I'm a newbee here, and would appreciate your help. Thank-you in advance!
I am interested in perhaps building a 3800 X2 dual-core system, and want to run rock-solid stable at 2.2, but preferrably rock-solid at 2.4 for home video editing. My goal is to edit HD video when the 720p camera costs come down.
I'd like dual-channel Ram (512x2 enough for now until I have to upgrade to edit HD next year?), but I don't want to spend a ton of cash on the ram side if I don't have to. I'm not afraid to get a nicer power supply or cooling, but I'd like a simple to install heat pipe or very quiet fan.
What mainboard, ram, etc., would you suggest? I can get about anything here in Korea (sometimes sooner than the average joe can back in the states, and sometimes a bit later). Am thinking of getting a 10,000 RPM hard drive for the operating system, and storing video to an external HD via firewire.
My main question, though is: how simple is it to OC to 2.2 or 2.4? Can I do it without changing from stock voltage, or buy just changing a few simple settings?
Oh, and while I've got you, if I get dual-channel ram (512x2) is it the same as if I had 1 gig of ram? I mean, I know it's faster, but is it like 512 running at double-speed, or is it actually a full 1 gig of ram? I don't know how to ask the question I'm thinking of, really, but I know Premiere runs so much better with 1 gig as opposed to 512.
Thanks!
I am interested in perhaps building a 3800 X2 dual-core system, and want to run rock-solid stable at 2.2, but preferrably rock-solid at 2.4 for home video editing. My goal is to edit HD video when the 720p camera costs come down.
I'd like dual-channel Ram (512x2 enough for now until I have to upgrade to edit HD next year?), but I don't want to spend a ton of cash on the ram side if I don't have to. I'm not afraid to get a nicer power supply or cooling, but I'd like a simple to install heat pipe or very quiet fan.
What mainboard, ram, etc., would you suggest? I can get about anything here in Korea (sometimes sooner than the average joe can back in the states, and sometimes a bit later). Am thinking of getting a 10,000 RPM hard drive for the operating system, and storing video to an external HD via firewire.
My main question, though is: how simple is it to OC to 2.2 or 2.4? Can I do it without changing from stock voltage, or buy just changing a few simple settings?
Oh, and while I've got you, if I get dual-channel ram (512x2) is it the same as if I had 1 gig of ram? I mean, I know it's faster, but is it like 512 running at double-speed, or is it actually a full 1 gig of ram? I don't know how to ask the question I'm thinking of, really, but I know Premiere runs so much better with 1 gig as opposed to 512.
Thanks!