As is the case with many people I want to build my own machine, but not a gaming machine. The primary use for it will be for video and photo editing. My problem is that 99% of everything out there is about gaming which is fine for younger people, but I haven’t seen younger in several decades.
The items I already have and want to use from my old machine (unless there’s good reason why I shouldn’t) are:
Ultra mid tower case (new)
Antec SP-500 power supply
Two Western Digital SATA drives, a 250GB and 320GB HDD
A Plextor dual layer DVD burner
And I can get a good deal on Vista Ultra through a friend of mine.
I tend to like the Asus boards and I also think that a CPU, chipset and possibly MB from the same vendor will play together much better. The CPU I have in mind is the Intel C2D E6700, 2.66MHz. I was sort of considering a BFG NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS OC 256MB PCIe graphics card, but neither is cast in concrete. From past experience I’m very concerned about components not being fully compatible. Lastly, should I use a Raid configuration and if so which one?
Since my technical expertise has been left in the dust of time, I’m receptive to all suggestions, but I’m mainly interested in the MB, CPU and graphics card combo that works together well for the intended purpose.
Dear ol’ dad
