! I Want to Build a Video Workstation. NOT GAMING AT ALL Whats best?

someone wrote:
Ok so i want to build a good Video Editing workstation.
I use canopus & adobe encore for authoring.
Thoughts on what would be the best Mobo & Video card
solution. I am NOT going to be Gameing AT ALL. I just need
good performance, so i would assume the video card need not be
top o the line. Not looking to put tons into it, but i will for the right
configuration. I'd really love to hear from anyone else doing video
editing on the PC.

Canopus as in EDIUS PRO? Under minimum system requirements, they
specify:

- DirectX 9.0 or later
- Graphics card with hardware-based DirectDraw overlay and 32-bit color
display at a 1024x768 resolution (128MB of graphics memory is required
when editing in HD resolution)

So how's about one of these highly rated silent Asus jobbies:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121008
Review thing: www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2756

If you using other Canopus hardware, this page may be of interest:
http://www.canopus.com/support/hardw...patibility.php


I like the silient runners, nothing worse than cooling fans that keep gettin logged up with dust.
Yes it is Canopus Edius pro, and its not hard to get within spec according to thier page,
I was actually wondering if AMD or INTEL is the way to go too.
Im looking to build from ground up, NEW motherboard, NEW memory, Video carts
Ohh and lets toss in a nice big fat SATA HD while im at it.
All my 3-4 yr old hardware is useless in the new systems.

IS there any Real world Difference between SATA & IDE-80 pin ATA-133?

someone wrote:
I like the silient runners, nothing worse than cooling fans that keep
gettin logged up with dust. Yes it is Canopus Edius pro, and its
not hard to get within spec according to thier page, I was actually
wondering if AMD or INTEL is the way to go too. Im looking to
build from ground up, NEW motherboard, NEW memory, Video
carts Ohh and lets toss in a nice big fat SATA HD while im at it.
All my 3-4 yr old hardware is useless in the new systems.

Take a look at the CPU Charts on this page:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html

I opted to overclock an E6400 on a Biostar 965PT motherboard as a
"budget" alternative to a higher-end system. I was waiting for the new
revision of the P5B-E because I needed the higher voltage specified by
my already purchased memory, but I gave up. To this day, I still don't
see it as being available. I saw people having enough trouble with the
P5B Deluxe models, so decided to look elsewhere. The Biostar is not
without its quirks, but my needs are simple. My new case has filters,
which hopefully will keep most of the dust out...

IS there any Real world Difference between SATA & IDE-80 pin
ATA-133?

Probably not much. I'm not sure how the third party PATA controllers
are interfaced since Intel dropped support on the chipset on 965 and 975.