This is my first real post here at Tom's, so hello!
I've lurked here for years and have finally decided to join in on the forum!
Ok, the skinny, I am a graphic designer and I need a critique from anyone here on the new box i'm building. I've built a couple boxes, but its been a while since i've done it (3.5 yrs to be exact) The programs i use constantly are:
*All Adobe products
*Some Macromedia products
*Sketch-up
*Maya
So print, video, and 3d are my big chunk of work, im not a big gamer however i am looking at the ati9800pro... My whole idea here is to build an all around fairly quiet production box. I really cant afford the high end raid, nor the graphics cards specifically for the acceleration of 3d modeling like the wildcat. I'm not confident about overclocking due to the expense i am going to pay on the P4 but i am interested in the possibilities. So anyway, from my old box i have my hard drives, graphic cards (which i will be updating soon but not yet) dvd and cd burners...so on to the new stuff...
Here is the receipe so far.
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case: Kingwin K-424 Silver Aluminum Case with Side Panel Window (any other reccomendations??)
power: Antec True 480 Watt
mobo: 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (picked from Tom's review! not sure if i want the 875 though, any other reccomendations??)
cpu: P4 3.2 with the 800fsb
cpu cooler: ???not sure???
ram: Kingston 2gb (2 1GB Kits 400MHz DDR PC3200 DIMM 3-3-3)
extra fans: ??should i??
accessories: lighting reccomendations???? (inexpesive please)
So please pick it apart, reccomend something completely different, any positive advice would be awesome. Remember, speed is the key here.
***About the ram I'd like to purchase the corsair with PC3200 lower latency but the buyer guide didn't reccommend the "ll" so i don't know if they are compatible with my board, also im not sure how much of a difference it will make compared to the kingstons, and the extra $$$, anyone know anything?
I've lurked here for years and have finally decided to join in on the forum!
Ok, the skinny, I am a graphic designer and I need a critique from anyone here on the new box i'm building. I've built a couple boxes, but its been a while since i've done it (3.5 yrs to be exact) The programs i use constantly are:
*All Adobe products
*Some Macromedia products
*Sketch-up
*Maya
So print, video, and 3d are my big chunk of work, im not a big gamer however i am looking at the ati9800pro... My whole idea here is to build an all around fairly quiet production box. I really cant afford the high end raid, nor the graphics cards specifically for the acceleration of 3d modeling like the wildcat. I'm not confident about overclocking due to the expense i am going to pay on the P4 but i am interested in the possibilities. So anyway, from my old box i have my hard drives, graphic cards (which i will be updating soon but not yet) dvd and cd burners...so on to the new stuff...
Here is the receipe so far.
--------------------------------------
case: Kingwin K-424 Silver Aluminum Case with Side Panel Window (any other reccomendations??)
power: Antec True 480 Watt
mobo: 865PE Neo2-FIS2R (picked from Tom's review! not sure if i want the 875 though, any other reccomendations??)
cpu: P4 3.2 with the 800fsb
cpu cooler: ???not sure???
ram: Kingston 2gb (2 1GB Kits 400MHz DDR PC3200 DIMM 3-3-3)
extra fans: ??should i??
accessories: lighting reccomendations???? (inexpesive please)
So please pick it apart, reccomend something completely different, any positive advice would be awesome. Remember, speed is the key here.
***About the ram I'd like to purchase the corsair with PC3200 lower latency but the buyer guide didn't reccommend the "ll" so i don't know if they are compatible with my board, also im not sure how much of a difference it will make compared to the kingstons, and the extra $$$, anyone know anything?