-
Need Computer Spec’s for Excellent Vegas Editing Machine
I’m about to buy two dedicated machines for video work.
– Real Time Capturing (3 live cams to each machine)
– Editing
– Rendering
– Dual monitors on each machine
– Other video & audio task as necessaryWhat are you guys using and how is it working for you?
– Processor
– Ram
– Mother Board
– Chip Set
– Video/Graphics Card #1
– Video/Graphics Card #2 (if any)
– Sound Card
– Monitor
– System Disk (internal hard disk)
– Data Disk (internal data disk – if any)
– Optical Drive – CD/DVD unit # 1
– Optical Drive – CD/DVD unit # 2 (if any)
– Case
– Power SupplyAny of you using Dell, Gateway, HP or other standard vendor systems… if so what? Or are you using a custom built system? If so who built it for you?)
Thanks for any comments and suggestions.
-
5 Replies
-
You might want to consider building your own box. It REALLY isn’t difficult. Don’t be intimidated by all the hardware involved, it’s all pretty much plug and play. Too many people think building a computer is difficult — my kid built his first when he was about fifteen years old. Used it for years.
I just built a video machine. AMD 64 dual core processor, Abit motherboard, 2 gigs of memory, PCI-E SLI video card with dual monitor outs, DVD burner, two 200-gig hard drives. Total monetary output: $1,000.
Buy one with that power or have someone build it for you, you’ll pay nearly twice as much.
rgb
-
rgb,
Can you give me more spec’s on your machine?
– Which AMD Processor?
– Which Abit motorboard?
– How much ram on your video card?
– Which Hard Disk?
– Does your price include XP Pro?
– Which case & Power supply?
– How quiet is the system?
thanks for any additional info you can provide.And, anyone else, please tell me what PC you are using with Vegas.
thanks.
Will
-
Mine is a simple 2Ghz AMD box that I built for about $400 total including the drives.
Whatever you build, go overboard on the power supply. PC Power and Cooling makes a 1,000 Watt unit that should fuure-proof your PSU requirements for quite a while.
Steve Mann
Stephen Mann
MannMade Digital Video
San Jose, CA -
I would recommend the AMD 64 X2 4400. This is probably the most bang for the buck you can get now. Do not go for the 4600. The reason is that the 4400 has more L2 cache, which generally will make it faster than the 4600, even though the 4600 is a higher spec.
I got the ASUS A8R-MVP motherboard, and I would strongly recommend against it. It is the most unstable motherboard I have ever had. It gets very good reviews in the press, but I can’t see that any of the reviewers can have tested it over time. Even after upgrading to the very latest BIOS etc, applications will hang very often.
Don’t save on memory. Get high quality memory, 2x1G.
The Video card is far less relevant. For video work, there is no real advantage to having a really fast video card, but then again, Windows Vista is coming out “soon”, and you may want to upgrade. Vista will not run on anything but high-end video cards if you want the nice stuff. Go for at least a nVidia 6600 card or better. I’d recommend one that has two DVI outputs. If it has S-Video and HDTV out, that won’t hurt either.
Harddrive – just stay away from Matrox is my advice. Get two disks as big as you can get.
When I built my system I opted for 3 Seagate 250G drives, they are fast, and completely silent. I also opted for a nVidia 6600 based graphics card with no fans. The problem with fans is that they make noise. I like my system quiet. The graphics card is a ASUS SILENCER Geforce 6600LE. It is fast, it works well with my system, but it probably wouldn’t be great if I wanted to do extensive high-end gaming, but I don’t, so I don’t care.
Case – find whatever you like the look of, but that people say are easy to work with. I like my cases big, working inside a small case is hard. For powersupply, get a big one. Lots of power. Easiest is to get it with the case if possible.
I got my stuff at newegg, where there are reviews and stuff, so it isn’t too hard to find what works.
—
Terje A. Bergesen -
AMD 64 X2 (dual core) 4200+
ABIT KN8 SLI NF4SLI 939 Motherboard
2 Gigs COSAIR memory
2 Western Digital hard drives — 200 gigs each
Antec Sonata II case with 450 watt power supply
NEC dual DVD burner
Nvidia GeForce 6600 video card with dual outputs plus s-video
Reply to this Discussion! Login or Sign Up