"THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION" A good system for VV4 with a limited budget!

GeoffCampbell wrote on 6/21/2003, 7:09 PM
OK...here goes! Let's say that you're starting from scratch. With cost being the main factor, let's say that you had between $1,250.00, and $1,750.00 to spend, and already have a monitor, and OS. (XP Pro) Also, let's assume that you plan to buy everything via "PriceWatch.com." (If you make sure that you're getting the manufacturers full waranty, I don't think you can buy any computer component for less, anywhere else - my personal opinion of course) So...you've got VV4...now what would you build, within the price spread above? One more question...I hope I can put this across properly.
When using removable drives, once you've completed a project, and are ready to render it; with VV4, the .veg file that you are rendering needs to have access to the original clips that were first captured. If those clips are on different drives, how can you render the project in one pass? ? ?

As always, many, many thanks for any help, and input!

I_Need_Help
Tony

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BillyBoy wrote on 6/21/2003, 7:37 PM
Hold on partner... PriceWatch and other "who got it for the cheapest" is fine to get a idea of what a good street price is but don't assume the company maybe a thousand miles or more away from you that claims the lowest price is always if ever the one to buy from.

I've said it before in other threads, but worth repeating. The previous system to the one I just build I got taken in by some fancy looking mega sized web site that appeared on the surface to be a 'big respectable company' with everything I wanted in stock.

Just to condense, I ordered about $800 worth of parts, each was shown as "in stock" and these crooks hit my credit card immeditely. Instread of me getting my merchandise in a couple days like I expected, and was told in a confriming email... after waiting, the day came and gone then upon calling I found out NONE of what they told me was shipped was ever even in stock and yes, they charged my credit card anyways knowing that (illegal) and it took a couple months of me arguging with my bank that issued my credit card until they reversed the charges.

I'm not saying all the bargain basment sites are crooks, they aren't and I still buy a lot of stuff off the web, but never again from a company I don't know.

Now that you are properly warned, I just build a ultra high end system for $600 and change. I just bought a new CPU, MB and RAM, everything else I reused. See details in another thread.

If you want to take that shortcut, and assuming you want a P4 you need a power supply that includes the extra 4 wire connector on top of the other 12 wire connector.

What you asked, at the end I do all the time. You do indeed have to have all the source files. I get around the issue by having all the source files on the removable drive that I switch in and out. What you can do, and I've also done it many times, is I forget one or two files there were on some other drive. No big deal. Vegas will warn you, just write down the file names, copy them to the removable drive, tell Vegas where they are now and you're home free.
craftech wrote on 6/21/2003, 7:45 PM
See my posts in this thread:

http://www.sonicfoundry.com/Forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=191891&Replies=20&Page=7

John
TheHappyFriar wrote on 6/22/2003, 10:29 AM
BillyBoy, who's your CC bank? Last year my CC number was stolen online and I called my CC bank, tld them that I didn't make those charges, then they toldme not to pay them. I was suprised, personaly. Didn't think it would be that easy. My bank is Household.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 6/22/2003, 10:31 AM
You consider $1250-1750 a limited budget??? The most I've spent on an upgrade was $170 at one time! That included a motherboard, memory, case, and soundcard! If I had that much $$ I wouldn't build a good vegas system, I'd build a great 3d/vegas/sound system! :)
BillyBoy wrote on 6/22/2003, 3:29 PM
I rather not say which bank, other than it is one of the biggest, which may explain why their "service" isn't that good. Its like the giant insurance companies. You can have the same company for years, paying thousands and thousands on premiums, think oh boy ain't I lucky to have a policy with them only to find out how good they really are once you file a claim. Let me put it this way, a certain company likes to say you're in good hands, actually their tend to give you the finger if you have the nerve to file a claim. <wink>
GeoffCampbell wrote on 6/23/2003, 1:40 PM
BillyBoy, craftech, TheHappyFriar: Thanks for the reply. It's greatly appreciated! ! !

Tony