Vixia HV 30

[Danny Hays]

Get an I7 and set yourself up for the future. I have two of them and they can edit 1080p60 without a problem.

[Stephen Mann]

That camera shoots in HDV. A dual-core processor is underpowered for any HD format. (At least HDV isn’t as highly compressed as AVCHD, which would really crawl on your PC). But 2GB of Ram is almost a joke. Yes, Windows will run, but you won’t have much RAM left for programs.

I work almost exclusively with HDV on a quad-core computer (with 8GB of RAM), but as Danny says, bite the bullet and go with an i7 processor. You won’t regret it later.

Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
http://www.mmdv.com

[John Rofrano]

My previous computer was an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ with 2GB of memory running Windows XP and I had no problems editing HDV. It’s not the fastest experience, but it’s tolerable. Sony recommends a minimum of a 2.8Ghz DualCore for HD so as long as it’s a fast DualCore I believe you’ll be OK. You will not be able to get good frame rates once you start color correcting but straight video should be fine. As others have said, an Intel Core i7 is more desirable for editing HD.

The real test is to download the trial of Vegas Pro HD 10 and see for yourself.

~jr

http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com

[Scott Francis]

I have an AMD hexacore (X6 1090s) and love it. It is pretty much equivalent to an i7 920-930 and WAY more cost effective for a motherboard, ram (dual channel) and CPU. I have had great luck in Vegas 10 and do not regret saving some dough on it. Up to this point I have used Intel chips, but the i7 would just too salty with all things considered. I also used an Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad to edit HDV with about the same results as John stated. Also, see if your motherboard can handle a better AMD chip, the X6 series can work in many of the older boards as well. There is my 2 cents, good luck!

Regards

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions