Computer For 3d And Video Editing

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Hi everyone, I want to build a system for doing 3d and video editing, care to give suggestions?

processor : Dual core / dual processor? AMD 64 / AMD 64 fx / opteron?
mobo : ?
ram : 2 / 4 GB? corsair / kingston?
vga : geforce 7900 GT / 7900 GTX / quadro 1400 / fireGL / wildcats Realizm 500?
hardisk : sata II / sata 3G / scsi ? raid ?

Do I need to buy separate video capture card specifically for editing like products from newtek or canopus etc, or just using firewire?

Does the videocard has any effect towards reducing rendering time for a scene in 3d? I heard that using quadro can cut rendering time considerably over geforce 7800. is that true?

thanks.

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Your questions need to be more specific. most answers to your questions, is “what is your budge”. If you only have $1k to spend, you can forget about dual core, dual processor.

  1. processor. depends on your budget. more CPU the better for rendering.
  2. mb. depends on which cpu you choose. for Opteron, Supermicro is the best. for Athlon, Asus is the best.
  3. ram. 2 or 4gb? depend on your budget. Corsair/Kingston? depend on your mb. if you choose certain dual SLI Asus mb, the best is the hot Corsair, otherwise Kingston is the best.
  4. VGA. depend on your budget, but I would recommend nVidia, just less issues.
  5. drives. depend on your budget. 15k SCSI drive in raid is the best, but expensive by 5 folds.