Sorry to revive an old thread...as I have questions about the same capture card...
My question is if two drives in raid0 are enough for that BlackMagic Intensity Pro capture card. I'll be upgrading to a Core i7 920, X58 Classified, and 3GB DDR3...so I know that hardware should be more than enough to record and run HD content. I've read people having four drives in raid0 for that card but I can't do that since I'll be having 4x 1tb hard drives and if I remember correctly...2tb is the max that windows xp will read. I've also heard about people having problems with the card which was why it was reduced to $199 from $349...not sure if those are the correct prices. What were the problems?
With that said...I'll try to answer your questions even if you may have already found the answers...
I think you have to connect video and audio through component as I think HDMI HDCP will prevent you from recording PS3/360 footage if I remember correctly. I don't know if you can still use component by using a HDMI to component adapter/converter but I think you're better off just finding a small HDTV or another monitor that has component input.
I'm not sure how you would output your audio through your monitor but I do see that there's an audio output on the monitor which is what it may be for. I'm not even sure if it's an output. Have you thought of just connecting your headphones through your front audio panel/sound card/onboard sound?
The question on power consumption is based on your computer on load...not just the capture card itself since that shouldn't require too much power. As long as a computer peripheral doesn't need a dedicated molex/pci-e/power cable then the power draw should be to high especially when it's powered on a pci-e x1 slot. If you can run your computer on full stress on the GPU and CPU at the same then you shouldn't have a problem on power. I'm assuming that you know how to overclock so you know what I mean.
You're computer should be able to handle well in my opinion...however I have a similar question about that...that I would like to know the answer to.
A second hard drive in general is a big help in keeping yourself organized. Your first hard drive should be dedicated to games/applications/software while the second should be used for media and downloads (in my opinion). What happens is your main drive can slow down and become very fragmented from frequent installing/uninstalling/downloading/deleting/copying/pasting. If you don't do that often then you're good...however I doubt it especially when your going to be using the drive as the source of keeping all your captured video. Of course you can always defragment your drive to fix the problem...but think about how often you have to do it as opposed to having a dedicated drive. A drive that's only doing copying and pasting will rarely become fragmented...so just keep that in mind. You should only get an external drive if you intend to backup data while keeping your main sources internally (which is what I do). It's really up to the person but I find it best used that way. All drives are the same whether it's internal or external so use it like you would any drive.
My question is if two drives in raid0 are enough for that BlackMagic Intensity Pro capture card. I'll be upgrading to a Core i7 920, X58 Classified, and 3GB DDR3...so I know that hardware should be more than enough to record and run HD content. I've read people having four drives in raid0 for that card but I can't do that since I'll be having 4x 1tb hard drives and if I remember correctly...2tb is the max that windows xp will read. I've also heard about people having problems with the card which was why it was reduced to $199 from $349...not sure if those are the correct prices. What were the problems?
With that said...I'll try to answer your questions even if you may have already found the answers...
I think you have to connect video and audio through component as I think HDMI HDCP will prevent you from recording PS3/360 footage if I remember correctly. I don't know if you can still use component by using a HDMI to component adapter/converter but I think you're better off just finding a small HDTV or another monitor that has component input.
I'm not sure how you would output your audio through your monitor but I do see that there's an audio output on the monitor which is what it may be for. I'm not even sure if it's an output. Have you thought of just connecting your headphones through your front audio panel/sound card/onboard sound?
The question on power consumption is based on your computer on load...not just the capture card itself since that shouldn't require too much power. As long as a computer peripheral doesn't need a dedicated molex/pci-e/power cable then the power draw should be to high especially when it's powered on a pci-e x1 slot. If you can run your computer on full stress on the GPU and CPU at the same then you shouldn't have a problem on power. I'm assuming that you know how to overclock so you know what I mean.
You're computer should be able to handle well in my opinion...however I have a similar question about that...that I would like to know the answer to.
A second hard drive in general is a big help in keeping yourself organized. Your first hard drive should be dedicated to games/applications/software while the second should be used for media and downloads (in my opinion). What happens is your main drive can slow down and become very fragmented from frequent installing/uninstalling/downloading/deleting/copying/pasting. If you don't do that often then you're good...however I doubt it especially when your going to be using the drive as the source of keeping all your captured video. Of course you can always defragment your drive to fix the problem...but think about how often you have to do it as opposed to having a dedicated drive. A drive that's only doing copying and pasting will rarely become fragmented...so just keep that in mind. You should only get an external drive if you intend to backup data while keeping your main sources internally (which is what I do). It's really up to the person but I find it best used that way. All drives are the same whether it's internal or external so use it like you would any drive.
