[Joe Tavola]

For sure John, definitely time to upgrade! What can you recommend as far as cpu model?

Will the Sony format be MP4? Because it would have to play through Apple TV.

Anything I can do for editing these 60fps clips though smoother? Maybe convert them first to 30fps (batch convert)? I know it’s time consuming but will that be better for my system and Vegas to handle these files for editing? Will I lose any quality in doing so?

[Joe Tavola]

ok thanks, and what about the CPU, any good for AE/Vegas that’s what I’m using.. will I notice a huge difference in six cores?

[Joe Tavola]

awesome advice thanks!

[Joe Tavola]

hey John, i’m trying to decide on a 2TB drive for media/render, is the WD RED NAS series ok? Its the same price as the WD Black 1TB.. would the Seagate 2TB be ok? That too is the same price.

[Joe Tavola]

Got it thanks again John for the advice!

[Joe Tavola]

So using same drive to have media/render is ok? This makes a difference then just using 1 drive which includes the OS/apps?

[Joe Tavola]

Sorry so John even if using 1 drive for everything (media and renders) doesnt make a difference? Or you should definitely have 2 drives minimum (media/OS/programs) and renders on second? Any speed noticeable with 2 drives as opposed to one doing it all? 2 TBs rather then small ssd and 1 TB make more sense?

[Joe Tavola]

thanks Steve

[Joe Tavola]

thanks John for clearing that up

[Joe Tavola]

thanks for the reply, how would i go about in finding that out through task manager? under performance tab? my specs are

Intel Quad Core Q6600
8 GB RAM
Windows 8 64 bit
ATI Radeon 4870 1GB GPU

outdated I know.. going to do a new build soon enough.