Recommended Motherboards/CPUs/ VGAs:

ASUSTEK P9X79 (RT HD MULTISTREAM NLE)

• LGA2011 socket for Intel® Core i7

• Intel X79

• Quad-channel DDR-3 1866Mhz (8x sockets)

• 2x SATA III +  4x SATA II

• 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• 4 USB 3.0 - 14 Usb 2.0

• 1 Com (internal)

• 1 Firewire/Ilink

• 1x PCI 32bit slots

• 2 x PCI-E 16x + 1 PCI-E 16x (8x mode)+ 2 PCIe 1x

BIOS:
CPU: Core i7 3930K  

RAM: 8GB

PCI-E 16x #1: Empty or  AMD/NVIDIA BASED  PCI-E 16X VGA CARD /decklink quad

PCI-E 1x #1:  EMPTY / Decklink Studio /Intensity

PCI-E 1x #2:  EMPTY / Decklink Studio / Intensity

PCI-E 16x #2: EMPTY or  AMD/NVIDIA BASED  PCI-E 16X VGA CARD

PCI#1: EMPTY

PCI-E 16x #3: EMPTY/Decklink /Promise EX8650

OS: Windows Seven 64bit

BOOT HDD: OCZ SSD SATA

BIOS: On Board Audio disabled if DECKLINK / Intensity / Multi bridge are installed,

NOTE: 

-P9X79 with Quad channel 2133 RAM is the faster platform to run ivsEdits. it is up to Twice  faster than X58 and Z77.

-The P9X79 supports Black Magic USB 3.0 products w/o additional adapters. There are some problems on Windows shutdown if some program is still accessing to the BMD USB-3 Devices.

ASUSTEK P8Z77-VLK (RT HD MULTISTREAM NLE)

• LGA1155 socket for Intel® Core i7

• Intel Z77

• FSB 1333 MHz

• Dual-channel DDR-3 2133 (4x sockets)

• 2x SATA III / 4x SATA II

• 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• 2 x PCI 32bit slots

• 2 x PCI-E 16x 3.0/2.0 (1 X16 or dual x8)

• 1 PCI-E 16x (4x mode)

• 2 PCIe 1x

• 4 x USB 3.0 Intel port(s) (2 at back panel, blue, 2 at mid-board)

• 2 x USB 3.0 Asmedia port(s) (2 at back panel, blue)

BIOS:
CPU: Core i7 3700K  

RAM: 4/8GB

PCI-E 1x:  EMPTY /Intesity Pro

PCI-E 16x #1: Empty or  AMD/NVIDIA BASED  PCI-E 16X VGA CARD

PCI-E 16x #2: EMPTY /Intesity Pro /decklink Studio

PCI#1: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI-E 16x #2: EMPTY

PCI#2: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI-E 16x #3: EMPTY/Decklink HD/ Intesity Pro /decklink Studio

OS: Windows Seven 64bit

BOOT HDD: OCZ SSD SATA

BIOS: On Board Audio disabled if DECKLINK / Intensity / Multi bridge is installed,

NOTE: This board is a good base for a realtime HD Multistream editing system but offers few PCIe lanes compared with X79 or X58 chipsets.

Intel GPU HD3000-4000 require drivers build 2800 or higher to run the GPU accelerated DVE engine. At the current time the optimal GPUs are still AMD and Nvidia Gpu based cards.

The P8Z77-V LK is compatible with Black Magic USB 3.0 products.

