Any thoughts on the following setup for video editing? Are there any compatibility issues that I'm overlooking? I plan to throw in a firewire card (for vid transfer) and TV tuner as well. I've got the case and psu separate, based on the near universal recommendation in the forum not to buy a combo, but does anyone think the Antec Sonata II with 450W combo would be an improvement? It seemed to have pretty good reviews.
Also, I don't plan to overclock (I might, if I understood what that really meant ), but the memory I picked is supposed to be OC-happy. Any problems with using this memory without intending to overclock? It's priced right with the Patriot sticks right now. It should run cooler with the heat spreader, so that's a benefit either way, right?
So without further ado . . .
Case
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Computer Case
PSU
Rosewill RV450S-2 ATX 2.01 450W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CSA, UV, FCC
Motherboard
ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
Memory
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory
Graphics Card
eVGA 256-P2-N381 Geforce 6800XT 256MB 256-bit DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card
Hard Drive (qty 2)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive
Also, I don't plan to overclock (I might, if I understood what that really meant ), but the memory I picked is supposed to be OC-happy. Any problems with using this memory without intending to overclock? It's priced right with the Patriot sticks right now. It should run cooler with the heat spreader, so that's a benefit either way, right?
So without further ado . . .
Case
COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Computer Case
PSU
Rosewill RV450S-2 ATX 2.01 450W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CSA, UV, FCC
Motherboard
ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Manchester 2000MHz HT 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Dual Core Processor
Memory
CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory
Graphics Card
eVGA 256-P2-N381 Geforce 6800XT 256MB 256-bit DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card
Hard Drive (qty 2)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3250823AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache Serial ATA150 Hard Drive