I need help for new PC

[caustic_lye]

Hi, I'm upgrading my 4-year old Pentium4 PC.

I'm on a budget but flexible, and I use my PC for editing videos and, at times, games with minimal to medium quality.
What should I get?

Processor: E6550 or E6750?
Video card: Inno3D 8600GT?
Motherboard?
RAM: 2Gb? 3Gb?


Suggest other stuff too.

Things to know:
-I leave my PC on 24/7
-I use Adobe Premiere Pro 2 and Windows XP. I don't want to shift to Vista, heard it wasn't worth it.

Thank you.

 

[akhilles]

E6750 would be the best bang for a stock C2D cpu.

What games do you play? That determines what card to get.

Are you going to overclock?

Will you need RAID?

 

[evongugg]

Ok for $700 i can get you a nice intel setup. and you can go o/c mad on it

Intel Dual-Core E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E2160 - Retail $84.99 shipping free

GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $94.99 shipping $5.84

A-DATA Extreme Edition 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model ADQVD1A16K - Retail $69.99 timings 4-4-4-12-2T with $15 mail in rebate shipping 4.99

CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX ATX12V v2.2 and EPS12V 2.91 520W Power Supply - Retail $119.99 with $10 mail in rebate

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $49.99 Free shipping

Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $69.99 shipping Free

POWERCOLOR X1950PRO512MBAC Radeon X1950PRO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail $169.99 plus $40 mail in rebate Shipping Free

or

POWERCOLOR 26XT 256M/D3 HDMI Radeon HD 2600XT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail $107.99 with $10 mail in rebate shipping $5.84

both video cards have life time warrentys and after market coolers.


Total with 1950pro $659.99

total with 2600XT $597.99

shipping $10.83 with the 2600XT $16.67

both of them dont inclued mail in rebates

this computer will be a beast when you o/c it. the dual-core series overlocks like mad and if you want you can get a aftermarket cooler.

 

[g-paw]

Video editing is CPU intensive so you'd be better off with the E6750. Either of these mobo would work, the advantage of the ASUS is it has onboard firewire if you have a digital camcorder.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131180
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813128050

The dilemma you face is that the video card is more important for games while the CPU is more important for games. Given the way you run your games I'd put the money into the CPU