ASUSTEK P8H67-V (RT HD MULTISTREAM NLE)

• LGA1155 socket for Intel® Core i7

• Intel H67 + Intel ICH10R

• FSB 1333 MHz

• Dual-channel DDR-3 1333 (4x sockets)

• 1x ATA133 / 2x SATA III / 4x SATA II

• 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• 3 x PCI 32bit slots

• 1 x PCI-E 16x + 1 PCI-E 16x (4x mode)+ 2 PCIe 1x

BIOS:
CPU: Core i7 2600K  

RAM: 4/8GB

PCI-E 1x:  EMPTY

PCI-E 16x #1: Empty or  AMD/NVIDIA BASED  PCI-E 16X VGA CARD

PCI-E 16x #2: EMPTY

PCI#1: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI-E 16x #2: EMPTY/Decklink HD

PCI#2: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI#3: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

OS: Windows Seven 64bit

BOOT HDD: OCZ SSD SATA

BIOS: On Board Audio disabled if DECKLINK / Intensity / Multi bridge is installed,

NOTE: This board is a good base for a realtime HD Multistream editing system but offers few PCIe lanes compared with X58 chipset.

Intel GPU HD3000 requires drivers builds 2509 to run the GPU accelerated DVE engine. At the current time the optimal GPUs are still AMD and Nvidia Gpu based cards.

The P8H67-V is not compatible with Black Magic USB 3.0 products.

ASUSTEK P6TD Deluxe (RT HD MULTISTREAM NLE)

• LGA1336 socket for Intel® Core i7

• Intel X58 + Intel ICH10R

• FSB 1333 MHz

• Triple-channel DDR-3 1333 (6x sockets)

• 1x ATA133 / 6x SATA / 1 eSATA

• 2x 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• 2 x IEEE 1394

• 2 x PCI 32bit slots

• 3 x PCI-E 16x + 1 PCI-E 4x

BIOS:
CPU: Core i7 980X  

RAM: 6/12GB

PCI-E 4x:  EMPTY

PCI-E 16x #1: NVIDIA BASED  PCI-E 16X VGA CARD

PCI#1: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI#2: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI-E 16x #2: EMPTY/Decklink HD /Promise EX8650

PCI-E 16x #3: EMPTY /Decklink HD /Promise EX8650

OS: Windows Seven 64bit

BOOT HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA (4 partitions)

VIDEO HDD: 8HDD SATA in RAID 6 with EX8650

DVD Burner: LG SATA.

BIOS: On Board Audio disabled if DECKLINK / Intensity / Multi bridge is installed,

NOTE: This is the optimal system for Realtime HD Multistream editing. It is twice faster than any dual Quad Cores Xeon 54XX platform.

NOTE:  P6TD Deluxe SUPPORTS MULTIPLE PCI-E BMD DEVICES.

ASUSTEK P6T Deluxe  V2 (RT HD MULTISTREAM NLE)

• LGA1336 socket for Intel® Core i7

• Intel X58 + Intel ICH10R

• FSB 1333 MHz

• Triple-channel DDR-3 1333 (6x sockets)

• 1x ATA133 / 6x SATA / 1 eSATA/ 2x SAS

• 2x 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• 2 x IEEE 1394

• 2 x PCI 32bit slots

• 3 x PCI-E 16x + 1 PCI-E 4x

BIOS:
CPU: Core i7 975  

RAM: 6/12GB

PCI-E 4x:  EMPTY 

PCI-E 16x #1: NVIDIA BASED  PCI-E 16X VGA CARD

PCI#1: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI#2: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI-E 16x #2: EMPTY/Decklink HD /Promise EX8650

PCI-E 16x #3: EMPTY /Decklink HD /Promise EX8650

OS: Windows Seven 64bit

BOOT HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA (4 partitions)

VIDEO HDD: 8HDD SATA in RAID 6 with EX8650

DVD Burner: LG SATA.

BIOS: On Board Audio disabled if DECKLINK / Intensity / Multi bridge is installed,

NOTE: This is the optimal system for Realtime HD Multistream editing. It is twice faster than any dual Quad Cores Xeon 54XX platform.

NOTE:  P6T Deluxe V2 SUPPORTS MULTIPLE PCI-E BMD DEVICES.

