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Want to build a AMD video editing computer. What would be most stable configuratIon?

Hulk

Hulk

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I'm currently using a PIII850 with a bx based motherboard.

I'm looking for max MHz in a stable configuration and AMD seems the way to go.

I'm currently using ATI AIW 128 and Ulead MediaStudio Pro.

Which Athlon based motherboard should I go with?
 
Depends what you are exactly looking for. IMHO, MSI k7-t would be a stable motherboard. Then again, ABIT or ASUS would be a great motherboard for tweaking/overclocking. ... Just compare what reviewers say (not just on this website either)
 
Are you looking for a DDR motherboard?

If not and are looking for a KT133a motherboard, I'd get the ASUS A7V133 or the IWill KK266, both excellent boards.
 
To be completely honest, I know very little about AMD motherboards.

My PIII850 is very stable, I'm just craving more speed. I don't think I'll be overclocking, I'd rather just have a nice stable 1200-1300MHz. I'm thinking the DDR memory route would be the way to go.

Thanks for the suggestions.
 
well, if you want a 1200-1300 computer, your only cheap upgrade is an AMD athlon, since the PIII tops out at 1 GHZ. Going from an 850 to 1 GHZ is much of a leap. In addition, using DDR memory on a PIII will not help out much (vs. using SDRAM). Since the PIII is bottlenecked by its memory bandwidht, the extra bandwith from DDR will not help out with any performance. If you want to get more info about AMD and there motherboards, look on this site
 
I've been using a 1ghz tbird (@1275mhz) on an asus a7v133 for 3 weeks now while doing a ton of mpeg2 encoding. about 12 hours a day worth, and it's been extremely stable. No crashes other than a known bug in the software I'm using, and both times my files still finished rendering.
 
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