My ridiculously expensive computer..to be
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1. Why buy 940??? It's an old Socket. Get a Opteron for a 939 board, and a half decent 939 board like the DFI SLI-DR or the Asus A8N-SLI Premium if you've got that much money! The DFI SLI Expert Edition is also out in the USA. For the processor, I recommend a 146 or a 148, you don't really need for than that.
2. What is the point in 2 Raptors! Get a single Samsung SpinPoint (SATA 2), faster and way way quiter, and also cheaper!
3. The Quadro series are high-end developer cards. If you aren't a professional, or you are but not that 'professional', if you get my meaning (don't have hundreds of videos on the go at very high resolutions), get a 7800GTX or even a 7800GT - both great cards and will do what you want.
4. If you're going to get a load of RAM, buy 4 x 1GB sticks, and if the 940 board will only take Registered RAM don't buy it, it's a waste of money. Go 939 and get some normal stuff!
5. For the graphics card, get a 256MB version over the 512MB. The 512MB has no real improvement, and by the time games come out when all 512MB is used a new couple of generations of cards will have been released.
6. And finally, check out ViewSonic. They do a 20.1 inch amazing TFT (LCD), which is awesome!
2. What is the point in 2 Raptors! Get a single Samsung SpinPoint (SATA 2), faster and way way quiter, and also cheaper!
3. The Quadro series are high-end developer cards. If you aren't a professional, or you are but not that 'professional', if you get my meaning (don't have hundreds of videos on the go at very high resolutions), get a 7800GTX or even a 7800GT - both great cards and will do what you want.
4. If you're going to get a load of RAM, buy 4 x 1GB sticks, and if the 940 board will only take Registered RAM don't buy it, it's a waste of money. Go 939 and get some normal stuff!
5. For the graphics card, get a 256MB version over the 512MB. The 512MB has no real improvement, and by the time games come out when all 512MB is used a new couple of generations of cards will have been released.
6. And finally, check out ViewSonic. They do a 20.1 inch amazing TFT (LCD), which is awesome!
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i use 256 mb of ram running photoshop, but thats for picture editing not video editing
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Muhahahaaha!!!! I opted for the fx-57 since i game more than i edit, and i only do editting as a hoby. My real passion is designing car blueprints, which i do not need a dual core for, maybe in the long run ill build another computer.
it depends on how heavy your photo editing is, i have used up to 4.6 gigs of ram in photo editing.IHateDells said:
and that is one of my concerns with getting a socket 939 board because they only go up to 4 gigs of ram, which wouldnt leave the option of adding more ram or another cpu.
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ya- i do not do that serious of photo editing.......im pinner compared to u i might have used 2.5-3.0gb maybe.....
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127223
It means you have to go AGP, but there are 6800 Ultras going quite cheap out there, which would save you some money. It should support Opterons, and can have up to 8GB of RAM
Abit are a great manufactuer, I bought my board off them.
You would probably be better off sticking with the Asus though, as the Asus board will be better quality and allow you to have 2 Opterons.
It means you have to go AGP, but there are 6800 Ultras going quite cheap out there, which would save you some money. It should support Opterons, and can have up to 8GB of RAM
Abit are a great manufactuer, I bought my board off them.You would probably be better off sticking with the Asus though, as the Asus board will be better quality and allow you to have 2 Opterons.
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