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[Postmand_Per]

My uncle asked me to put together a new computer for him which is going to be used primarly for video editing (on a hobby basis) and a little bit of gaming. It should also be able to last at least a couple of years. So far I've come up with this:

AMD T-Bird 1,2GHz "C"
MSI K7T Turbo-R
512MB PC133 RAM
Maxtor DiamondMax 40+ (Two of these running in Raid 0)
ATI Radeon All In Wonder
Plextor PlexWriter PX-W1210TA Internal Retail
Samsung SyncMaster 900NF
The cheapest floppy drive available


Keyboard and mouse will be something wireless from Logitech and the case will just be a miditower with a 300W PSU. He also want a DVD drive but I know nothing about that so what should I get? I also need a low noise cooler. Is the Radeon the best buy for his needs or should I get him something different?

TIA

 

[divinemartyr]

Sounds like you are putting together a world class computer! The Asus A7V133 seems to be a popular choice along with that MSI. Also what are you using for RAM (brand name)?

Is he doing professional video editing? If so you might want to look into a higher end card, if it's just home stuff/hobby stuff you should be fine with that card.

As far as DVD drives go, the Pioneer 16x or Toshiba 12x are both excellent drives for playback quality.

For a very low noise cooler, you can look into an Adda 2500 rpm CPU fan. Couple this with a hedgehog or Alpha PAL6035 heatsink and you should have a good cooling solution.

dm

 

[Shudder]

That system sucks!

Oh, that's 1.2 gighz not mhz.. My bad.

Seriously, of course it's a good system While you're at it you can make me one as well.

 

[MrCraphead]

Seems like a pretty good system for video editing, plenty of CPU power RAM and HD space with an AIW Radeon to boot.

 

[forouza1]

If he wants to do video editing maybe bump the ram to 768MB. It's cheap right now.

 

[Postmand_Per]

I've been thinking about the Asus board as well but the MSI is a bit cheaper. The RAM will properly be Apacer.

I'll try and find some reviews of the DVD drives and see what's best.

Since he's only doing it as a hobby I guess the Radeon is good enough but in what shape are the Windows 2000 drives for this card? Are they stable?

He also needs a scanner. Any suggestions?

 

[KevinH]

Hey Postman, just to give you a headsup check out the forums at

http://www.rage3d.com/

Make sure you know EVERYTHING there is about the All in Wonder, I hear that there are issues up the yin yang with that board. Otherwise, those are some kick ass components in there although I'd go with 2 IBM 75gxp 45 gigs considering the fact that their price has dropped to about the same as the Maxtors.

 

[eLuminati]

i concur. i have the radeon aiw...great hardware, terrible drivers = bad buy for now. most common opinion is that it does everything good enough but nothing really well.

 

[Postmand_Per]

The 45GB gxp is actually a bit cheaper than the 40GB diamondmax+ but the diamondmax+ should be both a little bit faster and a little bit less noisy which is why I chose them over the gxp. Besides that theres all these "horror stories" about gpx's dying after a short period of time and with my usual luck I would properly get two bad drives...

I'll check out the rage3d forums later but if I decide against the Radeon what GeForce should I get? Any brands better than others for video editing?

 

[MCS]

Fine choice of monitor

I would swap the drives for two IBM 75GXPs though.

Also, what memory do you intend on putting in it?

 

[Postmand_Per]

MCS,

Two 256MB Apacer modules. Thats what my usual dealer gives me and I never had any problems with it. And yes, the monitor rocks

 

[MCS]

Thats OK then

 

[darth maul]

I would stay away from maxtor+raid. I second or wait is it third, the IBM GXP75's...

 

[Postmand_Per]

Whats wrong with Maxtor and raid?