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Re: How does your HP workstation matchup at Passmark Software ?

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Athony,

 

All of these systems will need some hardware upgrades- RAM, drives, possibly the GPU.  What is your budget for the finished system? 

 

If you amenable to a bit more of a project, for example a CPU change, it may be desirable to purchase a low specification system at a lower price. 

 

My first, generic choice would be to buy the z620 as it has the most potential for expansion. The E5-2660 could be tried first and a CPU change could be done if the performance was lacking.  Video editing is very demanding. In that case.  I would suggest changing the CPU to a Xeon E5-2680 - which is 8-core @ 2.7 /3.5GHz (about $100), add RAM to have  32GB (about $120), and an SSD 250GB of more- (about $100), and the minimum GPU I'd use in that kind of system would be a Quadro K620 (about $110) to have a least a moderate 3D capability.  That would be a versatile system with some 3D capability and of course a 2nd E5-2680 could be added (requires a CPU/RAM, fan riser board- about $150 + 2nd CPU- +$100).  The wild card is that Premiere may run about as well or better on a single 8-core t as it appears to peak at about 5-6 cores abd actually slows down with dual CPU's.  In that case a z420 might be the better choice.

 

Here's an auction in which the buyer can choose components:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Build-Your-Own-HP-Z420-Workstation-8C-CPU-No-OS-Save-A-Lot-of-Money-/182330398472?var=&hash=item2a73bd1708:m:mW1Bl-QG9qSzpvpLQ8I73XA

 

> and a system with an E5-2680, 32GB of RAM, 1TB drive, and a Quadro K600 costs $545.

 

 

Cheers,

 

BambiBoomZ


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