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RevTKS69 · 12-10-2008, 09:49 PM

The system specs are fine, except you need more RAM. If you get 64-bit Vista, you can exceed the 3 to 4GB's that is standard. Vista 64 can access large amounts of RAM, and that pays off big time on encoding/decoding.

Keep in mind, the new i7 systems use 'Triple Channel' Ram...so you need three 'sticks' or DIMMs to take advantage of the horsepower in the new i7 cores. (And yes, these are the premier CPU's right now)

So, make sure it comes configured with 3 separate sticks of RAM, which means you're looking at a base config of 6GB or 12GB. This probably the most critical step in configuring your machine...if you don't get this right, it will never perform up to its potential regardless of what else you add to it.

Standard hard drives are cheap, add as much storage as you can reasonably afford. If you want some speed in your hard drive system configure two Western Digital Velociraptors in a RAID 0 array (this gives you the full capacity of both drives and the fastest read/write times), and then add at least a 1Terabyte drive for primary storage.

If you want to drop some major cash, add an SSD (Solid State Drive) from Intel - They are the king of the hill in read/write times and can actually outperform the raptors in certain areas). But the twin Raptors are the enthusiast's choice for high performance and reasonable price.

I'm a bit of hardware geek, so if you have any more questions...let me know. Anyway, hope this helps.

12-10-2008, 09:49 PM
RevTKS69 Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: West Texas Posts: 231	More RAM...lol The system specs are fine, except you need more RAM. If you get 64-bit Vista, you can exceed the 3 to 4GB's that is standard. Vista 64 can access large amounts of RAM, and that pays off big time on encoding/decoding. Keep in mind, the new i7 systems use 'Triple Channel' Ram...so you need three 'sticks' or DIMMs to take advantage of the horsepower in the new i7 cores. (And yes, these are the premier CPU's right now) So, make sure it comes configured with 3 separate sticks of RAM, which means you're looking at a base config of 6GB or 12GB. This probably the most critical step in configuring your machine...if you don't get this right, it will never perform up to its potential regardless of what else you add to it. Standard hard drives are cheap, add as much storage as you can reasonably afford. If you want some speed in your hard drive system configure two Western Digital Velociraptors in a RAID 0 array (this gives you the full capacity of both drives and the fastest read/write times), and then add at least a 1Terabyte drive for primary storage. If you want to drop some major cash, add an SSD (Solid State Drive) from Intel - They are the king of the hill in read/write times and can actually outperform the raptors in certain areas). But the twin Raptors are the enthusiast's choice for high performance and reasonable price. I'm a bit of hardware geek, so if you have any more questions...let me know. Anyway, hope this helps.