I've selected my motherboard, processor (I'm done with single-core chips now, time for true multi-tasking, which I do all the time, btw), RAM, and the other accessories.
The snag lies within the graphics cards and the arms race between nVidia and ATI. I plan to work more often, getting a higher pay with that, so in the future, I intend to dual card my system eventually.
I've read up a bit about nVidia's STI and nForce technology, and ATI's Crossfire and ATI Express stuff, as well. It seems to me that you'll need a specific motherboard that caters either to nVidia or ATI in order to dual card effectively.
I've always been an ATI guy, due to bad experiences with nVidia drivers, and for my video card, I'm considering the ATI X1800XT card. My budget is not unlimited here, but I need good pointers in which cards will do good for the time being while I earn up some dough for dualing up video cards for the future.
The snag lies within the graphics cards and the arms race between nVidia and ATI. I plan to work more often, getting a higher pay with that, so in the future, I intend to dual card my system eventually.
I've read up a bit about nVidia's STI and nForce technology, and ATI's Crossfire and ATI Express stuff, as well. It seems to me that you'll need a specific motherboard that caters either to nVidia or ATI in order to dual card effectively.
I've always been an ATI guy, due to bad experiences with nVidia drivers, and for my video card, I'm considering the ATI X1800XT card. My budget is not unlimited here, but I need good pointers in which cards will do good for the time being while I earn up some dough for dualing up video cards for the future.