Ahh, finally. The time comes when I earn enough $$ to get up to date with my machine. What first started as an upgrade evolved into me building a new pc, salvaging minimal parts from my old machine.
So, here I am, looking to spend around the $1000 range on new parts that include:
--CPU
--Motherboard
--RAM [hopefully 2gb]
--Sound Card [must have MIDI!]
--Monitor [20.1" or 21" widescreen... $400 range]
I know there's hundreds of people in here that love to give advice in these situations, so have at it! I keep up with the technology decently enough, but it's been a while since my last build [2002-2003] so I'm betting I can learn some pretty good info from the sages here.
For the record, I'm not a huge gamer, but need a powerful enough PC for all the graphics I work with, not to mention all the music related apps, and some video editing. I'm leaning towards AMD but haven't signed any contracts yet. Oh and I don't think I need to enter the dual core realm just yet..
Just looking for some advice from those that keep up with this technology daily. Watching Lain sure makes you want to go all out when building a computer.. thanks guys.
So, here I am, looking to spend around the $1000 range on new parts that include:
--CPU
--Motherboard
--RAM [hopefully 2gb]
--Sound Card [must have MIDI!]
--Monitor [20.1" or 21" widescreen... $400 range]
I know there's hundreds of people in here that love to give advice in these situations, so have at it! I keep up with the technology decently enough, but it's been a while since my last build [2002-2003] so I'm betting I can learn some pretty good info from the sages here.
For the record, I'm not a huge gamer, but need a powerful enough PC for all the graphics I work with, not to mention all the music related apps, and some video editing. I'm leaning towards AMD but haven't signed any contracts yet. Oh and I don't think I need to enter the dual core realm just yet..
Just looking for some advice from those that keep up with this technology daily. Watching Lain sure makes you want to go all out when building a computer.. thanks guys.