Re: OT for the computer geeks...

Hey Dog,

I just finished building a new vista box. Here are the components I used:

CPU: Core Duo E6600 conroe core running at 2.4ghz. Overclockable but I'm not
into that.
MB: I chose an Asus P5NSLI based on an Nvidia 650 SLI chipset. I wanted SATA
with RAID 0/1 support and the Nvidia chipset for a low price. Didn't want to
spend the extra for the 680.
Hard drives: Spend a little more and get WD Raptor drives. 10k drives with
16mb cache. If you can't afford raptors then get a raptor for your boot
drive and then a pair of 7.2k class drives and run them in RAID mode 1 if
you want more bandwidth.
Video... I'm not a gamer so I did not drop a bunch of money on a DX10 card.
If you are into gaming then you HAVE to have an Nvidia 8x series card
running DX10. The results are breathtaking. I instead chose a 79x Nvidia
based half gig card. You could go with a pair of these cards in SLI mode and
still be dollars ahead of what you'd spend on a 8x card.
For memory I chose two 1gb sticks at 667mhz.
For DVD I chose a liteon burner with lightscribe.

Check out www.tomshardware.com for good information on what's screaming
fast... You know, the stuff for the money is no object gamer crowd kind of
fast. Tom's also has good information on where the current performance /
value sweet spot is at... This is what I usually try to hit when I build up
a new machine.

The raptor hard drives are sick fast. Of all the components I picked the
raptors provided the biggest bang for the buck. I'm running the 32 bit
version of vista ultimate. No problems with drivers. I'm happy with vista
and even though I despise gratuitous eye candy user interface the
"window-tab" mechanism with the aero interface is very cool AND useful.

Hope this helps.

Mike

P.S. I've had good luck with tigerdirect.


"The Dog" <google_posting_dog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Jun 1, 1:03 pm, youngwatery <youngwat...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Re: I want to start doing some DV.

Hi Dog.

When you say DV, are you meaning good old fashioned standard
definition DV? Are you planning on stepping into the brave new world
of HD soon? And if so, which format do you plan to use? HDV, or
AVCHD?

What's your budget?

Are you going with a laptop or a tower?

And finally... which specific brand and model of editing software are
you going to use - and why?

Cheers.

Well... You've asked some questions I really hadn't thought about.

But it seems like everyone thought that I meant "processor" when I
meant "chipset", as in what's on the rest of the motherboard. Like is
the SiS655FX really that much better than the i865PE.

I guess I'm still the biggest computer geek here. Cause when I say
build, I don't mean custom ordering. I mean gathering components and
an empty case.

Answers to other comments/questions:
- I'm not a MAC man. Period. Been there, done that, have the
scars.
- I'm building a tower (wife already has a screaming laptop), even
though I can probably get close with an off the shelf. I've not seen
exactly what I wanted.
- Yes, I'll spend less building than paying someone to build me what I
want. Trust me on this.
- Processor will be one or two speeds down from the fastest Duo Core.
- Probably just HDV.
- Don't know about editing software yet. Don't even have the camera
yet.

Dog



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