Veggie Dave wrote:
>
> Apart from the graphics card, that system should handle what they're
> asking it do easily.
>
> A new card would be a good idea, but it's even more important to have as
> little else running in the background as possible - especially when
> editing video.
>
> The best idea is to have a dual-boot system/separate user where the only
> thing that's installed is the image and editing software.
>


Thanks for that. Pretty much confirms what I was thinking.
The mobo needs to go too, since it's PCI only and some of
it's USB ports have also died. So I'll spec a fairly modern
PCI-e, DDR2 board, to help free up a couple of the major
bottlenecks. Using something like a 9600GT graphics card.

I'll bear the background processes/dual boot suggestions in
mind, once I've got the thing up and running again. Though
I hope, with the hardware mods I have in mind, it won't be
all that necessary.

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