Building new pc for vegas.

You should have plenty of options. My system is:

AMD X2 4400+
4gb PC3200 DDR
(2) 250gb Western Digital SATA II drives in a RAID 0 array
Geforce 6600gt PCI Express Video Card
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard
Mid-Tower ATX Case with 550watt power supply
Sony DVD+/-RW Drive
Floppy Drive
Windows 2000 Pro

I only spent around $1800 or so, and that includes the Vegas + DVD suite. Of course you'll still need a monitor.
 
Thanks for the reply. You got a pretty nice rig. I'm going dual core for sure. Someone was saying with a dual core 1 gig of ram is plenty. Did you have a gig before and upgrade? If so, how much speed increase did you notice?
 
Do a search on "computer finally built" in the cafe section. You'll find a thread I started a while ago. Before I built my computer I knew absolutely nothing about building one. After meeting some people on here and talking/researching alot of things, I built a damn fine machine.

Good luck.
 
From what I seen..it looks nice..I use a 10000rpm raptor SATA drive as my system drive that is partitioned at 10gb for system and 30gb for DATA. Increased my overall operating system in speed. You will need good ventilation and a good HSF setup. Recommend Thermalrights HS's and use Arctic Silver 5 for the paste. Another thing I would use is XP PRO.
 
Thanks for all the replies. I'm leaning toward this setup..


ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540


AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103547


CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145575


Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM (for os and programs)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144160


2-250 gig wd hard drives(for storage) I can get them where I work for $99 each.



For a graphics card I'll just use a geforce 6200 or something that can do two monitors.(I have a 5200 now and it displays video fine)


Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129155


Pioneer Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827129164


ZALMAN CNPS9500 LED
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835118223


xp pro


Antec TRUEPOWERII TPII-550 ATX12V
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103931


Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102178



Total is a little over 1,500 plus 60 to have it built.

Leaves me about 500 for a monitor,surround sound system,keyboard and mouse.

Still open for suggestions.
 
stroxell82 said:
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102178

Still open for suggestions.
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The only change I would make is to avoid the Soundblaster card like the plague. Creative writes some of the worse drivers in the industry. Do yourself a favor and get an M-Audio card instead. If you just need stereo get the M-Audio Audiophile 2496. It’s a pro sound card that is inexpensive ($99) yet high quality. If you need surround sound get the M-Audio Revolution 5.1 ($78) or 7.1 ($90). They are consumer cards but they are still way better than a soundblaster. I've been there... done that... now I'm a happy M-Audio owner. (I got the M-Audio FW-410)

~jr
 
Try for a Full Tower vs a Mid Tower.

Try for a Full Tower vs a Mid Tower.

Yes stay away from any creative stuff like soundblaster. The m-audio 2496 is so much better. EMU 0404 is from the same creative company but at least with M-audio you can get protools m-powered for audio later on. Also Try to get a full-tower vs a mid tower. The extra room is well worth the ventilation. I use a Chieftec and it has 5 fans and keeps cool. Make sure you MB is compatible with AGP cards..a lot of new ones only use PCI-X's now days since AGP are being phased out. Also Make sure your Power supply has at least a 24amp rating for the 12v section..you will need all the power you can get for running 3 sata drives. It is listed in the details of most PSU's. Enermax and PC Power make excellent PSU's.
 
You'll probably get a faster system for the same price if you get:
--a faster CPU (4600+ instead of a 4200+)
CPU is usually the main bottleneck to performance.

--cut back on the RAM (get normal stuff like corsair valueRAM, kingston, normal mushkin, crucial, etc.)
My testing on that:
http://glennchan.info/Proofs/dvinfo/color-curves.veg

--get a 7200rpm hard drive of larger capacity. Being able to store more stuff / not wasting time deleting stuff will definitely save you time... whereas the Raptor is questionable.

--The stock HSF should be fine. That's unless you're overclocking, which may waste more time than it saves.

--The Sonata case already comes with a power supply?? It may make more sense to get a case without a power supply, or not get the additional power supply.
If you want a quiet computer, ignore most of what I just said and take a look at silentpcreview.com. Lots of good information there... they should have information in the articles or the forums about what the quietest parts are.
Do replace the stock HSF and get a quiet PSU (i.e. Seasonic).
 
Also, is this for SD or HD ? What's sorts of video are you shooting and what your expected output ? That may change your system requirements. .
 
Price/Performance difference

Price/Performance difference

I'll be upgrading my set-up soon and am weighing the pros and cons of building my own rig (which I've never done) or buying stock.

For about $800 HP has a...

2.2GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual Core
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
2 GB PC3200 DDR SDRAM
250GB hard drive
Double-layer DVD+/-R/RW with LightScribe
nVIDIA GeForce 6150LE Up to 256MB
9-in-1 digital media card reader

Here's what I'm wondering: How would a machine like this compare performance-wise to one of the $1800 dream machines discussed in this thread? I know I'd have to, at the very least, put in a new card for the second monitor, but barring any other changes, how would they stack up?

For what it's worth, I'd just use the external 250gig, usb2.0 seagate hard drives that I'm using now for storage (anyone else here do that or is it just me?)

If I can get 70 or 80 percent of performance out of a machine that's less than half the cost, that would make it a pretty easy decison for me especially given the hassle factor of being a first-time builder.

Thanks for any insights.
 
Don't buy anything for the next month. Intel is distributing their new chips and the AMD X2s will drop as much as 50%. You can then build your dream machine yourself with reputable components.
 
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