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    7741G-7017 Aspire - Video editing

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by rmccurdy8, Apr 20, 2011.

  1. rmccurdy8

    rmccurdy8 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, I bought this laptop a few months ago and I love it. I have recently gotten into video editing, and at this point I am just using windows movie maker.

    Issue: When trying to scroll through the video using the mouse I often get lag, and it takes awhile to catch up. This makes editing slow and frustrating. I want to upgrade this laptop so I can do things like this with ease and no lag. I am not sure what to upgrade to get the most bang for the buck.

    #1 is there benchmark software I can run on the laptop to point me to the bottle neck?

    #2 Hardware upgrade
    HDD - Currently I have 500gb 5600rpm drive. Would upgrading to a 7800rpm HDD make much difference? How important is the cache when video editing?

    RAM- I currently have 4gb DDR 3, how helpful would it be to upgrade to 8gb?

    CPU- It says I have a intel core i5-460M CPU (2.53, 3MB CACHE). Can I even upgrade this? Would that make much difference?

    #3- Settings
    I see that I have several process working at all times, is there a way to set up profiles so not so many are running?
    Also can I adjust how my RAM is distributed that would help with video editing? If so how?


    Thank you guys for any help you can provide!

    Randy
     
    rmccurdy8, Apr 20, 2011
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