• VEGAS Pro

  Best Combination for Sony Vegas and Price?

  Posted by Kimberly Vogel on February 2, 2012 at 3:07 am

  I am in the market for buying a new laptop, and want one that can handle Sony Vegas easily and it would be nice if the videos could be HD. My maximum price is $1000. I am currently looking a HPs. Specifically the Pavilion 6 series. The base price for the dv6t with Intel is $579.99. I also have an external hard drive of 1 TB.

  Here are the options

  Processor

  2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2330M (2.2 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
  Included in price
  2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2350M Processor (2.3 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
  +$25.00
  2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2430M Processor (2.4 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache) Turbo Boost to 3.0 GHz
  +$75.00
  2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2450M Processor (2.5 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz)
  +$95.00

  Graphics Card

  Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
  Included in price
  1GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7470M GDDR5 Discrete Graphics(TM) [HDMI, VGA]
  +$75.00
  2GB AMD Radeon(TM) HD 7690M GDDR5 Discrete Graphics(TM) [HDMI, VGA]
  +$150.00

  Memory

  FREE UPGRADE to 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
  Included in price
  4GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
  +$0.00
  8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
  +$60.00
  12GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
  +$260.00
  16GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
  +$460.00

  Hard Drive

  500GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
  +$0.00
  640GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
  Included in price
  750GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
  +$40.00
  750GB 7200 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
  +$60.00
  1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
  +$90.00
  160GB (Solid State Drive Flash Module)
  +$190.00

  There is also the dv6zqe that uses the AMD processor and the main difference is the processor

  AMD Quad-Core A6-3420M Accelerated Processor (2.4GHz/1.5GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)
  Included in price
  AMD Quad-Core A6-3430MX Accelerated Processor (2.4GHz/1.7GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)
  +$20.00
  AMD Quad-Core A8-3520M Accelerated Processor (2.5GHz/1.6GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)
  +$50.00
  AMD Quad-Core A8-3550MX Accelerated Processor (2.7GHz/2.0GHz, 4MB L2 Cache)

  I would be open to other brands also, except for Toshiba considering the last one was a nightmare (and under no circumstances will I get another). Which would run Sony Vegas 11 HD the best with out going over my budget?

  Steven Talley replied 14 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Steven Talley

  February 5, 2012 at 5:32 am

  For HD I’d look at the I7 – 2630qm or 2670qm with nvidia graphics for Cuda support. Quad cores will get you faster rendering times. Lenovo makes some interesting machines.

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