Thanks Jose, glad it's helpful. Good luck on your feature, get 'er done!

That's really not a good idea; they're there for a reason. Your could permanently damage the thing...

True, but I'm pretty sure Reebok owns "RBK" on Google. Apologies to the other Ryan Koos of the world.

Bilskoo?

Guys, I totally agree with you; no one is going to build an OPTIMAL editing workstation for $1k. However, a lot of people only have a grand to spend, and my point is: this year, with a judicious GPU selection one can get a whole LOT of editing machine for $1k -- a lot more than ever before. And this is primarily because of GPU acceleration.

Dan, CPUs definitely still matter but their cost curve goes up a lot when you reach the upper-end. Say someone's shooting on RED, is it better to save money and go for the cheapest quad-core CPU and then splurge on a RED ROCKET, or spend the money on a octo-core CPU? Sure, the ROCKET is $4,750. But you can spend $3,300 on Mac Pro CPU upgrades alone!

I'm just looking at the writing on the wall, and that is that CPUs matter less when they're given help, and there are an increasing number of options out there to do this.

One final thing: one of the main points of this post should've been HACKINTOSH. My bad for not focusing on that.

No, I don't think a theatrical release with a 5d is impossible at all. Once the 24p update comes out next week, theatrical limitations will have much more to do with the content and reach of the film rather than the shooting format...