Help Building Professional 2D System

[xsizzurpx]

I want to build a fast system good for multi-tasking. This is definitely not a gaming machine and will be mainly using it for surfing the net, listening to music, playing online poker (I run a lot of programs while playing and also am constantly storing information to a database). I want to be able to use two monitors at 1600 x 1200 res. Can someone help me build a good reasonably priced system ($1000)? Thanks.

Here is what I have so far:

https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishL istNumber=5347671&WishListTitle=PC+Build

I was also going to get the Q6600 as the processor. Does it all look good/work together (is this overkill for what I want to do with it?). I'm really a computer noob so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[zidane_rm_5]

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[emp]

A Q6600 is way way overkill for your needs, hell even a modern dual core is too much I think. Try this instead (Will meet your needs just as good as your system would)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Brisbane 2.3GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103776

G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231098

Leadtek WinFast PX7300GT TDH 128MB DDR3 Extreme GeForce 7300GT 128MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814122008

(Nothing extreme about this card, except the name, but it will meet your needs with lower power requirements)

GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128034

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS (Perpendicular Recording Technology) 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148140

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068

FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX400-PN ATX12V 400W Power Supply 120/220 - 240v NEMKO, TUV, CSA, IEC, UL, CE - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104953

About $495, add whatever you feel that it needs (Monitors, speakers, more HDDs, DVD Burner) but that will pretty much meet your needs the same way a Q6600 + SLI 8800GTX + 4GB of ram would. And to be honest even that system above is just overkill.

 

[flasher702]

You don't really *need* quadcore but you do want multi-cpu so I'd say go for a dual-core. THG seems to have removed the multi-tasking benchmarks from their charts but if memory severs me well the X2s were quite competitive there so don't shy away from AMD for a multi-tasking application. I would also suggest load balancing your activities across multiple HDs. SATA is a half-duplex protocol so it isn't well suited to multi-tasking and a single HD isn't a good match for multi-tasking either.