What PC for editing 7D video.. PLEASE HELP

superNoid wrote in post #14021922
Can you guys help me out troubleshooting my choppy live preview play? I didn't want to create a new thread.

PC Specs (not the newest specs but nothing, not a single game or process has really pushed my system until now)

Intel Q6600 @ 3.0Ghz
4GB OCZ Reaper DDR2
AMD Radeon 5850 @ 850/1200
120GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD
Misc SATA stored...
Win7 Ultimate 64

I'm running Premiere Pro CS5 64bit w/Magic Bullet on my SSD. Loading in RAW .MOV (or .M2TS from Vixia HF10) footage from my 7D and scrobbling and live preview works as it should. Once I start applying effects, whether from Magic Bullet or standard PP CS5 effects, my live preview drops frames to unbearable levels. I have playback resolution set to 1/2 and have tested 1/4, to no avail. I dont want to render video after every change.

Is this a problem with working with RAW video files? I kind of dealt with this in the past with Cyberlink PowerDirector Ultra 7 but its been awhile since I've done video edits. Ideally I do not want my workflow to consist of source file conversion before going into PP. If I have to I will, but I'm looking for some advice/work-a-rounds to see if I can get things sustainable now.

I can easily add more RAM (and plan to), but looking at procmon and other memory management tools it doesn't appear that Memory is my bottleneck. Anyone have any advice?

I would definitely double your ram to at least 8GB since you have a nice video card that is more then sufficient to run the Adobe CS program regardless of what the management tools indicate. Unfortunately DDR 2 ram is not cheap like the DDR3 is nowadays.

http://www.hwcompare.c​om …560-ti-vs-radeon-hd-5850/

Regards, Ron

Silverfox1 wrote in post #14042090
I would definitely double your ram to at least 8GB since you have a nice video card that is more then sufficient to run the Adobe CS program regardless of what the management tools indicate. Unfortunately DDR 2 ram is not cheap like the DDR3 is nowadays.

http://www.hwcompare.c​om …560-ti-vs-radeon-hd-5850/

Regards, Ron

Thanks, yea I need to add more RAM fro sure. Thats something I've been meaning to do for awhile. I found that if I drop my video file into a new sequence it will create the right sequence format for the imported file and the live preview is a little better.

Here's the list I just built on Newegg.com based on reviews, best-sellers, etc.

Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Processor: Intel Quad-Core i5-2500 SB 3.3Ghz
Video: EVGA GeForce GTX 350Ti 1GB PCIe
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaw Series 2x4GB 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM 12800
HD: (2) WD 500GB 7200RPM SATA 6.0GB/s
Case: Anten Nine Hundred ATX Mid-Tower
Power Supply: XFX Pro550W

All for $779 not including shipping. Not bad IMO. Opinions?

megawatz wrote in post #14057224
Here's the list I just built on Newegg.com based on reviews, best-sellers, etc.

Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Processor: Intel Quad-Core i5-2500 SB 3.3Ghz
Video: EVGA GeForce GTX 350Ti 1GB PCIe
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaw Series 2x4GB 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM 12800
HD: (2) WD 500GB 7200RPM SATA 6.0GB/s
Case: Anten Nine Hundred ATX Mid-Tower
Power Supply: XFX Pro550W

All for $779 not including shipping. Not bad IMO. Opinions?

I would change the I5 to a I7. But hey that's my 0.002 cents ...

Good luck whit your new pc.

Why? What would be my advantages to up'ing to an i7, when the i5 would be just as sufficient. Unless I get an i7 that costs another $150 more than the one I'm looking at now.

Ive been thinking about getting a PC that customized for CS Creative Suite for Video and Stills editing.. Has anyone here bought a PC off the iBUYPOWER.com site and how as their experience?

megawatz wrote in post #14062363
Why? What would be my advantages to up'ing to an i7, when the i5 would be just as sufficient. Unless I get an i7 that costs another $150 more than the one I'm looking at now.

i7 is nice for applications that can use more than the 4 threads of the i5 (aside of course from clock speed). There aren't many out there--mostly these programs are video rendering/3d rendering/some CAD apps.

For gaming and photoshop...again, aside from clock speed...no difference. In some games (like WoW for instance) disabling HTT actually increases FPS on the i7s...

Discussion is sounds very interesting...!

Bananapie wrote in post #14065132
i7 is nice for applications that can use more than the 4 threads of the i5 (aside of course from clock speed). There aren't many out there--mostly these programs are video rendering/3d rendering/some CAD apps.

For gaming and photoshop...again, aside from clock speed...no difference. In some games (like WoW for instance) disabling HTT actually increases FPS on the i7s...

I don't do a whole lot of video gaming, but mainly use Vegas Pro and Premiere Pro. No 3D, AutoCAD, etc. Just something to get some 1280x720 @60 footage cut, edited, and rendered. I don't plan on really going 1080p @30 unless asked to.

megawatz wrote in post #14057224
Here's the list I just built on Newegg.com based on reviews, best-sellers, etc.

Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
Processor: Intel Quad-Core i5-2500 SB 3.3Ghz
Video: EVGA GeForce GTX 350Ti 1GB PCIe
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaw Series 2x4GB 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM 12800
HD: (2) WD 500GB 7200RPM SATA 6.0GB/s
Case: Anten Nine Hundred ATX Mid-Tower
Power Supply: XFX Pro550W

All for $779 not including shipping. Not bad IMO. Opinions?

The upgrade to DDR3 RAM will help

If you are a video editor thinking about buying a Canon camera, go to POTN.

If you are a photographer/videograp​her looking to buy or build a computer to edit video using Premier Pro, go
to the Adobe hardware forum . http://forums.adobe.co​m …dware_forum?vie​w=overview .

(Yes, read the FAQs.)

borealis wrote in post #14083180
If you are a video editor thinking about buying a Canon camera, go to POTN.

If you are a photographer/videograp​her looking to buy or build a computer to edit video using Premier Pro, go
to the Adobe hardware forum . http://forums.adobe.co​m …dware_forum?vie​w=overview .

(Yes, read the FAQs.)

I don't know if you've checked what thread this is in, but please mind your own.

megawatz wrote in post #14084469
I don't know if you've checked what thread this is in, but please mind your own.

It was actually a helpful link.

tkbslc wrote in post #14084744
It was actually a helpful link.

Reading his post almost made it seems like they were trying to weave us onto another forum or something. Maybe it was just me?

megawatz wrote in post #14072025
I don't do a whole lot of video gaming, but mainly use Vegas Pro and Premiere Pro. No 3D, AutoCAD, etc. Just something to get some 1280x720 @60 footage cut, edited, and rendered. I don't plan on really going 1080p @30 unless asked to.

If you have Premiere Pro CS4 (or 5, 6) then get a CPU with as many threads as possible. i7 would be nice, but X79 Xeon 12 threads would be even better. =)

Granted, if you are on a budget, then maybe z68 is the way to go for you.