Thanks for the detailed reply. I have the shopping cart built, but I'm
going to wait another day to see if anyone else has additional or alternate
recommendations.

BTW, I spec'd out a similar system with Dell and it was almost 2x the cost
vs. buying the parts individually, which seems contrarian. I don't mean to
knock Dell - they are great for folks with limited time or hardware
knowledge and deeper pockets. ;-)



"Dave C." wrote in message
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"WookieMan" wrote in message
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Dell and Gateway are not getting any more money from me. I'm real
comfortable with putting all the parts together, but need help selecting
all
of the individual components.

Primary function of the system will be high end video editing, so I'm
thinking 3.2 GHz processor, 1 gig RAM, 250 gig SATA drive, 256 MB vid
card,
and 1394 controller to start.

I'm looking to build 'the cadillac' system and willing to pay a little
more
for better / faster / reliable stuff.

The more specific you can be, the better, e.g. make & model #'s.

Thanks for the advice!!

=The Wook.



Here ya go. From www.mwave.com Top shelf components, all. You
definitely
need AOpen brand mainboard and Intel chipset, and this one I chose is a
good
match for your processor. Note the video card is VIVO and the sound card
is
digital in and digital out. You will want TWO hard drives. Either raid
them so that the second is an exact copy of the first, or use acronis true
image (or similar) for timed backups (daily!). You do NOT want to lose
your
videos that you are going to work so hard on. Hard drives are so cheap
(relatively speaking) that it doesn't make sense not to have two of them.
The motherboard comes with SATA cables, and the power supply has SATA
connectors. The DVD burner is IDE. Hey, the connectors are on the
motherboard, so you might as well use them. Not sure what you want
for
DVD software. I think the drive comes with Roxio (OK), but Nero Express 6
was only five bucks, so I threw that in. I'm sure you'll like one of
them.
If not, at least you have a choice of software to get by with until you
figure out what you really want. Note I ordered the case with a
ThermalTake
480W power supply. It says no power supply, but lists the power supply
later. Not sure if you really need the firewire add-on card (mainboard
has
firewire), but there's a good one. Normally you wouldn't need a floppy
drive, but you *might* need it to install an OS on the SATA hard drive.
Don't forget the surge suppressor (it's in there). The keyboard I threw
in
was kind of a splurge. You might like it, though. I'm a fast touch
typist,
and my wife is hunt n' peck. We both love it, I'm typing on it now. You
just need to add a 19" CRT monitor (just about any 19" CRT monitor, buy it
locally). Done! Enjoy. -Dave

SKU Qty Item Unit Price Ext. Price
MB-BA20172 -BA20453 -BA19437-BA19437 - INTEL PENTIUM 4 3.2E GHZ 800MHZ
RETAILED BUNDLE W/ Details (AOPEN AX4C MAX II; CRUCIAL 1GB DDR400(512MB X
2); NO TESTING) $556.00 $556.00

BA20400 - -BA19276 THERMALTAKE TSUNAMI VA3000BNA (BLACK) MID TOWER NO
POWER SUPPLY W/ FRONT I/O, 120mm CASE FAN x 2 & 90mm CASE FAN x 1 Details
(NO EXTRA FAN; W0013 480W) $154.00 $154.00

3460360 BELKIN 3-PORT FIREWIRE PCI CARD Details . $34.63 $34.63

AA29950 -AA00482 -BA15599 -AA24590 NEC ND-3500A SILVER 16X/16 DVD DUAL
DOUBLE LAYER REWRITABLE DRIVE W/SW (White box) Details (AUDIO CABLE; 18"
ATA
ROUND CABLE; RITEK 4XDVD-R 50-PK) $104.40 $104.40

AA17310 - MITUSMI 1.44 FLOPPY (Bare drive-black color) Details (NO FDD
CABLE) $7.90 $7.90

AA22860 - WD 250GB 2500JD SERIAL ATA 150 7200RPM 8MB BUFFER HARD DRIVE
(Bare drive) *Requires SATA Data Cable Details (NO DATA CABLE) $158.00
$316.00

AA26620 ZIPPY EL-715B BLACK ILLUMINATED LARGE SIZE KEYBOARD USB
Details
$38.00 $38.00

1328692 LOGITECH MX310 OPTICAL MOUSE USB/PS2 Details $24.84 $24.84

AA25210 NERO EXPRESS 6.0 FOR DVD/CD REWRITABLE DRIVE (OEM)*Must be
purchased with hardware Details $4.90 $4.90

1383330 BELKIN SURGEMASTER 9-OUTLET 10FT-CORD 2950-JOULES W/TEL
RJ11/RJ45 Details . $45.97 $45.97

3460075 TURTLE BEACH CATALINA 7.1 CHANNEL SOUND CARD 24BIT 96KHZ
W/DIGITAL I/O Details . $50.51 $50.51

3396301 ALTEC LANSING VS3121 3-PC SPEAKERS SYSTEM (Black/Silver)
Details
$56.87 $56.87

AA15070 Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/sp2
#E85-03014(DSP/OEM)*Must
be Purchased w/Hardware!!* Details $134.00 $134.00
Sub Total $1,528.02