Which is best for ME

[skipper2]

I am doing a re-build and wondering what is best for my situation.

I have always used Pentiums over the past years and before the P i still used Intel CPU's so I have no experience whatsoever with AMD. I am building a brand new box and was wondering which would be best for my needs.

Things I will do with the new system:
1. Video Editing
2. Photoshop/Illustrator work
3. Dreamweaver
5. Flight Sim 2004
6. Database work

Now I have read almost everything on all boards and I have come to the conclusion that an AMD Athlon 64 FX 51 would be faster then the P4ee. About 90% of the benchmarks on this site and other have the AMD ahead of the P4ee with the exception of when overclocked. As you can see gaming isn't a great requirement. After reading everything I could get my hands on I have come to the conclusion that this would be the best set-up for me:

CPU - AMD Athlon 64 FX-51
MOBO - ASUS K8T800 - SK8V
HD - WD Raptor 74GB 10,000 SATA 233 - as primary boot device
Graphics Card - ATI AIW 9800 Pro - Already have this in my current sys, will just transpose it over.
Case - Cooler Master TAC-T01-E1C
RAM - Mushkin HP Registered ECC 3200 DDR DIMM (512MB x2)

I am just looking for the expert opinions of the users of this forum to see if I am making a mistake here. Like I said I have always used Intel but everything just seems to be pointing towards the AMD's now.

Also, Should I wait for the new 939 MoBo? From what I have read that will mainly be for a gaming machine since it will not require the registered DIMM and would really offer no advantage for a cross utilized platform, is this accurate?

Thank you everyone for your opinions here. I just want some honest, good advice.

Mike

 

[InlineFive]

With those kinds of programs (which I presume are for important Professional work) and the power of your system I think it's obvious to say that you should get WinXP Professional.

-Por

 

[imthetechguy]

Nice solid system, I myself got off the Intel bandwagon several years ago and have never looked back...too damn PRICEY...

As you pointed out, the Athlon is a good bit faster than the P4 unless you overclock them (and even then the P4 shows no HUGE lead)...though I'm all for overclocking, you'd want the stability of a stock speed chip when running those intensive applications...I'd give the AMD choice a BIG two thumbs-up...

 

[skipper2]

Thanks to both of you guys. I do the work professionally with those apps so I do want a decent system. Ohh by the way I already use Win XP Pro.

Thanks

 

[skipper2]

Thanks to both of you guys. I do the work professionally with those apps so I do want a decent system. Ohh by the way I already use Win XP Pro.

Thanks

 

[skipper2]

Thanks to both of you guys. I do the work professionally with those apps so I do want a decent system. Ohh by the way I already use Win XP Pro.

Thanks

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: skipper2
Thanks to both of you guys. I do the work professionally with those apps so I do want a decent system. Ohh by the way I already use Win XP Pro. Thanks

Oh! I thought you meant what OS.

That system is pretty good but I would drop the FX since it doesn't better then the A64 3400+. Two bonus' with that would be cheaper motherboard (Asus K8V) and cheaper memory (doesn't need to be Registered or ECC).

 

[Abhi]

I swear i thot the "ME" meant windows ME... and came in here to advice against it!

Looks like a nice system btw.

 

[NFactor]

I would either wait for the next FX or drop it for the 3400+, but besides that the system looks nice. And the ME thing confused me too.

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: NFactor
I would either wait for the next FX or drop it for the 3400+, but besides that the system looks nice. And the ME thing confused me too.

 

[skipper2]

Thanks guys, I am sorry about the ME thing. I just wanted to stress that it was for my needs because I know there are a lot of people that are partial to either AMD or Intel and wanted to just stress that it was for what I want in a computer. I have asked this question before and have had some outrageous responses and then there became a flame war between people who liked Intel better and vice versa.

Thanks and sorry for the confusion.