A good computer for 5K and Premiere? Have $3500 to spend (os so)

[Rob Ruffo]

12 core Mac pro? A PC? All we need is 5K playing at 1/4 res in Premiere timeline, more or less seamlessly, and as much Davinci performance as possible. Any recommendations?

No budget for Red Rocket on this secondary machine, so would have to be without it. Possible? any good pre-build computers?

Thank you all in advance for any advice.

 

[Justin McAleece]

I'd have someone build a hackintosh for you. A 6 core with a GTX680 or comparable and a lot of RAM and SSD drive would cost substantially less than that and scream.

 

[Thomas Pohl]

We just bought a Mac 12Coe and a HP Z800 and the performance with Premiere and R3D footage is quite simular. I prefer working with the 12Core but mainly because I prefer the Mac OS workflow. That' s more an emotional thing. The HP makes a little bit more trouble with installing and configurating.

Cheers
Thomas.

 

[DP Marcus Larsson SE]

Hey, go for a Mac better workflow with RED and programs!

Go for the 8 core or 12 core with at least 16 gig ram
Then you want a good card, like the Nvidia Quadro 4000 or a GTX card

 

[Rob Ruffo]

We just bought a Mac 12Coe and a HP Z800 and the performance with Premiere and R3D footage is quite simular. I prefer working with the 12Core but mainly because I prefer the Mac OS workflow. That' s more an emotional thing. The HP makes a little bit more trouble with installing and configurating.

Cheers
Thomas.

Thanks! Which 12 core did you get? Is it running 5K OK on Premiere?

 

[Logan Gee]

Have you thought about building a Windows machine?

 

[Rob Ruffo]

Have you thought about building a Windows machine?

Yes, but it seems a lot of time trouble and same cost for same specs as 12 core Mac pro - unless I am missing something?

 

[Les Dittert]

The GTX680 may not be the best choice for Adobe Mercury engine . The Kepler ( 6xx series ) seems like it lags on compute power as far as CUDA processing goes.
Something about the floating point units running at half the clock speed.
Bigger numbers and more cores isn't the whole story.
Great game card, however.
Fermi ( 5xx ) series is better for CUDA .

I'd have someone build a hackintosh for you. A 6 core with a GTX680 or comparable and a lot of RAM and SSD drive would cost substantially less than that and scream.

 

[Justin McAleece]

Great clarification - Thanks Les.

The GTX680 may not be the best choice for Adobe Mercury engine . The Kepler ( 6xx series ) seems like it lags on compute power as far as CUDA processing goes.
Something about the floating point units running at half the clock speed.
Bigger numbers and more cores isn't the whole story.
Great game card, however.
Fermi ( 5xx ) series is better for CUDA .