I want to build a box whose main purpose would be video capture from camcorder and vhs, editing, and burning to either vcd or dvd. All funds available should go into the most essential bits for that purpose, so I'd like some opinions, please.
Mobo - I'm torn between Asus A7v8X-X and Soltek SL-KT400-A4C. Specs are very similar. Both have Via KT400/VT8235 chipsets. Asus has 8x agp and Soltek has 4x agp Asus has Realtek 6-chanel codec, which I take to mean on-board sound, and Soltek has 6-ch AC'97 Audio. I've always avoided on-board audio in the past, disabling it and putting in a card. Is that still worth the effort/expense? Asus also offers on-board lan. I think these have been troublesome? Graphics cards - since I don't do gaming I've not been into the latest thing in video cards, so I don't know what is significant and what is hype. I'm looking at 128MB XFX Geforce4 MX44- or FX5200. I could go higher if there's a real advantage. Any thoughts? Any comments about anything I haven't mentioned that is significant in this scenario? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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