Woah I didn't know that. I was planning on breaking down my old machine for spare parts and installing my XP home on the new machine. I guess it would benefit me to go and pick up XP pro to take advantage of the Intel HT. Hmm, doesn't XP pro come with a boat load of services, etc that I wont need- how do I know what services I do and do not need. If I got a copy of XP Pro I'd want it to be spick and spam, with no extraneous junk that I wont use.

well, im sure they will release an service pack to be able to utlilise H/T eventually.

as for bloatware, XP itself is bloatware however you can easily configure during install, or even run a dual OS system

my xp home utilizes hyperthreading
 

Unless I'm being deceived, tech support at HP told me in the beginning that nothing special needed to be done for my system to utilize the HT on my 3.06GB Pentium 4. I just checked device mgr. in control panel, and it lists two identical cpu's. The same result using "system inf" under accessories. Unless they're scamming me big time, I'd say XP Home ver. supports and utilizes Hyperthreading.
Try Intel's page:
http://www.intel.com/support/platform/ht/os.htm
Hey, you had me going there for a minute. I also vaguely remember that Vegas capitalized on the hyperthreading as well. The Vegas part would need to be confirmed indepedently, though.

Hmm can anyone confirm this? I'd love to be able to build a new machine and not have to buy another OS. Especially beings the "upgrade" for XP PRO being $179 retail. UGH That money could be better spent towards my paired Corsair 512 sticks! :)

Re: my xp home utilizes hyperthreading
 

<<<-- Originally posted by Sam Houchins II :
Try Intel's page:
http://www.intel.com/support/platform/ht/os.htm-->>>
You can believe them, can't you?

My setup
 

Hi,

My setup:

Peter, have you checked that link- it does list both home and professional as supporting HT. Could it be a typo? How can we substanciate this?

My understanding was that XP - no matter the flavor - supported HT. True multi-processors - that is a different story.

Just picked up Vegas recently and hope to be using it soon along with Avid Xpress Pro. My editing machine (which was originally built for Avid Xpress DV):

Dual 1800MP AMD
Tyan Tiger 2460 Motherboard
2GB Corsair 2100DDR Memory
40GB Maxtor 7200RPM System Drive
200GB Western Digital 7200RPM 8MB Cache RAID 0 (2X100GB)
30GB IBM 7200RPM Drive for Ghost Images/Page File
Pioneer DVD-ROM Slot Load
Pioneer DVD/RW DVR-A04
Gainward GeForce3 64MB
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
ADS Pyro Firewire Card
Highpoint Technology ATA/133 RAID Card
Antec TruePower 550W PS
Addtronics 7890A Server Case

Looking to upgrade to dual Opterons once more motherboards with AGP are available (only a few out now).

Machine stats
 

I just finished putting together my DV editing machine. I have not received my copy of Vegas 4.0 + DVD yet (placed the order yesterday). Here are the stats.

P4 2.8 Ghz
Corsair XMS DDR 400 Memory 2GB
Asus P4C800 Deluxe MB
Thermal Take Xaser Case (7 cooling fans).
Thermal Take P4 Spark 7+ CPU fan.
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Video Card 128 MB

System Drive :
Maxtor Ultra DMA 133 40 GB 7200 RPM

Page File Drive :
20 GB EIDE 7200 RPM drive(Not installed yet)

Data Drive :
SATA RAID 0 Stripe Set

Seagate 120 GB 7200 RPM x 2.

Sony DRU-510A DVD R+-W/ CD-RW drive.

Windows XP Pro.

Monitor : NEC Multiscan FE991.


Camcorder : Canon GL2.

Hmm very nice-
Not too far from mine

CPU- P4 3.0ghz
MB- Asus P4C800-E
RAM- Corsair matched pair DDR3200 (1gig)
HD- OS/Program drive Maxtor 80gig ATA133
Dedicated Video Drive SATA Raid-0 (maxtor 120gig x2)
Video- Gforce FX 5900 Ultra 256mgs
Sound- Audigy 2
Optical Drive- Sony DRU500A


CASE- Coolermaster ATC-111b
POWER SUPPLY- Antec True 480watt

Already own:
Speakers- Klipsch 5.1 promedias
Displaly- Sony Trinitron 21" E540


Cameras- DVX100
GL-1
Still- Sony F717

All on order...waiting to pick it up later this week!

RAID
 

Do you guys recommend the RAID-0 configuration over the standard prim - sec, mast. - slave setup? Do you notice the speed increase?
Thanks

I have the same display as you do, Glenn. Its not one of the higher models unfortunately, but I think its alright for the price. How do you like yours?

Forgot to mention my speakers: a pair of Mackie HR626s

Sounds like a fun machine to build, Glenn.

moving up
 

Hey, if anyone just upgraded to a new system and would like to sell their old one, send me a message (buckskinslim@earthlink.net) or give me a call --(970-209-4310). I'm moving up from a dual P3-500/512MB pc100 system. I typically buy one or two generations behind the bleeding edge. I may miss out on the advantages of hyperthreading, but I'll get it next time.

Scott Brickert

MSI K7D Master
Dual AthlonMP 1900's running at 1.6Ghz each
1024MB Registered DDR2100 ram

Primary HD: Western Digital 120GB w/ 8mb cache
Secondary HD: Seagate 80Gb drive.
Backup drive: 40GB External USB drive

Geforce Ti4400 128mb
Sound: M-Audio Revolution

Windows XP Pro.

Displays:
19" Samsung SyncMaster900NF
19" ViewSonic GS790 (crap)

Camera: GL-2

Enjoying your video distortion, Christopher? =\ I just upgraded from a Tyan Tiger MP motherboard. I've lived with it's various defects for the past year... but enough is enough! The K7D Master is a great motherboard though.