Suggested System for Vegas 15 please

Kit-As-Was wrote on 10/8/2017, 9:26 PM

My main machine is around 4 years old now and I'm thinking of upgrading it. What kind of motherboard, processor, memory, video and sound card should I be looking at. I don't usually buy top of the range but price wise high mid end is OK. The big caveat is that I want to stick with Windows 7 and avoid Windows 10 which I loathe. We usually build our own so I'm thinking of sticking with my Corsair AX850
PSU and Carbide Series 500R White Mid-Tower case, but what to put in it. Thanks.

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fr0sty wrote on 10/8/2017, 10:19 PM

As of now, Intel i7 chips seem to pack a bit more punch, as the Ryzen chips doesn't handle single or >4 threads as well as the i7s, and Vegas doesn't push multicore stuff very hard. If you're looking to save money, though, the Ryzen chips do come very close to the i7 (close enough to justify the savings). Also, if you happen to do other graphics work like Cinema 4D, after effects, or any other app that utilizes all the threads effectively, then the Ryzen will smoke any i7. That is why I went with Ryzen personally (1800x). All Ryzen chips will use AM4 sockets from what I gather, so they are also easier to upgrade for cheaper since you don't have to replace your motherboard. I'm already eyeballing the 16 core threadripper.

As for GPU, Vegas 15 currently favors Nvidia GPUs that support NVENC. I've paired my old 970 GTX card with the Ryzen 7 1800x and 32GB of DDR4 on an ASUS board. I've had pretty solid results with that configuration. Encoding is nice and fast using NVENC.

john_dennis wrote on 10/9/2017, 12:02 AM

In my profile is a list of parts for my i7 6850 system. I haven't looked at parts since January and won't do it again for ~ three years, but I'm running Windows 7 Professional.

set wrote on 10/9/2017, 12:07 AM

Just bought a new laptop ASUS X550VX, Intel® Core™ i7 6700HQ Processor.

Haven't do deep editing there, but my quick test found the Intel QSV and Nvidia Geforce GTX 950M both detected.

https://www.asus.com/us/Laptops/X550VX/specifications/