02-12-2006, 09:35 AM
Things to consider:
A PCI-Express (instead of 8x AGP) based system may be worth considering. It's way faster, but that's not why I say that, AGP is at the end of it's life. So, if you ever want to upgrade your options will be seriously limited there, you should think about moving up to a 16x PCI-E video card (I'd suggest HIS X300se, $65) instead so that you will still be able to upgrade. If it was my system I'd take the Asus P5PL2 ($135).
Also, you need a case. You've picked a Micro ATX motherboard so you need to make sure you pick a MATX case. Unless you take my suggested Asus P5PL2, it's full size and needs a case that is listed as ATX.
Um.. more RAM would be a help in Photoshop, but not required. Oh, on the Asus Motherboard you'd need DDR2 (which is faster then DDR) so I'd suggest the V-Data 512mb ($52).
all that only adds ~$80 to your total.
A PCI-Express (instead of 8x AGP) based system may be worth considering. It's way faster, but that's not why I say that, AGP is at the end of it's life. So, if you ever want to upgrade your options will be seriously limited there, you should think about moving up to a 16x PCI-E video card (I'd suggest HIS X300se, $65) instead so that you will still be able to upgrade. If it was my system I'd take the Asus P5PL2 ($135).
Also, you need a case. You've picked a Micro ATX motherboard so you need to make sure you pick a MATX case. Unless you take my suggested Asus P5PL2, it's full size and needs a case that is listed as ATX.
Um.. more RAM would be a help in Photoshop, but not required. Oh, on the Asus Motherboard you'd need DDR2 (which is faster then DDR) so I'd suggest the V-Data 512mb ($52).
all that only adds ~$80 to your total.