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[micmicul]

I'm trying to build my first system, and I need help. I have the monitor, HDD, DVD Rom and CD Rom, Keyboard, mouse and rest of cables from another system.
I don't need it for games but I'll do video and photo editing.
My budget for this project is arround $600. I was thinking at an Asus motherboard and P4 with HT technology and DDR2 memory. More a case and power suplyThermaltake.

I was looking at these MB

Asus P5P800 Motherboard
(Pentium 4 Processor w/ HT Technology, Socket 775, Intel 865PE, ATX, 4GB DDR, 800MHz FSB - SKU: P5P800)

Asus P5GD2 Motherboard
(Pentium 4 w/ HT Technology, Socket 775, Intel 915P Express, ATX, 4GB DDR, 800MHz FSB - SKU: P5GD2)

Asus P5GDC Deluxe Motherboard
(Pentium 4 w/ HT Technology, Socket 775, Intel 915P, ATX, 4GB DDR, 800MHz FSB - SKU: P5GDCDELUXE)

What is the best choice?
Can you guys recomend something better?
thank you very much

[pam123]

Unless that hard drive is SATA the P5GD2 is out since it can only connect 2 PATA devices,
The Deluxe can manage 6 ( is that 'C' a typo?) so you'll be able to use all your drives.
P5P800 is either AGP or a micro board, it also uses plain DDR instead of DDR 2.
It's not a bad board so we'll hold it in reserve while we add the other parts.
An ATI X1300 card would be your best bet since you're not a gamer.
That leaves a gig of ram, and a modern case/power supply.

So the motherboard (open box but not a refurb) : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...2E16813131506R $128.99
Graphics : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102640 $83.00
Case/power supply : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811129152 $49.00
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817104952 $ 36. 99
memory : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145526 $79.99

That leaves the cpu.
Must you have Hyper-threading and would you accept a Celeron?
Say this one : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116225
Which operates at 3.2 GHz and will cost you $74.99

If you can get a case you like locally the price will drop, since that will be the highest shipping charge, further.

total : $452.96

shipping and handling : If it all goes out at once from newegg I'd put another $40 on the price.
so then : $492.96.

This is a bare bones price so if you want to play around with more memory or faster processor you have room to do so.

[blue60007]

Why not this board? It's cheaper and hasn't been opened.

Do you think this case/PSU will suffice? glc suggested it a while back for low-end PCI-E builds.

[pam123]

I like that board. It's a better choice than mine.
I'd say no to that case/PSU though.
If micmicul ever does any upgrading (and owners of home builds don't?) it would leave him very little in the way of overhead.

[blue60007]

Yeah, that is what I was thinking too. It should be fine, but it would rule out any upgrades. I'd say go with your suggestion, that looks like a powerful power supply (and the price is good).