[Fred Williamson]

Thank you for the reply Dave. I’m pretty much set on picking up the GTX 460 after going through a number of comparisons, although advantages were aimed at gaming and not specifically Vegas. I didn’t rule out gaming completely which is why I’m going with this motherboard. I do have another rig(free parts) which I may mess with in the future only after I go through a second upgrade on this Vegas build later in the year.

Great info on HDD management. Now if I went with an all HDD setup (3 drives) would it also be best to render the project to a drive separate of the OS and project folders?

SSD is not really an option now since I picked up the i7 2700k, but I’m happy I went with a better cpu. Anyways, if I did go SSD/HDD combo I was thinking of keeping the project folder on the SSD until I was completed with the project. Assuming this is the better approach. Afterwards, transferring those files over to the HDD since the SSD would be about a measly 120gb. My projects don’t often go over 50gb for now at least. 🙂

Regarding PSU, I will step it up to be safe and go with quality.

[Fred Williamson]

Thanks Stephen. Yesterday I went ahead and bought the i7. I was shooting for the 2600k but saw that the 2700k was actually cheaper with instant rebate so I couldn’t pass that up. I went with the “k” in case I wanted to tinker with overclocking. You’re right though, it’s best I leave it alone. I’ll be sure to tinker with it after the next upgrade. 🙂 Since I did spend a little more for the i7 I’ll probably pass on SSD and go with large “greenless” HDDs.

[Fred Williamson]

Thanks for the reply! I checked the gtx570 but it’s about another 200 dollars more, so then I looked at the 2600k again. To my surprise, I saw the 2700k and it was actually 10 dollars cheaper than the 2600 with an instant rebate code so I fired on it. Now that, I have the processor out of the way, does that change anything? Would it still be wise to get a better video card than the 550 or 460?