Computer Specs for editing .ts files...

[djKale]

I am entertining PC upgrade and was wondering what kind of specs I would need to edit and play the huge .ts files generated from HDTV capture. Right now I am using:

2.8 P4 OC'd to 3.08Ghz
ASUS P4S800D-E Socket 478 800MHz FSB Motherboard
1GB Dual Channel PC3200 RAM
40GB HD Running winXP
200GB Maxtor HD (both HDs Interfaced viaIDE)
Onboard Sound
Radeon 9200SE Video Card
NEC 3520 and 3550 DVD Burners

Planned Upgrade:

ASUS Mobo - LGA 775
1GB DDR2 RAM
Pentium D Processor (maybe the 920 or an 830 EMT64 processor)

Questions:
Would upgrading to 64bit XP and EMT64 processor be worth the expense?
How would the Pentuim D with 2MB L2 perform compared to what I have now?
Would running SATA drives noticeably improve performance?
What about Sound and Video cards. How important are each of these with respect to editing and playback of High Def Media?

Please post system specs of what you are using successfully and what difference it made from your previous system. I am Using Sony Vegas 6.0c and DVD Architect 3.0c.

Kale

[BJ_M]

1. upgrade to 6.0d
2. video and audio card dont matter much at all - as long as there is hardware acceleration of mpeg
3. your planned upgrade would give better speed - but not as much as you would hope for , xp64 would give you less (with vegas and other encoders)

[mikiem]

Compare benchmarks?

If you look at motherboard reviews, they'll usually list benchmarks for video encoding nowdays, and should be able to get a good comparison between various AMD & Intel CPUs as well as board performance, which IMHO is as important as CPU choice for video.

Newer drives seem almost equal in price (on sale anyways ) so couldn't hurt to use SATA, if only as future proofing. A decent audio card certainly wouldn't hurt -- not only for taking load away from cpu, but if you're doing HD, why not go all out and do the audio right?