BambiBoomZ wrote:Anthony,
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:
> and a system with an E5-2680, 32GB of RAM, 1TB drive, and a Quadro K600 costs $545.
Cheers,
BambiBoomZ
PS thanks for input the auction however is not much of an option for me due to custom duties and value added tax in addition to the shipping fee that I would have to pay.
I am looking now at auctions for similar offerings from Germany
PS would I really need a Quadro and if not what non pro card can you recommend ? A Nvidia GTX 750 ??