Im Building My system

1. nobody
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   OK so heres the specs on the system im building
   
   P4 3ghz HT 800 mhz FSB - $270
   1gb Crucial Ram- $130
   128mB Gainward Nvidia 5900(with video capture) - $220
   40gb Boot Drive -$Free because its coming out fo ym old system
   200gb Maxtor internal video storage drive - $100
   FIC 856 ultra motherboard- $94
   Case = $50
   Win 2000 = $free cause i have my original disk
   
   And theres the system im building... seeing as how im a strapped for cash 14 year old student ive been buying the parts one at a time. All i ahve left to buy before my system is up and running is my Proscessor and my video card!! Plus i figured it out and im saving about $600 building my system my self!! I highly reccomend building your won system to any one on a budget or anyone looking to save money for that matter if you ahve the ability BUILD YOUR OWN SYTEM!! and if youre looking for a good website for computer parts check http://www.newegg.com
   
   AMAZING PRICES!!! Plus do a bizrate search they ahve positiviely glowing reviews!! they are one of Bizrates top rated companies!! also if youre buying Ram you can beat http://www.crucial.com s prices and quality! they amke all thier won RAM and ahve won numerous awards!!

   Posted 8 years ago #

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   It sounds good, John. I would reconsider the Maxtor drive, though. I've built and maintained hundreds of PCs corporately and personally for longer than you've been alive and for some reason, Maxtor drives have exhibited a consistently high failure rate (more than all other brands combined!). How about IBM or Western Digital?

   Posted 8 years ago #

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   Maxtor? cause ive used amxtor drives my whole life (haha short yes i know) but ive NEVER had a maxtor drive fail and ive used sseveral but ive had 2 western digital drives fail

   Posted 8 years ago #

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   You must have a lot of experience, since you've used several Maxtors and been through two Western Digitals already. It's very impressive considering your age. It seems that based on a little research into manufacturers of dedicated professional video editing computers/workstations, that the IBM Deskstar series are one of the most specified hard drives. What do you think about them? Also, would you recommend using a mobile racks to mount dedicated video hard drives? They are pretty reasonably priced, and it would make it extremely easy to purchase a few hard drives, and mobile racks, so you can easily swap them out as needed.
   
   As far as software goes, is Win 2000 sufficient, or would Win XP pro be more appropriate? Also, what video editing software do you use?

   Posted 8 years ago #

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   well ive read that for DV you either want win2000 or XP Pro and ill probably eventually upgrade to XP pro but for now ill just be starting with Win2000. Also my dad works at a bank and they ahve recently forclosed on an office building and in bankruptcy court got a couple dell servers with each ahving like a 100gig drive so im thinking i might be able to get those

   Posted 8 years ago #

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