Hey well this is my first post but i've been wondering exactly how I should go about my next upgrade/new system buy.
I work in the Adobe Creative Suite all of the time, and I always have at least one of the programs on the go and frequently switch between them. Now im pretty sure that dual core is the way to go so ill show you what i have picked out and maybe you guys can help me out with it...
CPU
AMD Athlon X2 3800
Motherboard
ASUS A8N SLI
Hard Drive
Seagate SATA 250 GB
existing Maxtor 160 GB
Video Cards
XFX 6800 GT x2 for SLI
Sound Card
existing Audigy 2 Ex
Optical Drives
existing HP 420n DVD-RW Drive
existing LG x16 DVD-ROM
RAM
4 x 1024 OCZ DDR2 5400 667Mhz
Monitors
Monitor 1:
Gateway 21" HDTV-Ready LCD Monitor
Monitor 2 & 3:
NEC MultiSync 19" LCD Monitor (1940CX-BK)
Case
Not sure which to choose, I dont really want to spend a ton, but im more worried about buying the correct PSU. Is it just the 7800 series that has the additional power plugins?
Since I work with very large files I wanted to have the extra amount of RAM. Do you think this is necessary? Im really just going SLI because of the extra monitors but it doesnt hurt to have it for gaming. Do you think this build is okay?
Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks in advance!
I work in the Adobe Creative Suite all of the time, and I always have at least one of the programs on the go and frequently switch between them. Now im pretty sure that dual core is the way to go so ill show you what i have picked out and maybe you guys can help me out with it...
CPU
AMD Athlon X2 3800
Motherboard
ASUS A8N SLI
Hard Drive
Seagate SATA 250 GB
existing Maxtor 160 GB
Video Cards
XFX 6800 GT x2 for SLI
Sound Card
existing Audigy 2 Ex
Optical Drives
existing HP 420n DVD-RW Drive
existing LG x16 DVD-ROM
RAM
4 x 1024 OCZ DDR2 5400 667Mhz
Monitors
Monitor 1:
Gateway 21" HDTV-Ready LCD Monitor
Monitor 2 & 3:
NEC MultiSync 19" LCD Monitor (1940CX-BK)
Case
Not sure which to choose, I dont really want to spend a ton, but im more worried about buying the correct PSU. Is it just the 7800 series that has the additional power plugins?
Since I work with very large files I wanted to have the extra amount of RAM. Do you think this is necessary? Im really just going SLI because of the extra monitors but it doesnt hurt to have it for gaming. Do you think this build is okay?
Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks in advance!