Building a Post Production Studio

o-maco-mac
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Has anyone gotten this configuration:



Mac Pro

- 3Ghz Quad

- (2) 750GB drives

- 8GB memory

- (2) superdrives



(2) 30" apple monitors or maybe the 23"



What would you get if you were trying to build a post production suite?

$$$$ is a factor so try to be reasonable, LOL...



Software would include FCP Studio 2, Photoshop/After Effects...



Thanks!!

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    mzaslovemzaslove Posts: 519member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by O-Mac View Post


    Has anyone gotten this configuration:



    Mac Pro

    - 3Ghz Quad

    - (2) 750GB drives

    - 8GB memory

    - (2) superdrives



    (2) 30" apple monitors or maybe the 23"



    What would you get if you were trying to build a post production suite?

    $$$$ is a factor so try to be reasonable, LOL...



    Software would include FCP Studio 2, Photoshop/After Effects...



    Thanks!!



    What sort of things will you be posting? TV? Films?
  • Reply 2 of 6
    joe_the_dragonjoe_the_dragon Posts: 931member
    Don't buy apple ram and $100 for a 2th DVDRW drive is too much also the mac pro is over 1 and a half old and update may come by the time that 10.5 is out.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,423member
    That config looks good. When do you plan to purchase this equipment?
  • Reply 4 of 6
    mikhail talmikhail tal Posts: 4member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by O-Mac View Post


    Has anyone gotten this configuration:



    Mac Pro

    - 3Ghz Quad

    - (2) 750GB drives

    - 8GB memory

    - (2) superdrives



    (2) 30" apple monitors or maybe the 23"



    What would you get if you were trying to build a post production suite?

    $$$$ is a factor so try to be reasonable, LOL...



    Software would include FCP Studio 2, Photoshop/After Effects...



    Thanks!!



    Get your RAM 3rd party... OWC is great.



    I don't know that you need 2 Superdrives



    The Dell monitors are cheaper, and, in my opinion, just as good, if not better. Their monitor line was recently revamped...



    Question comes down to: What kind of work are you going to do? If heavy editing, then your decisions about capture card and RAID are critical. If heavy on the graphics side, then you may want to consider the 8-core machine. After Effects is unbelievable on an 8-core. The savings you will realize from 3rd party RAM, Dell monitors, 1 SuperDrive, will get you a significant part of the way there.



    I outfitted my 8-core with 3 x 500 drives - 1 for system drive, and then I striped the other 2 together for an "internal RAID" for stock media, graphics, and other miscellaneous stuff.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    hmurchisonhmurchison Posts: 12,423member
    make sure you maximize the GPU options



    You may want to consider using four drives instead of two even if they're smaller drives. This allows you to use a raid five configuration and also has the added benefit of having more spindles for more I/O
  • Reply 6 of 6
    SpamSandwichSpamSandwich Posts: 33,407member
    Go to DV Info Net and join the discussion there with people steeped in real-world production environments.
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