Im going for one of the systems below but im scared off the Athlon because Im really going to work this thing hard with video and audio work and im bothered by the prospect of needing a thousand fans to cool it down… so at this stage Im more comfortable with the Pentium… however, i havent made my mind up so opinions would be appreciated
Pentium System:
P4 1.8A
Epox 4BDA2+ Motherboard
512MB 266 RAM
Seagate 60GB ATA 100 HD
MSI G2Ti ProVT 64MB TV In&Out
Pioneer or Lite On 16X DVD
Lite On 32X Burner
Soundblaster Audigy Platinum
Windows XP
Plus I’ll have the usual stuff like scanner, printer, etc hooked into it
Athlon System:
As above, but with
Athlon 1800XP
Epox 8K38+ Motherboard
512MB 333 RAM
Maxtor 40GB ATA 133 HD (will likely bump up to 60)
Obviously the faster RAM and HD are reasons to go with the AMD but, I want a robust processor that will take a bit of punishment over a few years so… what do ppl think?
Thanks for looking