Building Vegas System

IIMvideo wrote on 1/12/2004, 12:48 PM
I've been having some issues with vegas 4d freezing, hard drives failing, etc.. could be heating problems - I have 5 hard drives and 2 cd/DVDrw drives in my PC. Things are starting to get a little unstable.

Anyway, I'm looking to build a dedicated Vegas machine. The system has to be upgradable. Any suggestions on what hardware is good or not so good. Thanks in advance.


Frank

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busterkeaton wrote on 1/12/2004, 1:23 PM
It could be power supply issues too.

If you want to keep this system, you may want to get extra drive enclosures. Putting two of your current dirves in firewire/usb2.0 cases which have external power and their own fans may help.

Your pc would use less power and generate less heat to be disapated.

filmy wrote on 1/12/2004, 1:27 PM
Grazie had a rather long thread going on building a new Vegas system a while back. I would *highly* recomend you do a search to find it.

Oh never mind - here is the link: http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=183304&Page=0
johnmeyer wrote on 1/12/2004, 9:49 PM
Boxxtech used to sell computers bundled with Vegas. They announced a joint relationship with Sonic Foundry back in August 2002. You could call and see if they are still building systems. I didn't see any mention of it on their site, however.

Boxxtech
Sid_Phillips wrote on 1/14/2004, 2:13 PM
If you build a new system:

1. Go for the Intel P4 CPU, it renders a little faster than the AMDs (the EE version renders a LOT faster).

2. Get a motherboard that provides SATA-RAID support, this will let you add tons of fast storage as you need it.

3. Specify a large power supply, 450-watts or more, in a case like the ThermalTake which has 7 fans and can hold something like 11 drives.

This behemoth should last you quite awhile: about the only thing you'd need to change over time would be the motherboard & processor. You could load up about as many drives as you want, plenty of cooling, plenty of power. And most of the P4 boards will handle up to 4GB of RAM as well. Should be more than enough!