-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 September 13, 2003 12:46 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > 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.
Lots of disk space, lots of memory and the fastest memory you can grab. For video processing, audio editing and other processor intensive tasks I'd be inclined to use a dual processor board and reduce the speed of the processors. Responsiveness is everything in such an environment and dual processors are much more responsive when pushed. But that's just me and some folk around here would disagree. Where are you Tom? <g> Asus is a good choice, no matter what. > 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 8X AGP does you no good at the moment and could be a cause for grief in the short term, which you probably don't need at the moment. Right? Even the 8X AGP boards I've used in assembling systems for people have been mostly trouble free. It depends on the Graphic Board you use. > 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? Neither will disappoint you. I was always a "no on-board anything" guy, but the components are much better now. Save the money would be my opinion. > 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? What advantage? Your choices here seem reasonable to me. I'd be inclined to go with the MX440, or a mid range ATI. > Any comments about anything I haven't mentioned that is significant > in this scenario? > > Anne Last comment? Ignore me. :-) Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-8mdk 12:59:42 up 1:32, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.18, 0.20 Porsche: there simply is no substitute. -- Risky Business -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/Y245G11CaRuZZSIRAvVkAJ9WRXfJUSI3vJYmn5Wjw6s6WMUksgCghS6O Pm142syV1G+bc6q5VBOFoMY= =nxUx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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