hi (beardless) serena,

i remember the thread too, however, no idea where it went.

i'm running i7/920, 6gb ram with both 32/64bit vegas, and other than the odd (well documented) vegas bug here and there, it's a joy. fast, smooth, and great rendering in 64bit.

that said, most of my work is pretty simple, though i do use cc'ing, txt / lower thirds, a few fx, and some p in p, and a fair amount of ken burns on png's - all of which go smoothly enough.

for clients i've chopped avchd on the t/l (though i prefer encoding to mxf), and done some pretty tacky fx with no problems.

all that said, i always try and make my media vegas compatible....

leslie

btw - gigabyte m/b - ex58 ud3r / nvidia geforce 9600gt

Hi Serena: Is this the link you're looking for?

I'm about to upgrade too and have been interested in the i7 as well.

Jack

Those threads are useful and certainly pertinent to the subject, but not the exact thread. The one I remember mentioned the MB (for a moment I thought xberk's system), but I'm just being lazy and should do my research in the computer reviews. Not being computer-savvy I tend to follow whatever others find successful.

I have the Asus P6T motherboard in my i7 system, and I have seen others having this or a viriant of it. So far it has been good to me with 12 GB RAM W7 64 and 9.0C 64

/Ulf

Thanks UlfLaursen.

I have just upgraded to Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R MB for i7-920 and 12 GB DDR3 RAM in preparation for AVCHD editing, but so far have only hacked SD DV AVI. (A sledge hammer to crack a walnut!)

64 bit Windows 7 and Vegas 9c .

Rendering is about 4 times faster than my old rig. I haven't tried adding still images to the project yet. No problems so far, but I am prepared to go back to 32 bit Vegas and or 9b or even 8c when necessary.

Hi
just a suggestion Google videoguys diy 7 for some really good ideas as a start point.

Good luck with your search

Chris

> ...just a suggestion Google videoguys diy 7 for some really good ideas as a start point.

Yea Serena, the Videoguys DIY7 seems to be is the system that most people are building around. It has the Asus P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard, an Intel Core i7 920, and 12GB of memory. You can't go wrong building this system and the parts are listed so you really can't go wrong if you buy the same part numbers.

~jr

I have that same basic set up and it's fantastic. I'm editing 5D Mark II footage using Cineform Neo HD for a codec. One thing to keep in mind is how easy it is to overclock the i7 920 processor. I am running mine at 3.8GHz without any problems. You have to have good cooling though. A good site for overclocking (for beginers, like me) is at: http://www.clunk.org.uk/forums/overclocking/22106-core-i7-overclocking-guide-beginners.html

Yes, indeed, thanks That DIY system looks good and designed for the task (and tested!). Hard to beat a proven recipe!

I'm using pretty much the same set up as the Videoguys DIY system. I am having an issue with the Gspeed ES though and Gspeed tech support is not very responsive. I did call Videoguys tech support and they actually answer the phone! Not a ton of help though, they guy seemed to think that I am not running Windows 7 - 64 bit..... the only problem being I AM running Windows 7 - 64 bit.

Been to busy to play around with it but so far that's been my only hickup.

I would suggest the i860 over the i920 cpu. The slightly decreased memory bandwidth won't make a difference with video editing performance where GHz rules. The mobo is cheaper with the i860 and the chip out of the box is faster. Plus it has the advantage of the turbo modes for apps that don't utilize all 8 cores.

If you were a gamer or used some other app that could use the memory bandwidth I'd say the 920 would be the way to go but not for video editing.

Of course the 920 based systems are great too so you can't go wrong either way. You can just get a little more pop for your dollar with the i860 in my opinion.

- Mark

<<videoguys diy 7>>

For the same money you can buy essentially the same computer from (Dell Studio XPS 9000) and not take a gamble on consumer grade boards and components put together with "mix and match" engineering! Oh, and that includes a 23' Dell Monitor.

Been looking through suppliers and checking reviews and see that the 920 has been replaced by the 930, which then sent me off checking MBs for compatibility (the Asus P6TD Deluxe). Stuff changes so quickly in this field that it is quite daunting to try to match any existing system. The i860? I'll look at that.

I, too, am totally satisfied with an i7-860 based system - MoBo is an Asus P7P55D Pro.

See system #1 spec in my profile. 8 cores are just great.

Tom

I didn't realise we can put more than 1 system in our profile....how about that? Intel say the i860 is discontinued and I note that the 930 has the same basic clock speed as the 860. Really hums with over-clocking, but I don't know enough to start down that path.

Better check those i7 920s out good...

[url=http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/07/newegg-sells-300-counterfeit-core-i7-920-cpus-is-now-investiga/]

Interesting. In computing how would one know that the chip doesn't match the label? Anyway the i920 is out of date.