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Hi, I have built a couple of budget systems and I know the basics but I am planning a newbuild for myself and I need some info on what mobo to buy. The system will be used to run Photoshop CS and to process large numbers of photo's shot in RAW mode, so therefore large files. A large h/d and stacks of RAM are a given but has anyone out there got any ideas on what mobo to buy? Price is not really an issue within reason. Any help appreciated.
 
Which type of CPU do you want? Is this for a new build (working up from the mobo), or do you have components you need to work with it already? (I.e Hard Drives, Ram, graphics cards).

Welcome to the site :)
 
I plan to use AMD 64 processor (probably 3200+ or faster depends on prices). I will probably use my old optical drives but plan to replace everything else as new. Sound not really important so probably use on board sound and I could use suggestions on graphics cards. Only to be used for photos not gaming.
 
Asus, DFI, MSI ... in order on my preference.

SLi would be nice, it is designed for heavy grapic use, nice big HD like the Hitachi 500 and a Gig of Ram to start.

:)
 
get the Asus A8N-SLI SE, its a decent board for the price and is pretty upgradeable (depending on what you start with)
 
You can't really go wrong with the Asus A8N-SLI SE, it pretty much rules the roost right now.

It comes in several flavours/prices, silent cooling and extra SATA ports being two of things you could pay extra for.

Will second Mucks' choice of hard drive, a Hitachi 500Gb.
 
OK ... we got;

Asus A8N-SLI SE & an Hitachi 500 HD

what ram we going for this time ... may as well go for 2gig ... but what make?

:)


Can't we just post a 'stickie' up and say this is todays special buy ... and change it next month when something new comes out?

:D
 
ok been looking around - will take your advice and go for the Asus A8n SLI SE. Thinking about adding the following...does anyone know if I will have any compatibility problems or is there something else that would do the same job but cheaper?

128m Nvidia Quadro fx-500 DDR AGP
2GB Corsair XMS DDR400
200GB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm, 8mb cache
 
muckshifter said:
no good ... no agp on and SLi board ... need and SLi graphic card.

;)
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is an SLi graphics card different from an PCI-E express?


just wondering
 
psd99 said:
is an SLi graphics card different from an PCI-E express?
just wondering
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I'm getting too old for this job ... lets just say an AGP card will not fit.

:rolleyes:
 
Sli just means you can connect two graphics cards together....not the slot it uses which will be Pci-E or AGP
 
crazylegs said:
Sli just means you can connect two graphics cards together....not the slot it uses which will be Pci-E or AGP
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I was mearly ponting out that a "128m Nvidia Quadro fx-500 DDR AGP" will not fit the MB in question.

:rolleyes:
 
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