Q&A: Is this a good computer for editing High Definition in Sony Vegas 8.0?

Question by bigheadedhead: Is this a good computer for editing High Definition in Sony Vegas 8.0?
I will be editing High Definition AVCHD/M2TS files from my camera.
I'm thinking about buying a HP Pavilion Elite M9351, which has the following spec:
....oh and don't bother telling me to buy a Mac as they are way above my budget. I prefer windows anyway :)

Processor type
Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q6600

Operating system installed
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit

Chipset
Intel® G33 express chipset

Standard memory
4 GB

Memory type
DDR2-SDRAM

Memory slots
4 DIMM sockets

Internal drives
Internal hard disk drive
1 TB (2 x 500 GB)

Hard disk controller
SATA 3G Hard Disk Drive

Hard disk drive speed
(7200 rpm)

External hard disk drive
HP Personal Media Drive and HP Pocket Media Drive sold separately

Optical drive type
DVD writer SATA DVD RAM and Double Layer supporting LightScribe technology

System features

Memory card device
15in1 memory card reader

Network interface
Ethernet 10/100/1000BT integrated network interface

Video capture interface
IEEE 1394 FireWire® Interface

Wireless technologies
Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g

Video adapter
NVIDIA® GeForce™ 9600 GS with PureVideo® HD technology

Video RAM
768 MB dedicated memory, up to 2559 MB total available graphics memory as allocated by Windows Vista®

Internal audio
Intel® High Definition Audio 7.1

Audio connectors
2 front audio ports, 6 rear analog audio ports & 2 rear digital audio ports

Keyboard
Wireless keyboard and optical mouse

Remote control
HP Vista Media Center Remote Control

External drive bays
2 external optical drive bays, 2 internal HDD bays, 1 Pocket Media Drive bay, 1 Personal media Drive bay ; Landing pad for USB & 1394 devices

External I/O ports
6 USB 2.0 ports (2 in front); 2 FireWire®-IEEE-1394 ports (1 in front)

Expansion slots
1 PCI (1 free) and 2 PCI-Express 1x (2 free)

Software

Software - Productivity & finance
Microsoft® Works and Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 60-Day Trial Version

Pre-installed software
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 7.0; Windows Mail; Adobe® Reader 8.0

Optical drive driver software
Windows Photo Gallery ; Windows Media Player ; Windows Movie Maker, Windows DVD Maker ; Cyberlink DVDSuite Deluxe; Muvee AutoProducer Full Version; EasyBits Magic Desktop

Software - education / reference / entertainment
Windows Media Center

Software included
Recovery partition (including possibility to recover system, applications and drivers separately); Optional re-allocation of recovery partition; Recovery CD/DVD creation tool; Symantec™ Norton Internet Security™ 2008 (60 days live update)


Best answer:

Answer by Da M
Yes the video card is good as is the RAM. The only thing that i see is that it is DDR2 RAM which isnt bad but DDR3 is faster but that is more for the future. The processor is awesome too. Nice computer.

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