Re: New system build for Sony Vegas

Since you are installing (2)Internal Sata drives of the same spec, may I suggest striping them as a single drive at Raid 0. This will help allow for better playback performance. You can do a hardware raid during the Win 7 install, or you can do a software raid after installation. Check the user manual that comes with the Asus board for info on the hardware raid setup. The Ultimate version of Vista is required for the software raid, but am not sure which version will allow for this in Win 7. My last Google search did not find the answer. A call to Microsoft should give you the answer. Your playback performance in Raid 0 will be at it's best (short of installing a very expensive SAS Raid system), but if one of your 2 striped discs fails, you will lose all of your data on both drives. Consider a 3rd (internal or external drive) for data backup. The October issue of Government Video magazine has a very clear description of the various levels of Raid. Everything else on your list seems fine for a base system. Smart move on the SSD system drive.

John D. Frey
25 Year owner/operator of two California-based production studios.

Digital West Video Productions of San Luis Obispo and Inland Images of Lake Elsinore