I have never built my own computer, but plan to do so within the new month or so. I'm looking to buidling a rig that I will be able to upgrade over the longest period of time and was wondering if any of you have any insights regarding the lenghth of time chipsets hang around. Can I count on AMD Socket 939 or Intel 915/925 to stay around the longest? I hear that AMD keeps their chipsets around for quite a while.
I've also heard varying opinions regarding whether or not Intel's new 915/925 chipsets will be around long and was also wondering if these will support dual core processors if I upgrade the CPU in the future. What type of issues might I run into in the future? I hope get 3-4+ years of useful life out of the components. Am I kidding myself by trying to stretch a system out over a long period of time? My upgrade plan would be to first max out the memory when I notice a decrease in performance, then upgrade the CPU down the line as I need more power.
I tend to multi-task quite a bit between Adobe products & other media creation software. No gamming (sorry), but do some modeling and rendering using Rhino, Viz, FormZ... maybe Maya in the future.
Seeing as how longevity is my primary concern, I am willing to sacrafice some performance going with an AMD (I understand that Intel is better for multi-takings and CAD packages). Also, I don't feel like I need a top of the line machine and realize that future upgrades will not give me a state of the art setup.
Wanted to spend <$1000. Any comments regarding any of this would be great. Thanks.
I've also heard varying opinions regarding whether or not Intel's new 915/925 chipsets will be around long and was also wondering if these will support dual core processors if I upgrade the CPU in the future. What type of issues might I run into in the future? I hope get 3-4+ years of useful life out of the components. Am I kidding myself by trying to stretch a system out over a long period of time? My upgrade plan would be to first max out the memory when I notice a decrease in performance, then upgrade the CPU down the line as I need more power.
I tend to multi-task quite a bit between Adobe products & other media creation software. No gamming (sorry), but do some modeling and rendering using Rhino, Viz, FormZ... maybe Maya in the future.
Seeing as how longevity is my primary concern, I am willing to sacrafice some performance going with an AMD (I understand that Intel is better for multi-takings and CAD packages). Also, I don't feel like I need a top of the line machine and realize that future upgrades will not give me a state of the art setup.
Wanted to spend <$1000. Any comments regarding any of this would be great. Thanks.