My 1st 64 bit video editing PC arrives on Thursday/nd advice

[Canon GL-2 Guy]

Gents:

Here’s the latest on this odyssey.

As a first stepping stone which is subject to changes, I purchased a

HP Pavilion Elite HPE-510t PC which is scheduled to arrive on Thursday.

Here are the relevant specs:

• OS Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
• Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 quad-core processor with Turbo-Boost [up to 3.8GHz, 8MB cache]/ Intel 2nd Gen Core = Sandy bridge?
• 6GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [3 DIMMs]
• 1TB RAID 0 (2 x 500GB SATA HDDs) - performance
• 1.5GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 [DVI, HDMI, VGA]
• LightScribe 16X max. DVD+/-R/RW SuperMulti drive
• Blu-ray player & Lightscribe SuperMulti DVD burner (dual drives - Blu-Ray & DVD burner)

Total slots:

1 PCIe (x16 graphics), 3 PCIe (x1), 2 MiniCard



Also important to note is that I will have Premiere Pro CS5.5 in the next couple of weeks which certifies more cards.

· The motherboard is unknown to me: Pegatron
· HP/Compaq name: Cleveland-GL8
· Intel H67 chipsetTDP: 95W
· Socket type: LGA 1155
· Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:
o Core i3-2xxx series
o Core i5-2xxx series
o Core i7-26xx series
· Four 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets
· Supports PC3 10600 (1333 MHz) DDR3 DIMMs
· Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
· Maximum HP/Compaq approved memory is 16 GB
· Supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards
· DVI-I output port
· HDMI output port

Yes, I definitely need a couple of firewire ports.

So here are my questions:

1) The power supply is only 300 watts so it needs upgrading. If I run CS5 or 5.5 only in "MPE" mode and not accelerated, will my power hold out and it not get too hot??

2) Could I somehow get the Raid 0 configuration changed so I have 2 independent internal hd’s? I do not know if that’s it for hard drive space.

3) Does the motherboard support tri or quad channel ram? Is “channeled” ram advantageous over plain old unbuffered ram? Can this system handle 1600 and opposed to 1333 ram?

4) What considerations do I need to think about going forward?

5) Will the 1.5 gig GTX 440 be acceptable for a starting card?


It least it arrives tested, warrantied, upgradeable and somewhat open to making it a closer fit.

What do you think I should do going forward to get the most out of this set-up?

Thanks for any and all contributions to come.

[lowellriggsiam]

If you are planning on video editing on an i7 with only a 300w power supply you are going to be under powered.

[ranchhand]

Be sure to plan on spending a few hours removing the ad/crapware and "tryme-buyme" junkware that is going to be loaded on it. Also use a good manual (not automatic) register editor to remove the hundreds of register footprints that will be left by this junkware after you remove it.

[Canon GL-2 Guy]

Thanks for the heads up and suggestion.

Yes, this PC came with all sorts of stuff loaded that I don't even know what it does, never mind need it !!

Do you have any specific reccomendations and if so how do I know what footprints to purge and what to keep?

Thanks.

[geneaum]

Hi Canon,

You don't 'need' anything (extra) that ships with the O/S. At work I will sometimes replace the installed O/S with Win7Pro (free thru MSDNAA); then install only what I need.

You'll want to install the latest NVIDIA reference driver.

No need to manually clean the registry (not register ); just download/install Revo Uninstaller - select 4th stage during each item you uninstall. I've never had problems with this - and have used it for years.

Cheers, GA

[ranchhand]

Sorry for responding so late... for years I have been using Regseeker by Hoverdesk (free) for my register editing and it has never damaged anything. I also have used it on countless computers for corrupted register repair, virus, etc. Link: http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm

Do Not Use the auto-cleaner. I have never seen one yet that didn't eventually cause problems. When booted, at the top left click on, "Find In Register". In the next screen, enable "H_KEY_USERS and H_KEY_CURRENT_CONFIG". type in the name of the program that you have removed, hit Search. Give it some time. Wait until the readout at the bottom registers "0" and it will be complete. Do not use it when it reaches 100%, it is still scanning. Keep "Make Backup" enabled. It will list all the register entries that have that program name and post the entire line with that name hilighted in blue (nice touch!), including the USERS and CONFIG. To check on those just double-click on the entry and it will auto-boot to that entry in the register for you to review it. When you are done reviewing, select the top item, and Shift/select the bottom and all will be selected. Hit delete. Done