DDR2
VIDEO CARD: Asus 7950GT 512Mb
LCD Monitor: Currently 19" Samsung, Coming Soon 24" Samsung
HARD DRIVE: 2 x 500Gb Seagate, 1 x 250Gb Samsung
SOUND: Creative Labs SB X-Fi Xtreme Music
PSU: 650W Thermaltake Truepower

O/S: Vista Ultimate

[XFR]

Just ordered some upgrade parts, lots of overclocking potential
This'll be my system...

CASE:            Antec Nine Hundred + Be Quiet Straight Power 500 Watt
CPU:             Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 + Tuniq Tower 120
MOTHERBOARD:     Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P
MEMORY:          4GB Team Xtreem DDR2 PC6400 CL4 (4x1GB)
GRAPHICS:        EVGA Geforce 8800 GTS 320 MB + 2 x 17" LG 795FT Plus
HDD:             2x 400GB, 1x 320GB, 1x 250GB (7200RPM)
SOUND:           M-Audio Audiophile 2496 + Behringer Truth B2031 Monitors