ASUSTEK P6T Deluxe (RT HD MULTISTREAM NLE)

• LGA1336 socket for Intel® Core i7

• Intel X58 + Intel ICH10R

• FSB 1333 MHz

• Triple-channel DDR-3 1333 (6x sockets)

• 1x ATA133 / 6x SATA / 1 eSATA/ 2x SAS

• 2x 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• 2 x IEEE 1394

• 2 x PCI 32bit slots

• 3 x PCI-E 16x + 1 PCI-E 4x

BIOS:
CPU: Core i7 975  

RAM: 6/12GB

PCI-E 4x:  EMPTY

PCI-E 16x #1: NVIDIA BASED  PCI-E 16X VGA CARD

PCI#1: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI#2: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI-E 16x #2: EMPTY/Decklink HD /Promise EX8650

PCI-E 16x #3: EMPTY /Decklink HD /Promise EX8650

OS: Windows Seven 64bit

BOOT HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA (4 partitions)

VIDEO HDD: 8HDD SATA in RAID 6 with EX8650

DVD Burner: LG SATA.

BIOS: On Board Audio disabled if DECKLINK / Intensity / Multi bridge is installed,

NOTE: This is the optimal system for Realtime HD Multistream editing. It is twice faster than any dual Quad Cores Xeon 54XX platform.

NOTE:  P6T SUPPORTS MULTIPLE PCI-E BMD DEVICES.

Supermicro X8SAX (RT HD MULTISTREAM NLE)

• LGA1336 socket for Intel® Core i7

• Intel X58 + Intel ICH10R

• FSB 1333 MHz

• Triple-channel DDR-3 1333 (6x sockets)

• 6x SATA

• 2x 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• 2 x IEEE 1394 (brackets not available in the box)

• 2 x PCI-X 64bit slots

• 2 x PCI-E 16x

• 1 x PCI-E 4x (using 8x slot)

BIOS:
CPU: Core i7 975  

RAM: 6/12GB

PCI-E 16x #1: NVIDIA BASED  PCI-E 16X VGA CARD

PCI-E 4x:  EMPTY

PCI-E 16x #2: EMPTY/Decklink HD /Promise EX8650

PCI 32: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI-X #1: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

PCI-X #2: EMPTY / Lacie Firewire

OS: Windows Seven 64bit

BOOT HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA (4 partitions)

VIDEO HDD: 8HDD SATA in RAID 6 with EX8650

DVD Burner: LG SATA.

NOTE: This is the optimal system for Realtime HD Multistream editing. It is twice faster than any dual Quad Cores Xeon 54XX platform.

ASUSTEK P5Q PRO (RT SD MULTISTREAM NLE)

• LGA775 socket for Intel® Core2 Duo or Quad / Pentium D/Pentium 4

• Intel P45 + Intel ICH10R

• FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz

• Dual-channel DDR-2 1066/800/667/533 (4 x sockets)

• 1 ATA133 / 6 SATA / 2 SATA RAID

• 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• 2x IEEE 1394

• 2 x PCI 32bit slots

• 2 PCI-E 16x + 3 PCI-E 1x

BIOS 1406
CPU: Core 2 QUAD QX6600 (4x2400MHz)

RAM: 1GB KVR800

PCI-E 1x: EMPTY

PCI-E 16x slot: NVIDIA BASED  PCI-E 16X VGA CARD 

PCI-E 1x: EMPTY

PCI-E 1x: EMPTY

PCI-E 16x slot: EMPTY or Blackmagic Decklink HD extreme.

PCI#1:  EMPTY / REALITY

PCI#2: EMPTY / SDI/SDV/DVI-50x0

BOOT HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA (4 partitions)

VIDEO HDD: 4 SATA HDD in RAID 0

DVD Burner: LG SATA.

BIOS: On Board Audio disabled.

NOTE: NO MULTIPLE PCI-E BMD DEVICES ARE SUPPORTED HERE.

