Best hardware configuration laptop for rendering in Vegas Pro 10

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Best hardware configuration laptop for rendering in Vegas Pro 10

Posted by Jaanus Henno on October 4, 2011 at 8:09 am

Hi!
I know hardware related issues are a little off the topic, but since I’m a Vegas user I would like to get the best recommendations from Vegas users as of what is the latest notebook based system they recommend to get for fast video rendering?

It’s clear that the best processor the better, but what about graphic card? And 1600 mhz memory over 1333? And 7200 rpm hard drive or SSD? Something else to consider? Specific motherboard models? Esata and USB 3.0 connection?

And what would be the best hard drive set for a laptop for ultimate render speed? Something like SSD system drive, having temporary files on one external drive and rendering to a third drive?

I need a laptop since I’m traveling a lot, but I need to render HD video classes, long material and in high quality, no real special effects needed, so that’s my considerations.

Oh, and my budget is around 1500 $.

Regards,
Jaanus

BTW. There’s a good ebay notebook shop I recommend, I bough my last laptop from there 3 years ago and it’s working great, plus the service they offer is wonderful. It offers the latest cpus and upgradeable configurations, but I need help to find the best configuration.

You can check it out for yourself and maybe recommend something for me also.

Here’s the link: https://stores.ebay.com/Computer-Upgrade-King/Laptops-/_i.html?_fsub=3230913018&_sid=23461618&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

Jaanus Henno replied 14 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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Roger Bansemer
October 4, 2011 at 1:26 pm

I purchased a laptop from
https://www.ibuypower.com/
and am happy with it.
It’s no light weight computer and has the speed, etc of my pc.
Nice thing about this company is that you order exactly what you want and you select the options.
Jaanus Henno
October 4, 2011 at 1:51 pm

Well, did a little research and found a post which answers practically all the questions I had.

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/24/918270

Based on that article I found a nice laptop,

Samsung NP-RF711
Intel i7-2820QM
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT540M 1 GB Optimus
RAM/Memory: 8 GB DDR3 1333 Mhz
Hard Drive: 750 GB 7200 RPM HDD
Display: 17.3″ 1600 x 900 Widescreen LCD with LED Backlit
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth 3.0
Ports: 2 x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0, HDMI, VGA, RJ45, Media Card Reader: Secure Digital High Capacity, Secure Digital MultiMediaCard (MMC), SDXC

All that for 1200$

Although, if videocard will not make a big difference then probably I would even get this one with a memory upgrade to 8 gb:

Dell Latitude E6420
CPU/Processor: Intel i7-2820QM
Graphics Card: Intel HD Graphics 3000
RAM/Memory: 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1333MHz
Hard Drive: 500GB 7200rpm HDD
Display: 14″ LED Anti-Glare Backlight (1366×768)
9-Cell-Battery
Warranty: 3 Year Rapid Response Depot Warranty

This one prices for 800$

The screen is a little small though, but good size for traveling and good battery life. I’m not a professional user, so that might go well to me.

Thank you for the input Roger.

Regards,
Jaanus

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