I am in the process of building a new system. The main use will be for gaming but i will do some some light/medium video editing on it (home movies and such). I was planning on OCing whichever CPU i bought. So should i go with the e8400 as originally planned or change to q9450? Will the 8400 be able to handle the video side of it in a reasonable manner or will it struggle. How is the 9450 with gaming? Thanks for all the help.
Here is the rest setup i have planned
?????Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale?????
Visiontek Radeon HD 4870
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500AAKS 250GB
SAMSUNG 22X DVD
OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB)
COOLER MASTER RC-690
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 w/ Retention bracket
Here is the rest setup i have planned
?????Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale?????
Visiontek Radeon HD 4870
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500AAKS 250GB
SAMSUNG 22X DVD
OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB)
COOLER MASTER RC-690
CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX
XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 w/ Retention bracket