as i'm upgrading piecewise, from my old workhorse in my sig, i have parts in that which i will be using in the new build.... my main thing i do is do video editing/encoding and authoring, and i know that while intel is supposed to be the leader in this video work, i'm not so worried about saving a few seconds on small encodes, and 10 minutes on overnight encodes... authoring is basically hard disk intensive, and plus the athlon64 runs cooler, following from this, much more quiet.
I play a few older games, need for speed kinda guy, i suppose one day i'll get the bug for those doom3 type of games... i used to really like doom2 and duke nukem3d hehehe so the graphics card does not need to the be the best, but having video in functionality and dual monitor and video out is virtually a must.
i'm in NZ so i'll be buying obviously with NZ dollars... our dollar currently buys US$0.70 so the prices will be a lot different, so here goes..
case:
Antec P-160WF $377
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=155273
cpu:
athlon64 3200+ s939 venice core (might overclock it since it seems to overclock wonderfully well with the right mobo) $340
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=339175
mobo:
DFI LANPARTY NF4 Ultra-D $278
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=339324
psu:
i'm keeping my current one
Enermax EG425P-VE SFMA, Dual Fan, 420W ATX PSU
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=144941
hdd:
keep my 160GB sata hdd for projects, i'm thinking of a WD raptor 74GB for the boot drive and temp files for video and authoring
ram:
i need some advice here... i wanna get this first to put in my current system (mobo is ECS L7VTA and the manual says i can install ddr400 in it but only 2 sticks, whereas Sisoft sandra says i can have maximum 768MB), i want 2 x 512MB sticks, pref a good brand name, i'm thinking of corsair this one:
corsair value select
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=341536
or seems to be better ...
Corsair TwinX Dual Channel Memory Kit, XMS3200C2
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=341541
graphics card:
suggestions please
as for optical drives, i'll just make do with what i got now, and i'll find a nice keyboard for it...
thanks everyone
I play a few older games, need for speed kinda guy, i suppose one day i'll get the bug for those doom3 type of games... i used to really like doom2 and duke nukem3d hehehe so the graphics card does not need to the be the best, but having video in functionality and dual monitor and video out is virtually a must.
i'm in NZ so i'll be buying obviously with NZ dollars... our dollar currently buys US$0.70 so the prices will be a lot different, so here goes..
case:
Antec P-160WF $377
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=155273
cpu:
athlon64 3200+ s939 venice core (might overclock it since it seems to overclock wonderfully well with the right mobo) $340
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=339175
mobo:
DFI LANPARTY NF4 Ultra-D $278
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=339324
psu:
i'm keeping my current one
Enermax EG425P-VE SFMA, Dual Fan, 420W ATX PSU
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=144941
hdd:
keep my 160GB sata hdd for projects, i'm thinking of a WD raptor 74GB for the boot drive and temp files for video and authoring
ram:
i need some advice here... i wanna get this first to put in my current system (mobo is ECS L7VTA and the manual says i can install ddr400 in it but only 2 sticks, whereas Sisoft sandra says i can have maximum 768MB), i want 2 x 512MB sticks, pref a good brand name, i'm thinking of corsair this one:
corsair value select
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=341536
or seems to be better ...
Corsair TwinX Dual Channel Memory Kit, XMS3200C2
http://www.ascent.co.nz/ProductSpecification.aspx?ItemID=341541
graphics card:
suggestions please
as for optical drives, i'll just make do with what i got now, and i'll find a nice keyboard for it...
thanks everyone