Various new 64 machine questions

cheroxy wrote on 9/19/2008, 9:32 AM
Keep in mind that I have to make this purchase through dell...

Is there much of a difference between the various vista 64 OS's for vegas or general stability (ie-business, home, premium)?

If you want to put your desktop across three monitors do you have to do a dual video card system? For example, the Quadro NVS 290 says it has 2 VGA and 2 DVI links, but it looks like it has a max of two monitors that it can display for.

Is there much of a difference between:
1-Intel™ Core®2 Quad Q6600 (2.40GHz/1066MHz/2X4MB L2) 525W
2-Intel™ Core®2 Quad Q9300 (2.50GHz/1333MHz/12MB L2) 525W
the price difference is $80.

I was surprised to see that many people here were saying they never see their system go over 2GB RAM usage. Are they referring to render usage, because my system sucks that all up when I am doing some complex stuff with vegas. I really wish it had more when I do a RAM render. Why the low usage by so many people?

Anyone ever upgrade to the 10,000 RPM HDD's? Does that make much of a difference for you?

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JJKizak wrote on 9/19/2008, 10:28 AM
I use Vista 64 Ulimate, Q6600, 8gig Kingston 800 ram, 800W supply, 120 IDE "C" drive, 6 SATA, 3 internal SCSI, 2 external Medea SCSI, 2 Maxtor external USB 250 gig, SATA LG burner, X38 Gigabyte board, EVA 8800 video card, and more.
JJK
cheroxy wrote on 9/19/2008, 4:45 PM
JJKizak,
Thanks for posting your specs. Any reason why you went with Q6600 over the Q9300? Similary, why did you go w/ ultimate over business or home premium?