garypayton Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Hey guys, I have a 2010 Imac, just to pass a raw file by USB 2.0 it will take 500 hours. @Andrew : is your worflow going to save me by buying a new computer ? (I know, I will have to buy it if it was just to have thunderbolt or usb 3) I mean, what's the MINIMUM system requirements you guy suggest? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted September 2, 2012 Administrators Share Posted September 2, 2012 You can transcode from Raw to 2.5K ProRes 444, saving half the space. But you will need some sort of USB 3.0 / eSata or Firewire 800 SSD reader. You can't transcode the ProRes on the same SSD as the raw, you won't fit it all under 480GB. Buy a 3GB internal HDD and an eSata 3.5" HDD / 2.5" SDD IcyBox reader / dock with two slots, Firewire connectivity on the back for your Mac. Don't use USB 2.0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garypayton Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 Thanks! Which kind of computer would we need to work directly on RAW files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Andrew Reid Posted September 2, 2012 Administrators Share Posted September 2, 2012 A £300 NVidia CUDA card like the GTX 670 [url="http://www.ebuyer.com/367979-palit-geforce-gtx-670-2gb-gddr5-displayport-hdmi-dual-dvi-pci-e-graphics-ne5x67001042-1042f"]http://www.ebuyer.co...x67001042-1042f[/url] And DaVinci Resolve, which comes with the camera. 8GB RAM minimum, i5 or i7 CPU eSATA / USB 3 for external drive storage At least 3GB RAID internally External 6GB to start with either in multiple USB drives or a NAS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pss Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 the best thing about thunderbolt is that you are not stuck with internal HDs and cards anymore...there is so much bandwidth that it makes more sense to just get external enclosures (especially with ssd prices coming down) and bypass the internal HD....ram is getting cheaper as well.... buy the latest and greatest iMac, sell yours on ebay, get thunderbolt externals and sell/upgrade to the newest/best imac next year again....i have done this for the last 3 years and because of mac high resale (and apple care) i never lose more then a couple of 100$ but it gets me the fastest tool every year... imac 2011 i7 3.4 32ram, seagate goflex TB 256ssd, pegasus 12TB, soon lacie little big disk TB and probably a sonnet tech pci expansion box... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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