• VEGAS Pro

  New system build for Sony Vegas

  Posted by Bob Sammons on October 27, 2009 at 1:10 pm

  I am building my first new Computer and would like to avoid the common problems as much as possible. This is my list after much research. Is there anything lacking with this setup and can it be improved? I am not a Pro. I only do home video with a Canon HD Camcorder. I have been using Sony Vegas for years.
  Thanks for your Help.
  Bob Sammons

  Motherboard Asus P6T CPU Intel Core i7 920
  Memory Corsair XMS3 6GB(3x2GB)
  Computer Case Antec Nine Hundred + EA650 Black Steel ATX
  Mid Tower with 650W Power Supply Internal Solid state Disk Intel X25-M Mainstream SSDSA2MH080G2C1
  2.5″ 80GB SATA II MLC
  Internal HdDrv 1 Seagate Barracuda 12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM
  16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5”
  Internal HdDrv 2 Seagate Barracuda 12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM
  16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″
  Video Card ASUS Radeon HD 4770 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI
  Express 2.0 x16 HDCP
  Oper. Sys Windows 7

  Bob Sammons replied 16 years, 10 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Frey

  October 27, 2009 at 3:53 pm

  Since you are installing (2)Internal Sata drives of the same spec, may I suggest striping them as a single drive at Raid 0. This will help allow for better playback performance. You can do a hardware raid during the Win 7 install, or you can do a software raid after installation. Check the user manual that comes with the Asus board for info on the hardware raid setup. The Ultimate version of Vista is required for the software raid, but am not sure which version will allow for this in Win 7. My last Google search did not find the answer. A call to Microsoft should give you the answer. Your playback performance in Raid 0 will be at it’s best (short of installing a very expensive SAS Raid system), but if one of your 2 striped discs fails, you will lose all of your data on both drives. Consider a 3rd (internal or external drive) for data backup. The October issue of Government Video magazine has a very clear description of the various levels of Raid. Everything else on your list seems fine for a base system. Smart move on the SSD system drive.

  John D. Frey
  25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

  Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore
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  Bob Sammons

  October 27, 2009 at 5:20 pm

  Thanks John,
  I did intend to set the two drives up as Raid 0 and I have a Maxtor External Drive for backup.
  I will check Win 7 for the Raid setup.
  You have been very helpful. I feel much better about this system now.

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