PC upgrade advice for hdv system at DVinfo.net

Stick Tully · October 8th, 2007, 04:40 PM

Hello all, hoping somebody can help me with some technical advice for upgrading my system. I've just finished a couple of jobs and i think i/my pc deserves some more power...

i'm currently running:

ABIT AA8 DuraMAX motherboard
Pentium 3.4ghz (single core with ht)
2gb ram (4x 512mb)
128mb radeon x700 pro gfx card
2x 250gb sata drives

I use after effects a lot for keying, compositing and colouring so the extra speed will really help me here

& i edit in premiere (hdv) so a bit more speed will help me here too

A new processor is top of my list as quad cores are on ebuyer.com from £165

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131950

which seems incredibly cheap although i hear if i want to upgrade my processor i also need to upgrade my motherboard...

Do current motherboards have more than 4 slots for RAM? or would i need to replace this too?

+ would a graphics card upgrade be worthwhile? whenever im currently rendering anything it mostly seems to be the cpu thats being used.

Hopefully someone can lend me some of their wisdom

Stick

Chris Soucy · October 8th, 2007, 05:21 PM

Your probably going to get shifted there anyway, but I suggest you dive in here:

http://dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?f=63

and explore. Mr McGuffin and others have the market pretty well sewn up.

CS

Stick Tully · October 9th, 2007, 01:07 PM

Thanks very much

October 8th, 2007, 04:40 PM	#1
Stick Tully Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brighton Posts: 92	PC upgrade advice for hdv system Hello all, hoping somebody can help me with some technical advice for upgrading my system. I've just finished a couple of jobs and i think i/my pc deserves some more power... i'm currently running: ABIT AA8 DuraMAX motherboard Pentium 3.4ghz (single core with ht) 2gb ram (4x 512mb) 128mb radeon x700 pro gfx card 2x 250gb sata drives I use after effects a lot for keying, compositing and colouring so the extra speed will really help me here & i edit in premiere (hdv) so a bit more speed will help me here too A new processor is top of my list as quad cores are on ebuyer.com from £165 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/131950 which seems incredibly cheap although i hear if i want to upgrade my processor i also need to upgrade my motherboard... Do current motherboards have more than 4 slots for RAM? or would i need to replace this too? + would a graphics card upgrade be worthwhile? whenever im currently rendering anything it mostly seems to be the cpu thats being used. Hopefully someone can lend me some of their wisdom Stick

October 8th, 2007, 05:21 PM	#2
Chris Soucy Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairfield, Dunedin, New Zealand Posts: 3,691 Images: 18	Hi Stick.......... Your probably going to get shifted there anyway, but I suggest you dive in here: http://dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?f=63 and explore. Mr McGuffin and others have the market pretty well sewn up. CS

October 9th, 2007, 01:07 PM	#3
Stick Tully Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brighton Posts: 92	Thanks very much