Hello all, my 1st post to these forums. If i were an old timer i'd probably be PO'd with a noob question like this, but i'm looking for public opinion from those more in-the-know than me, so i'm going to test the waters with my question, hope to draw some good input w/o causing too much wasted bandwidth:
I'm currently involved with a number of high demand programs such as Vegas 4 (video editing), everything macromedia (including their new Flash professional), and a number of misc photo editors and video editors. In addition to this, i've been waiting for Doom 3 for about 10 years now although i'm not a big gamer otherwise. I currently run all of these programs with a VIAO laptop and lots of external gear, but it's just not cutting it anymore. I'm looking to do some massive upgrading. I'm looking to do it myself.
What i'm currently thinking is this:
ASUS "P4C800-E DELUXE" i875P Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU -RETAIL
ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL
Intel Pentium 4/ 3.0C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail
ANTEC Performance Plus Case with 430W Power Supply, Model "PLUS1080AMG" -RETAIL
Everything else will be drawn generically from older systems (like 40GB 7200 RPM HD's, generic floppy, etc). I run external powered DVD burners (Sony) and HD's (Maxtor one touch).
Will the 430W Truepower be able to run the system, specifically the video card (i'm also concerned about the processor and mobo, but understand that this is not the right forum for that)?
Also, what do you think about this card? I don't want to go up into the $400 range... this is probably around the top of what i'd spend. Do you think there's better cards for around the same price? Am i overdoing it even with this? Am i undercutting? Maybe someday i'll look into the super new cards in the $400 range, but right now i'm looking for something still very nice and capable, just more around $250ish, or even less if you think i'm overdoing it with the 9800pro. It's always nice to spend less and be 80% as happy.
Any insight/info on these issues would be greatly appreciated. I'm open to all suggestions.
Kind Regards,
matt lewis
I'm currently involved with a number of high demand programs such as Vegas 4 (video editing), everything macromedia (including their new Flash professional), and a number of misc photo editors and video editors. In addition to this, i've been waiting for Doom 3 for about 10 years now although i'm not a big gamer otherwise. I currently run all of these programs with a VIAO laptop and lots of external gear, but it's just not cutting it anymore. I'm looking to do some massive upgrading. I'm looking to do it myself.
What i'm currently thinking is this:
ASUS "P4C800-E DELUXE" i875P Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 CPU -RETAIL
ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL
Intel Pentium 4/ 3.0C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail
ANTEC Performance Plus Case with 430W Power Supply, Model "PLUS1080AMG" -RETAIL
Everything else will be drawn generically from older systems (like 40GB 7200 RPM HD's, generic floppy, etc). I run external powered DVD burners (Sony) and HD's (Maxtor one touch).
Will the 430W Truepower be able to run the system, specifically the video card (i'm also concerned about the processor and mobo, but understand that this is not the right forum for that)?
Also, what do you think about this card? I don't want to go up into the $400 range... this is probably around the top of what i'd spend. Do you think there's better cards for around the same price? Am i overdoing it even with this? Am i undercutting? Maybe someday i'll look into the super new cards in the $400 range, but right now i'm looking for something still very nice and capable, just more around $250ish, or even less if you think i'm overdoing it with the 9800pro. It's always nice to spend less and be 80% as happy.
Any insight/info on these issues would be greatly appreciated. I'm open to all suggestions.
Kind Regards,
matt lewis
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