Hi geeks! A slightly longish start to this thread.
Need your help to buy myself a new rig. Whenever I think back at the 90K I spent in 1998 on my P-I MMX with 1.1 GB Seagate, I still tear out my hair in despair (whatever is left of it!). I need suggestions for a new rig. I am no gamer, but do a lot of video rendering and conversion and my machines (I have 2 older ones that take up a lot of processing (and my) time. I need a machine that will significantly cut this time and my electricity bills. I need to keep my machines on 24/7 for most of my work, but would like to get a lot of work done faster and switch off the machine. I usually need to run upto 5 devices at a time, like 2 DVD drives, 3 HDDs. Almost all SATA-I so far! I need at least 4 USB ports and 1-2 IEEE94a ports. I don't care for RAID and don't wish to run anything too hot and do not wish to overclock. As I am not a gamer, on-board graphics and audio works fine for me and I would consider only such mobos. Main consideration is not so much realtime editing as conversion / recode speeds of video files. My budget: @15K for mobo+ram+cabby. I would be happy with dual core suggestions now, but prefer mobos that could accept quad core family chips in future.
I have been browsing the Intel site and looking up the specs. of the commonly available mobos and procs at Nehru Place, Delhi for the simple reason that all the detailed specs. are easily available on the excellently laid-out Intel website. I am blank about currently available mobos from other makers or current AMD combinations, but would like your feedback. I guess Intel is far ahead of AMD as far as marketing and availability go, but I am sure there are good MSI and Gigabyte mobos out there that are better value for money than many of the Intel boards. I have had warranty / repair problems with ASUS earlier, but would still be willing to look at ASUS boards meeting my needs.
I am in Delhi till 27 Dec. (live in TN), but am not in a tearing hurry to get a new rig, if I can get newer technology at current prices in 2008-Q1. But if the price difference is not going to be significant, I would rather go in for a new rig now.
I source most of my main stuff from Computer Empire (CE) or SMC and occasionally also Cost-to-Cost (C2C) in Nehru Place; any other dealer recommendations??:huh:
Need your help to buy myself a new rig. Whenever I think back at the 90K I spent in 1998 on my P-I MMX with 1.1 GB Seagate, I still tear out my hair in despair (whatever is left of it!). I need suggestions for a new rig. I am no gamer, but do a lot of video rendering and conversion and my machines (I have 2 older ones that take up a lot of processing (and my) time. I need a machine that will significantly cut this time and my electricity bills. I need to keep my machines on 24/7 for most of my work, but would like to get a lot of work done faster and switch off the machine. I usually need to run upto 5 devices at a time, like 2 DVD drives, 3 HDDs. Almost all SATA-I so far! I need at least 4 USB ports and 1-2 IEEE94a ports. I don't care for RAID and don't wish to run anything too hot and do not wish to overclock. As I am not a gamer, on-board graphics and audio works fine for me and I would consider only such mobos. Main consideration is not so much realtime editing as conversion / recode speeds of video files. My budget: @15K for mobo+ram+cabby. I would be happy with dual core suggestions now, but prefer mobos that could accept quad core family chips in future.
I have been browsing the Intel site and looking up the specs. of the commonly available mobos and procs at Nehru Place, Delhi for the simple reason that all the detailed specs. are easily available on the excellently laid-out Intel website. I am blank about currently available mobos from other makers or current AMD combinations, but would like your feedback. I guess Intel is far ahead of AMD as far as marketing and availability go, but I am sure there are good MSI and Gigabyte mobos out there that are better value for money than many of the Intel boards. I have had warranty / repair problems with ASUS earlier, but would still be willing to look at ASUS boards meeting my needs.
I am in Delhi till 27 Dec. (live in TN), but am not in a tearing hurry to get a new rig, if I can get newer technology at current prices in 2008-Q1. But if the price difference is not going to be significant, I would rather go in for a new rig now.
I source most of my main stuff from Computer Empire (CE) or SMC and occasionally also Cost-to-Cost (C2C) in Nehru Place; any other dealer recommendations??:huh: