david_bryan
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Hello,
For the past few years I have been doing a lot of photography (with my DSLR), and alot of Photoshop. I have recently got into 3D modeling, (Maya 7 mostly), and I've been into video editing for a while (Adobe Premiere, and After Effects). My old celeron just can't hold up any longer. I'm planning on spending under $500 on an update. I already bought a nice case, with a 500w power supply. I also have a few big sata drives So this is what I'm planning. (prices
are current from newegg.com)
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor - $282.00
Motherboard - ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Socket 939 ---------------- $70.00
2x -512mb of RAM CORSAIR (ValueSelect) -------------------------- $70.00
Powercolor Radeon 9550 256MB AGP 4X/8X Video Card------------ $ 64.00
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Total = $ 486.00
So tell me what you think, I'm not doing any gaming, but if you gammers have an opion on the video card, then go ahead and tellme. If any one has had experience with windows 64bit, I'm cuirous if you notice a big difference in speed. Maybe one of you have had problems with one of the products I've chosen, if so, then tell me about it. Thanks alot
- David
For the past few years I have been doing a lot of photography (with my DSLR), and alot of Photoshop. I have recently got into 3D modeling, (Maya 7 mostly), and I've been into video editing for a while (Adobe Premiere, and After Effects). My old celeron just can't hold up any longer. I'm planning on spending under $500 on an update. I already bought a nice case, with a 500w power supply. I also have a few big sata drives So this is what I'm planning. (prices
are current from newegg.com)
AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor - $282.00
Motherboard - ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Socket 939 ---------------- $70.00
2x -512mb of RAM CORSAIR (ValueSelect) -------------------------- $70.00
Powercolor Radeon 9550 256MB AGP 4X/8X Video Card------------ $ 64.00
--------------------------
Total = $ 486.00
So tell me what you think, I'm not doing any gaming, but if you gammers have an opion on the video card, then go ahead and tellme. If any one has had experience with windows 64bit, I'm cuirous if you notice a big difference in speed. Maybe one of you have had problems with one of the products I've chosen, if so, then tell me about it. Thanks alot
- David