Re: Looking for rock solid, reliable m/board for new build
- From: Fitz <akfitz@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:02:43 -0900
If you plan on staying with AMD, then here's a system I built for a couple people over Christmas:
ASUS M3A motherboard
AM2 BE-2350 (2 X 2.1GHz)
2GB Corsair TwinX 6400C4
BFG 8600GT 256MB PCI-e
Corsair HX520 Power Supply
The motherboard is fairly new, supporting not just dual core, but the new AMD quad core processor so it's upgradeable. If you need firewire for video, you'll have to add a PCI card. The video card is dual DVI out with analog adapters and S-Video. It's not fanless, but runs relatively cool (doesn't require power supply connection, so it's not real power hungry). The power supply is a very good one, and this system won't tax it at all.
You can certainly get faster processors, but this one is a 45W core designed to draw less power and therefore run cooler. For video processing and photo editing, you may want a graphics card with more than 256MB of onboard memory. Both the people I built these machines for do light Photoshop work (Elements) and haven't had any problems. The 8600 series is still a good choice for what you want - they make them with 512MB also.
I'm an AMD loyalist, so I've never built a Intel system, but I think the consensus is that the Intel Duo's are outperforming the AMD's convincingly for your needs.
Good Luck,
Fitz
--
Your body is a temple boy,
You ought to treat it well
But you trash the place and rent it out
Like it's some cheap motel - The Badlees
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