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~$3000 Champ Laptop Configuration?

Apr 26, 2012 2:06 PM

Tags: #laptop_configuration #$3000_laptop #ultimate_premiere_pro_laptop #after_effects_laptop #dslr_laptop

I have looked in many places for this information -- and figured I would just ask:

I am desperate to find a laptop that can run PP/AE CS6 like a champ AND not be SUPER pricey (I'm a poor college student).

I know I want SSD's (I need help deciding how many for the best workflow experience/external hard drives can play a role in this too, and perhaps some combination of regular HDD's), multi-core faster processor, lotsa ram (at least 16 gigs), and a compatible GPU for MPE (that will decently boost rendering times/etc.) I may be missing some other factors to make my champion laptop -- if so, please enlighten me.

I will primarily be editing DSLR footage, and doing motion graphics. I don't like waiting for things to render..

ALSO -- where should I look to purchase this computer once I finally figure out what I want/need!? I can't seem to find anything decent. Should I use a custom pc company? Puget Systems? or go HP, Dell, Fujitsu, etc,?

I would tremendously appreciate any advice!

Thank you!

461 Views 3 Replies Latest reply: John T Smith, Apr 26, 2012 4:08 PM

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1. Harm Millaard,

Apr 26, 2012 2:29 PM in reply to MatthewsM7

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Sager, Clevo or ADK. No Dell, HP, Puget, Fujitsu and the like, because they seldomly meet minimum requirements and with DSLR material you are way better off with a desktop, especially since you are:

(I'm a poor college student).

Forget about SSD's apart from the boot disk on a laptop, unless you want to spend money without performance gains.

Think about an i7 quad core with HT, at least 16 GB memory, a nVidia CUDA capable card with 1+ GB VRAM, two internal 7200+ RPM disks or one SSD and one HDD, 1600x900+ monitor resolution, at least an eSATA or USB3 port for external disks, etc.

Even then you will be paying a large amount of money for a perfomance that is way slower than a more affordable deskop. For $ 2000 you can get a desktop system that is at least 5 times faster, so luggability must mean a lot to you. Keep in mind you still need a wall outlet and that exporting a timeline that would normally take 1 hour on a decent desktop, will take you at least 5 hours, but maybe up to 20 hours to export for a 50% price premium.

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2. MatthewsM7,

Apr 26, 2012 4:01 PM in reply to Harm Millaard

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You just swayed me to go ahead and do a desktop. I wanted the mobility to switch between home and work -- but I'm almost willing to carry my whole tower out the door with me for that kind've increase in workflow

So -- now that I am doing a desktop, where can you point me as good references for building a beastly machine for PP/AE?

Thanks Mr. Millaard..

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3. John T Smith,

Apr 26, 2012 4:08 PM in reply to MatthewsM7

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Some ideas for a Desktop Video Editing PC
http://www.adkvideoediting.com/
-ADK Kudos http://forums.adobe.com/thread/877201

Build http://forums.adobe.com/thread/947698
-more build ideas http://ppbm6.com/Planning.html
-Build it Yourself http://forums.adobe.com/thread/815798
-http://www.shawnlam.ca/2012/premiere-pro-cs6-video-editing-computer-bu ild/
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Some ideas for a Laptop Video Editing PC from past discussions
http://www.sagernotebook.com/
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/957472
http://www.adkvideoediting.com/

For effective HD video editing, a laptop with the following
-at least the Intel sandy bridge 2720 or 2820 quad processor
-and nvidia graphics preferably the 460m, 485m is a bit much
-1280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0-compatible graphics card
-and 8 or 16 gig ram and Win7 64bit Pro
-and 2 internal 7200 HDDs minimum

This message has a really good graphic about requirements
CS5 Requirements http://forums.adobe.com/thread/810750
About Requirements http://forums.adobe.com/thread/618058
Disk Configurations http://forums.adobe.com/thread/878419

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