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Hello everyone,
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This is a revised PC from the one below. Can anyone advise me on this? I'm getting some HDDs for striping from a friend.
https://amzn.com/w/Z2CGY5N8BK81
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I recently purchased a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and am in the process of building a very basic PC to handle the workflow.
Up until this time, I've been doing a lot on my laptop, which had enough power for the H.264 workflow from my DSLR using Premiere or Sony Vegas. Even some After Effects. It seems that it has a hard time handling Davinci Resolve Lite. However, at my job, I have a very basic purpose built PC which I use daily for graphic design, video editing, and recently, I've been grading some Canon H.264 clips and some Pro Res clips in Davinci Resolve 12 Lite. So far, everything has been running very smoothly and the PC is handling it quite nicely. Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to try out Raw on this PC in Davinci, but I do plan to soon.
I would like to share with you the specs of this PC, because I have a VERY small budget and this PC fits into my budget. At the moment, I can't really afford anything more than this. The way I see it is, is that I can upgrade later as my workflow becomes heavier. As of now, I don't have the financial means to anticipate buying a new camera and editing 4K RAW and rendering out feature length films, therefore I would not like to build an overkill system in the same anticipation.
Some background related to my needs: I make short films, but will not be using this PC on a daily basis as I have a full time job where an adequate PC is supplied to me. The most I will be doing with this computer is grading BMPCC Raw in Davinci Resolve and maybe roundtripping from an NLE like Premiere or Vegas. I rarely do any composting aside from VERY basic After Effects work. I go to school for graphic design and use Photoshop and Illustrator a lot, which are not very demanding.
This is similar to my work PC, and I would like to inquire to some people who have more knowledge of this subject. I have no technical experience with PCs and am very new to Davinci Resolve. Do you think this is a good starting point and I can build up as my workflow becomes heavier? This PC comes to about $1050. My only concerns is maybe a bigger power supply and maybe a bigger SSD. But like I said, I'm not very knowledgeable so I am open to suggestions, but keep in mind, my budget doesnt stretch too far past $1200, and I would like to save wherever I can. I apologize for the lengthy post, but I just wanted to make sure that people advising me got a good idea of what I need.
******EDIT*******
This is a revised PC from the one below. Can anyone advise me on this? I'm getting some HDDs for striping from a friend.
https://amzn.com/w/Z2CGY5N8BK81
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I recently purchased a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera and am in the process of building a very basic PC to handle the workflow.
Up until this time, I've been doing a lot on my laptop, which had enough power for the H.264 workflow from my DSLR using Premiere or Sony Vegas. Even some After Effects. It seems that it has a hard time handling Davinci Resolve Lite. However, at my job, I have a very basic purpose built PC which I use daily for graphic design, video editing, and recently, I've been grading some Canon H.264 clips and some Pro Res clips in Davinci Resolve 12 Lite. So far, everything has been running very smoothly and the PC is handling it quite nicely. Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to try out Raw on this PC in Davinci, but I do plan to soon.
I would like to share with you the specs of this PC, because I have a VERY small budget and this PC fits into my budget. At the moment, I can't really afford anything more than this. The way I see it is, is that I can upgrade later as my workflow becomes heavier. As of now, I don't have the financial means to anticipate buying a new camera and editing 4K RAW and rendering out feature length films, therefore I would not like to build an overkill system in the same anticipation.
Some background related to my needs: I make short films, but will not be using this PC on a daily basis as I have a full time job where an adequate PC is supplied to me. The most I will be doing with this computer is grading BMPCC Raw in Davinci Resolve and maybe roundtripping from an NLE like Premiere or Vegas. I rarely do any composting aside from VERY basic After Effects work. I go to school for graphic design and use Photoshop and Illustrator a lot, which are not very demanding.
This is similar to my work PC, and I would like to inquire to some people who have more knowledge of this subject. I have no technical experience with PCs and am very new to Davinci Resolve. Do you think this is a good starting point and I can build up as my workflow becomes heavier? This PC comes to about $1050. My only concerns is maybe a bigger power supply and maybe a bigger SSD. But like I said, I'm not very knowledgeable so I am open to suggestions, but keep in mind, my budget doesnt stretch too far past $1200, and I would like to save wherever I can. I apologize for the lengthy post, but I just wanted to make sure that people advising me got a good idea of what I need.
Last edited by Thomas Shomo on Wed Oct 28, 2015 2:38 am, edited 1 time in total.