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The only reason fo 2 hard disks is budget, once I've got a little more down the track it will be raided

1) I would recommend a 750W or 850W 80-Plus Gold or Platinum rated PSU for that build.

          Point totally taken consider it done.

2) The case that you're considering is adequate, but a larger case is better.

          I haven't been physically to the computer stores to really investigate the cases
          so this may well change, i'd like something with easily swapable drive bays
          for expansion & RAID later on.

3) Is the i7-2600 CPU a "K" CPU or a non-"K"?

          I've never been a fan of overclocking, on machines that I make my living from!

          besides in most cases I'm getting paid by the hour

4) Don't get the plain GA-Z68X-UD3 since it is obsolete: GA-Z68XP-UD3 with an Ivy Bridge

          Thank you for this advice the is exactly the sort of information I'm looking for RE upgrade path
          After your suggestion I've gone and looked and some of the new m/boards have a SSD as pageing ram
          do you know if this would help?

I thank you both for your input, once you've droped out of the "hardware/build" loop i't hard to know which way to go ~ pete

My video is Canon 60D shooting 1080p @ 25fps H.264 mainly industrial/training videos a day a week and a band video every

few months. I'm hoping that the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 & Blackmagic intensity pro will take most of the load.

My main reason for not being keen on the over clocking is reliability and longevity, I will most likely be running 16-18h p/day,
6 days a week in an ambent temps of up to 36C (semi-tropical) so inside the box could get quite warm and as graphics is
my only sourse of income I need it to work reliabily ~ pete

Peter FitzGerald

BlueCrystal Creative

Skype: bluecrystalcreative

   ___________________________________________________________

   | SIGNS | PRINT | DESIGN | FLAGS | WEB | AUDIO | MUSIC |

   Website  |> www.bluecrystalcreative.com/

   My Book  |> The Instant Advertising Manager - ABC Online Books

   My Band  |> www.karthartic.com/

Firstly, I'd like to thank you all for your input and advice
Secondly, I've placed my order (as follows) and should

recive Late Thurs/Friday

CPU:   Intel Core i7 2600 3.4GHz Quad Core

MB:     Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 SATA3 USB3.0

RAM:   Kingston 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3-1333

SSD:   Intel 520 Series 120GB

HDD:   Seagate 2TB SATA3 64M 7200RPM

DVD:   SATA Blu-Ray Burner

GPU:   NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 1.28G

Case:  Thermaltake V4 Midi Tower USB3.0

PSU:   Thermaltake ToughPower 875W

OS :    Windows 7 OEM Home Premium 64bit

I/O :    Hi Speed internal CF Card reader

I/O :     blackmagic intensity pro

+

|-    2 x 24" Computer Monitors

|-    2 x 24" HDMI Video Monitor

As you can see this is a NOT a perfect system,
but it's one that I can afford at this stage and looking
forward I imagine that the first order of expansion will be

(1)  A slow external 3TB backup drive ($250-$300)

(2)  RAID Card Adaptec 2255900-R SATA RAID Controller ($65)

(3)  A second Seagate 2TB SATA3 64M 7200RPM ($130)
     * Move all data to the back up drive then

       RAID the data as a striped pair.

     * I'll Image the SSD boot disk to a small partition as well.

     * The only software installed CS master, CorelDraw & Blender  

I'd like to thank you all for your input and I'll come back
in a week or so and review the outcome ~ Pete

--

  Peter FitzGerald

    BlueCrystal Creative

    Skype: bluecrystalcreative

    ___________________________________________________________

    | SIGNS | PRINT | DESIGN | FLAGS | WEB | AUDIO | MUSIC |

    Website  |>  www.bluecrystalcreative.com/

    My Book  |>  The Instant Advertising Manager - ABC Online Books

    My Band  |>  www.karthartic.com/

USER REPORT

OK so it's been a month, I just thought I'd come back and tell you how the system functions,
over all I'm very happy and It's producing some income, the ocasional crash but mostly OK

- Smaller projects 3-5min web promo video it works perfectly (3-5min, 1080p HD, 3-5 Video, 4-6 audio Channels)

- Mid projects 20min Band promo videos 4 songs+interviews, it works with a little render time
   (21min, 1080p HD, 18 Video * 4 passes 1x60D 2x550D, 2 audio Channels, + cut-a-ways & interview)

- Larger Project 35min Industrial training video.  The project started as a 10min training video, but. . .
    the project just kept getting larger and larger, the client lives very close and could drop in anytime,
    sometimes a few times a day and would ask could we just put this in, and that etc. (I was on a p/day rate so OK). 

    (35min, 1080p HD, 1 Video (canon 60D), 6 audio Channels(h4n + radio lavs), 300+ supers, 3 x anamations & bluescreen, ADR)

  The main issue, in one section I made the mistake of doing the photos & infographics at 2 x the resolution of the project
   (3840x2160px) to keep the quality up it would preview OK but when it came to final render prem/pro would crash
   so I had to reduce them down to work OK. It took me two days to work that out!

Points I'm working on
   - I'm still working on a way to get and keep a consistent audio level/tone on projects that are shot over months with different mic's. any thoughs?
   - The AGC on the 60D really adds noise to the radio mics, so now I'm using a zoom h4n and will try the Magic Lantern firmware hack.
   - The video video compression on the 60D ads noise and makes green & bluescreen a little harder than it needs to be.
   - I would love a spell checker in the titles generator