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Editing Computer for HD Video–Suggestions Needed.
Hi Everyone, I am looking to get a new computer that will be equiped to edit HD video. I can’t say exactly what type of HD files or from what camera the footage will be comming from, I just need to have a machine that has the power to be able to edit it. I am currently running Vegas 7 and 9 on an older machine that is not powerful enough to edit HD footage. I have a very limited knowledge of computers and I see so many different hardware suggestions on the forums (confusing) that this is where I really need your help. Below is a link to a local company that my family and my church have dealt with in the past (non editing computers). They have always treated us all very well, seem reasonably priced and have provided us with some very reliable machines. If I may trouble you to take a look at their website and let me know if they can build something suitable for what I need, I would really appreciate it. Suggestions on the hardware of the machine would be needed. I have a limit of around $2,000. Also, can I edit HD with Vegas 9 or do I need to go to 10?
https://www.itdirec.com/Custom-Built-Desktop-C30.aspx
Thanks so much for your help!
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This PC will edit HDV or AVCHD:
Quad Core i7 series 2 eg. i7 2500K CPU. It makes previews in Vegas much smoother.
LGA 1155 motherboard from Intel or ASUS
Windows 7, 64 bit version
12 to 16 GB RAM
2 x SATA II HDD – 320 GB for C: drive, 1 x 1500 GB for F: drive
Nvidia GT470 or GT480 video card (this is a must for Vegas). ATI cards are no use.
DVD burner (or bluray if you want HD)
Support for USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 ports
I would recommend an 850W power supply
1394 firewire card if you intend to capture from tape some day
Sony Vegas Pro 9 will edit AVCHD, but if you want maximum compatibility, go to SVP 10. You can install both the 32 bit and 64 bit editions.
Intel i7 920, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10 (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6
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What problem will I see if using an ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB video card instead of the Nvidia?
Also, I have only 9GB of RAM as opposed to 12. What problem will this present?
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[Dave Petteruto] ” If I may trouble you to take a look at their website and let me know if they can build something suitable for what I need, I would really appreciate it. Suggestions on the hardware of the machine would be needed. I have a limit of around $2,000.”
From that web site, I would start with this computer:
With these components:
CPU / PROCESSOR – LGA1366 :
Intel Core i7-950 Bloomfield 3.06GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80601950 RetailMOTHERBOARDS – LGA1366:
Intel BOXDX58SO LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard RetailRAM / MEMORY – DDR3 TRIPLE CHANNEL MEMORY:
12GB (2GBx6) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory (Corsair / Kingston / OCZ or Major BrandGRAPHICS / VIDEO CARDS (PRIMARY):
ATI Radeon HD 5670 1GB DDR5 16X PCIe Video Card [DirectX 11 Support] (Major Brand Powered by ATI)GRAPHICS / VIDEO CARD (SECONDARY):
(none)HARD DRIVE (SYSTEM) HDD#1:
500GB SATA-II Hard Disk Drive (Western Digital / Seagate or Major Brand)HARD DRIVE (DATA) HDD#2:
2000GB 2.5TB SATA-II Hard Disk Drive (Western Digital / Seagate or Major Brand)DVD / CD / BLU-RAY DRIVES (PRIMARY):
6x Blu-Ray DVD / Dual Layer / CD Burner (LG / Samsung / Sony / Pioneer or Major Brand)DVD / CD / BLU-RAY DRIVES (SECONDARY):
(none)PC CASE:
Cooler Master Elite 310 Mid Tower Case – No Power SupplyPOWER SUPPLY UNIT (PSU):
KINGWIN Lazer LZ-1000 1000W Modular Power SupplyOPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-Bit with License and Media OEMItem #: PC-X58
Our Price: $1,753.00That should edit just about anything you throw at it. The case has the hard drives mounted sideways so it’s easy to get at them to add more, and the 1000w power supply will ensure that as you add drives you will have the power to run them. I’m not up on the ATI line of graphics cards so I selected one that was midrange. More and more Vegas plug-ins like Boris Continuum Complete 7 can take advantage of OpenGL acceleration so you don’t want to skimp there.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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[Mac McGinnis] “What problem will I see if using an ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB video card instead of the Nvidia?”
You won’t get the CUDA accelerated rendering with the Sony AVC codec. Also other applications like After Effects CS5 take advantage of CUDA so if you use other CUDA enable applications it’s better to get an NVIDIA card. If you’re just sticking with Vegas Pro, it doesn’t matter that much. Most modern CPU’s are faster than using CUDA for rendering Sony AVC anyway.
[Mac McGinnis] “Also, I have only 9GB of RAM as opposed to 12. What problem will this present?”
None, 9GB should be plenty of memory. I only have 8GB and I have no problems rendering hour long HD projects.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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i’m using an AMD Phenom II – Six Core (x6 1055t) 2.80GHz with just 4gb of ram.
windows 7 (64 bit) Home Premium.
it plows through any rendering job like a mr. plow through two feet of snow. -
To everyone who replied–Thanks for all the help, I really do appreciate your input.
John—Would it be worth asking if they can install an Nvidia card rather than an ATI?
Thanks
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[Dave Petteruto] “Would it be worth asking if they can install an Nvidia card rather than an ATI”
It’s certainly worth it to ask. All they can say is no. Since they are a custom builder they just might do it.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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[Mac McGinnis] “What problem will I see if using an ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB video card instead of the Nvidia?”
No problem. At present, Vegas 10 uses nVidia’s proprietary CUDA library for GPGPU (General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit) computing. Best as I’ve been able to figure, this can deliver maybe 6% (maybe less) improvement to renders, with the Sony AVC CODEC only.
AMD (nee ATi) uses a different proprietary GPGPU library called Streams, which has far less support among apps. Like, no support in Vegas.
In the future, we will hopefully see things move to standard libraries. The two you’re likely to encounter are the open standard OpenCL, and Microsoft’s DirectCompute library. Neither is well supported today, but once they are, any GPU will work with such accelerated applications.
For other things, either one may be just dandy. For example, plug-ins like Boris’ BCC7 use the GPU for acceleration, but primarily (or perhaps entirely) via the OpenGL library. That’s supported on any GPU, the faster the better, for effects that use it. Far as I know, few if any of Sony’s stock FX are OpenGL accelerated.
[Mac McGinnis] “Also, I have only 9GB of RAM as opposed to 12. What problem will this present?”
While kind of an odd amount, that’s perfectly fine. My main system here has 8GB, and while the price of upgrade is pretty tempting, I can’t honestly say I’m ever running out of RAM… this week.
-Dave
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Interesting thread, as I was about to drop $200 on a new graphics card.
I currently have an AMD 1055t CPU with 4GB of ram (will upgrade to 8Gb soon).
My current graphics card is an ATI 4680 (which isn’t supported by Vegas).
If I buy a better GPU, like the Nvidia GTX 460 for example, will my rendering times for all formats go down? And will my preview window show cleaner video? I can’t complain too much right now about performance- but if rendering times drop dramatically with a new GPU I’d probably buy one. If the video rendering/preview is mostly CPU dependent, then there’s no reason to get a new card.
Thanks for any help!
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Sounds like with Vegas 10d the ATI issue discussed above is now a mute point. Am I understanding this correctly?
Thanks
Dave P.
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