I'm putting together specs for a new Z840 that will typically be used for long form HD post, with random short form 2K and 4K projects, and seek the wisdom of those who have walked this path before me.
OS - Win 7 or Win 10? (can't say I like Win 10 but Jan 2020 isn't that far away for EOL of Win 7)
OS drive - SSD or PCIe SSD? Does a PCIe drive really offer value as an OS drive on an MC system vs an SSD?
CPU's - Age old Core count vs clock speed question How is MC at multithreading now?
RAID Internal - 8-12TB SATA RAID 5 (worth it vs external on a PCIe bus via Thunderbolt-2?)
External RAID I/O - Thunderbolt-2 seems to be the best option these days
Graphics card - 8GB vs 16GB vs 24GB (how much GPU can/does Avid MC use? Likewise for Squeeze too)
I'm interested in best all-around performance. Willing to spend a little extra as with each passing year life gets shorter and I don't need renders consuming any more of it than necessary.
Cheers and thanks in advance for your thoughts,
Karl Knowles
Tallahassee, FL
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