ASUSTEK P5K (RT SD MULTISTREAM NLE)

• LGA775 socket for Intel® Core2 Duo or Quad /Pentium D/Pentium 4

• Intel P35 + Intel ICH9

• FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz

• Dual-channel DDR-2 1066/800/667/533 (4 x sockets)

• 1 ATA133 / 4+1 SATA / 1 eSATA

• 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• IEEE 1394 TI

• 3 x PCI 32bit slots

• 1 PCI-E 16x + 1 PCI-E 4x(in 2nd slot PCI 16x) + 1 PCI-E 1x

BIOS 0304/0410/0504
CPU: Core 2 QUAD QX6600 (4x2400MHz)

RAM: 1GB KVR800

PCI-E 16x slot: NVIDIA BASED  PCI-E 16X VGA CARD.

PCI#1: EMPTY / SDI/SDV/DVI-50x0

PCI#2: EMPTY / REALITY /QUATTRUS

PCI-E 4x:  EMPTY or Blackmagic Decklink HD extreme

PCI#3: EMPTY / Lacie IEEE1394

PCI-E 1x: EMPTY

BOOT HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATA (4 partitions)

VIDEO HDD: 3 SATA HDD in RAID 0

DVD Burner: LG SATA.

BIOS: On Board Audio disabled.

NOTE: NO MULTIPLE PCI-E BMD DEVICES ARE SUPPORTED HERE.

Recommended Chassis:

SUPERMICRO TOWER / 4U SC743TQ

The SC743 is designed with 100% cooling redundancy via its combination of high-performance fans and unique air-shroud. It dramatically reduces the possibility of degraded performance due to thermal issues. Moreover, utilizing the 90-degree rotatable 5.25" drive bays, it can be perfectly fitted as a rackmount or a tower system.

• Tower/4U

• E-ATX format

• 8x 3,5" Hot Swap slots with SATA/SAS Backpane

• 3x 5,25" slots

 More info

Recommended NLE I/O Boards:

BLACK MAGIC DESIGN DECKLINK STUDIO

• SD/HD SDI

• PAL/NTSC YUV/SVideo/CVBS I/O

• 2 HDMI PORTS I/O

• SD/720p/1080i/1080psf

• 16 Audio Channels 24bit (SDI)

• Digital AES EBU AUDIO I/O

• 2 XLR Analog AUDIO I/O

• Requires a PCI-E 1x SLOT

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BLACK MAGIC DESIGN DECKLINK HD Extreme

• SD/HD SDI SINGLE/DUAL LINK 4:4:4 3GB/s I/O

• PAL/NTSC YUV/SVideo/CVBS I/O

• 2 HDMI PORTS I/O

• SD/720p/1080i/1080psf/2K

• 16 Audio Channels 24bit (SDI)

• Digital AES EBU AUDIO I/O

• 2 XLR Analog AUDIO I/O

• Requires a PCI-E 4x SLOT

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BLACK MAGIC DESIGN MULIBRIDGE ECLIPSE

• SD/HD SDI SINGLE/DUAL LINK 4:4:4 3GB/s I/O

• SD/720p/1080i/1080psf/2K

• PAL/NTSC YUV/SVideo/CVBS I/O

• 2 HDMI PORTS I/O

• 16 Audio Channels 24bit (SDI)

• 6 Digital AES EBU AUDIO I/O

• 4 XLR Analog AUDIO I/O

• Requires a PCI-E 4x SLOT

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BLACK MAGIC DESIGN MULIBRIDGE PRO

• NTSC/PAL/HD SDI SINGLE/DUAL LINK 4:4:4 3GB/s I/O

• PAL/NTSC YUV/SVideo/CVBS I/O

• 2 HDMI PORTS I/O

• SD/720p/1080i/1080psf/2K

• 16 Audio Channels 24bit (SDI)

• 4 Digital AES EBU AUDIO I/O

• 2 XLR Analog AUDIO I/O

• Requires a PCI-E 4x SLOT

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BLACK MAGIC DESIGN INTENSITY PRO

• NTSC/PAL/720p/1080i

• PAL/NTSC YUV/SVideo/CVBS I/O

• 2 HDMI PORTS I/O

• Requires a PCI-E 1x SLOT

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BLACK MAGIC DESIGN INTENSITY SHUTTLE

