Sony Vegas 13 : hardware configuration

c2h wrote on 5/1/2016, 12:55 AM

Hello every one,

I use Sony Vegas 13 as a beginner, to make some videos for my clients (10 minutes max).

I capture my screen width BanditCam, in 1280*720, 30 fps. I render that in mp4 format (same size and fps), optimized to allow the Internet consultations.

Now I'm working on my laptop, I7 3632 QM (8 threads), 2.2Ghz, 16 Go Ram, and a 512 Go SSD. It's running fine but takes me too much time to render.

So I'm going to buy a new computer, specialized for Vegas only. Here's the configuration I have imagined...

I7 5960 (maybee 5820 because it's cheeper)
16 Go DDR4 (maybee 32 if it's useful)
Motherboard Asus X99 deluxe
SSD 512 Go x 2, in RAID0
and...
AMD Sapphire FirePro W8100

What do you think about that ? What advices ?

Christian (sorry for my poor english)

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PeterDuke wrote on 5/1/2016, 2:07 AM

I am just building a new system based on the Gigabyte X99-SLI and an i7 5820k with 4x4 GB DDR4. I have been waiting for the SSD, and so have not built it yet.

Do you need to put the SSD in RAID?

ushere wrote on 5/1/2016, 2:18 AM

why not capture avi?

https://www.bandicam.com/support/tips/sony-vegas/

c2h wrote on 5/1/2016, 2:22 AM

I've been told that putting 2 HD in RAID0 doubles the flow (but with no more capacity to save files).

So I'm interested because of the size of mp4 for me (about 40 Mo for 5 minutes).

SSD goes faster than classical HD (I've had now two computers with SSD and it makes the difference).

Christian

c2h wrote on 5/1/2016, 2:25 AM

Why not ? I don't know.

I made some trials and for some formats, Vegas doesn't load the rushs.

Now I've chosen H264 which is running fine. But maybee other formats should work too.

Christian

PeterDuke wrote on 5/1/2016, 7:37 PM

"I've been told that putting 2 HD in RAID0 doubles the flow"

Twice speed increase for RAID0 is the theoretical maximum for no significant overheads. 50% speed increase may be more realistic in practice for PATA and SATA drives.

What interface does you SSD use?

Here is a quote from a reviewer of the SSD I am getting:

"The HyperX Predator PCIe SSD uses the PCI Express Gen 2.0 x 4 interface to deliver up to 1400MB/s read and 1000MB/s write for an ultra-responsive system! You are talking about sequential read speeds that are up to 2.5x faster, so one of these M.2 PCIe G2 x4 SSDs is like running a pair of older SSDs in RAID 0 and that is just the beginning of where PCI Express based storage drives will be heading."

My motherboard has an M.2 SSD connector, and the SSD comes with a PCI express adapter card, so I can connect the SSD in two ways. I don't know which way will be better.

c2h wrote on 5/2/2016, 2:57 AM

Thanks.

I'll use SATA 3 interface, 6 Gbits.

I'll be back for benchmarks...

Christian