Ok. Let's forget uncompressed 10bit for now.
Would the G550 be good just for dslr (and photos)? There's also a monster ATX on the way that I would share with a family member that does 3D work. But, about 99% of the time, I would work on pictures and, maybe, DSLR footage for 5-20min short films but rarely since it's all personal - and even less with uncompressed or cine-raw. By the time I'll need a monster a lot, I'll make enough money to buy a new monster.
I read that technically you can fit two SSDs in the G550 if you remove the optical drive. Am I missing something? I don't need my optical drive . If I ever need to edit uncompressed, I'll probably take out the HDD and upgrade to two SSDs especially for that project. I would need to invest in SSDs for recording anyway.
*** After reading around, your PNY Turbo USB 3 128 GB for only $49 solution seems like it might help for uncompressed 10bit (150mbs rates) ? Anyway, it looks like a cheap good alternative just in case I don't have to buy SSD for the recorder (rentals).
The G750 series seem too heavy/bulky at 5kg. I might compromise with this 3.5kg slim N750. "Active Matrix TFT Color LCD". What is that? , a cheaper TN LCD? What's your experience with your screen on the G750 Bill? For photography I'd prefer something highly accurate, especially outdoors, is highly needed.
The MSI GT72 is nice but I feel it's rather overkill for my case at more than twice the price. I need something to run Premiere smoothly with an average short of max 20min with few effects. I edited before 3-7 min stuff on a HP dv7 [ Intel Core Duo P7350 / 4GB of DDR2 / GeForce 9600M GT 512mb / 5400rmp HDD, 1TB ]. Of course it was a slow pain in the ***. But I managed after all. I just need to know that my new investment won't freeze and be choppy.
Andrei
PS: Been reading around, I'll wait at least for Septeber to build that ATX with a DDR4 motherboard - no rush there.