• NTSC/PAL/720p/1080i

• PAL/NTSC YUV/SVideo/CVBS I/O

• 2 HDMI PORTS I/O

• Requires a USB 3.0

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BLACK MAGIC DESIGN ULTRA STUDIO PRO

• NTSC/PAL/720p/1080i/1080p

• PAL/NTSC YUV/SVideo/CVBS I/O/2xSDI Out and 1SDI Input

• 2 HDMI PORTS I/O

• Requires a USB 3.0

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BLACK MAGIC DESIGN DECKLINK QUAD

• NTSC/PAL/720p/1080i/1080p

• 4xSDI Out - 4x SDI Out

• Requires a PCI-E 4x SLOT

More info

BLACK MAGIC DESIGN DECKLINK 4K

• NTSC/PAL/720p/1080i/1080p/2k/4K

• 4xSDI Out - 4x SDI Out

• Requires a PCI-E 4x SLOT

More info

Recommended SAS/SATA/SCSI RAID adapters:

PROMISE SUPERTRACK EX8650

• 8x SAS/SATA Ports

• RAID 0,1,0+1,5,50,6,60

• Requires a PCI-E 8x SLOT

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Recommended

VGA Chipsets:

AMD  RADEON HD 7770-7850-7870-7950-7970

(test results with chipset X79 and Ci7 3930)

• ivsGPUSpeedtester result:  HD FPS 150-180

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AMD  RADEON HD 6850-6870-6950-6970

• ivsGPUSpeedtester result: 140-160 HD FPS

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NVIDIA GEFORCE GTS 250

• ivsGPUSpeedtester result: 140-160 HD FPS

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NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX260-275-280-285

• ivsGPUSpeedtester result: 150-165 HD FPS

More info

Compatible

VGA Chipsets:

NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460-470-480-560-570-580

• ivsGPUSpeedtester result: 90-100 HD FPS

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NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 220-240-8600

• ivsGPUSpeedtester result: 110-120 HD FPS

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NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 8400-8500-9400-9500

• ivsGPUSpeedtester result: 80-90 HD FPS

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INTEL HD 3000

(Compatibility only running drivers Intel HD 3000 15.26.5.64.2656 )

• ivsGPUSpeedtester result: 50-65 HD FPS

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Recommended

Laptops: 

DELL VOSTRO 3560 (RT SD MULTISTREAM NLE - RT HD Dual Stream NLE)

• Intel® Corei7 3632QM 2.1-3.0Ghz

• Windows 8 Pro 64

• Intel  HD 4000 + AMD 7670 GPUs

• 15.6" 1920x1080 Led display.

• Dual-channel DDR-3 1600

• 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• 1 Express slot

• 4xUSB port 3.0 (Intel)

ACER  AS8951G (RT SD MULTISTREAM NLE - RT HD Dual Stream NLE )

(Compatibility only running drivers Intel HD 3000 15.26.5.64.2656 )

• Intel® Corei7 2630QM

• Intel H65

• Intel  HD 3000 + Nvidia GT 555 GPUs

• 18.4" 1920x1080 Led display.

• Dual-channel DDR-3 1333 (4 x sockets)

• 2xInternal SATA Drives  + 1xeSATA/USB 2.0 port

• 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• 1xIEEE 1394 (DV/HDV Firewire)

• 2xUSB port 2.0 + 1xUSB 3.0 Port (renesas)

NOTE:

ACER  AS5951G (RT SD MULTISTREAM NLE - RT HD Dual Stream NLE )

(Compatibility only running drivers Intel HD 3000 15.26.5.64.2656 )

• Intel® Corei7 2630QM

• Intel H65

• Intel  HD 3000 + Nvidia GT 555 GPUs

• 15.6" 1366x768 Led display.

• Dual-channel DDR-3 1333

• 1xInternal SATA Drives  + 1xeSATA/USB 2.0 port

• 10/100/1000 LAN PCI-E

• 8-Channel audio

• 1xIEEE 1394 (DV/HDV Firewire)

• 2xUSB port 2.0 + 1xUSB 3.0 Port (renesas)