Suggestions for a new computer.

[bigdaddy]

Hi all,

At present I am running AMD Athlon XP 1700 with 1 gig of memory on
Abit KR7A. I do Photoshop and Adobe Premier and no Gaming.

Please suggest me a good stable Mobo

with 2 LAN connectors
plenty of PCI slots
clock able why not, wants to extract the last drop of juice before
upgrading to a faster CUP

CPU Intel or AMD
like to start with the bottom most CPU (same family or compatible with
the mobo) in price range and upgrade as the price drop.

I have 2 ATA hard drives which I like to use at the moment. I do not
know if there is some sort of adopter to convert these hard drives to
SATA. If not than I will have to buy USB DVD writer.

If there is an onboard graphic, well and good otherwise please
suggest some cheapish Graphic card as well.

Memory : 2 Gig fastest available. I believe yet faster memory (DDR 3)
is becoming available and expensive at the moment. Is it possible to
future proof some how.

I suppose I have to buy new PSU, how many watts.

Thanks for your suggestions.

 

[Bob Fry]

bd> Please suggest me a good stable Mobo

Any well-known brand. Are you proposing to build your new compu?
Overclocking can promote instability, make up your mind what you
want.

bd> Memory : 2 Gig fastest available. I believe yet faster memory
bd> (DDR 3) is becoming available and expensive at the moment. Is
bd> it possible to future proof some how.

The second best thing you can do, given you are using photoshop, is do
all your work from a RAID0 drive. You'll really notice the speed
improvement.

 

[Andy]

Intel Motherboards (x) >
Max LAN Speed : Dual 10/100/1000Mbps (x) >
PCI Slots : 3 (x)
(1-18 of 18 Results)
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...Subcategory=280&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=>

AMD Motherboards (x) >
Max LAN Speed : Dual 10/100/1000Mbps (x) >
PCI Slots : 3 (x)
(1-9 of 9 Results)
<http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&Subcategory=22&description=&Ntk=&srchInDesc=>

 

[bigdaddy]

Thanks Bob and Andy