System used?

gtpark wrote on 7/4/2002, 5:22 PM
P4 2.26 OC to 2.77
Epox 4G4A+ Mobo
1024g OCZ DDR PC2700 RAM
(1) 40g IBM HD for system and Programs partitioned 4 and 36
(1) 80g IBM HD for capture over 6hrs
(1) 80g IBM HD for renders
Radeon 8500 two monitor card; 1 LCD one 1 CRT allows me to spread out VV3
Pioneer A04 for burning
DVDit PE for Authoring 16:9
Nero 5 for burning
All work is 16:9 shot on a Panasonic MX3000
Typical render speed is 12 to 14 frames per second.
System built from scratch ro VV3; cost about $2500 (my first build)
Greg

Comments

vonhosen wrote on 7/5/2002, 12:45 AM
I've just been adding up to build myself very similar, looks like a great Mobo, had any problems with that setup ?
westside wrote on 7/5/2002, 6:33 PM
How do you import the video on the cpu?
gtpark wrote on 7/7/2002, 3:55 PM
The Epox Mobo is great supports USB 2 and up to 8 hard drives. Allows for some decent overclocking. Some guys are pushing the 1.6 CPUs to 2.8 or more with one stick of 512 ram. I was satisfied with 20% OC with 2x 512 ram. Had tried the SOYO Ultra Dragon 645DX; it would not render for long unless I turned my 2.26 CPU down to 1.7.

I get the video in through a Creative Labs Audigy Sound card that has a firewire port. NO dropped frames unless I start Internet Explorer while capturing. Most other work doesn't seem to bother the capture.
Greg
ampers wrote on 7/8/2002, 12:17 PM
What does that cost include? Monitors & camera too?

A system I was considering:
Tyan Thunder K7 Mother Board (Model# S2462NG) 312.00
512MB DDR PC2100 DDR 79.00
512MB DDR PC2100 DDR 79.00
120GB 7200RPM ATA100 156.00
40GB 7200RPM 70.00
Dual AMD Athlon MP 2000+ (2) 420.00
Sound Blaster Audigy MP3 75.00
NVIDIA TI 190.00
Server Towere Case 80.00
Enermax 465 Power Supply 81.00
Total... 1,542.00

Add some monitors if you don't have them.

Not shabby for a dual athlon.