How does this look?

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Hello, I edit model photography and I am looking to build a new system and I was wanting a little input on a barebones system I chose. Now, right now I'm working with a damn old system. Athlon XP 2.1ghz, 2gb pc2700 RAM, Winfast A400 AGP video card. You get my point So, the following system I've chosen is a huge improvement over what I have, but I'd appreciate any input. Does everything look alright? I'm pretty happy with what's in the package, and I do want the processor that it comes with, as well, for it's good price to performance ratio. Also the fact that it's 45nm. Here's what I'm getting:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4605534&CatId=3446

and for the video card:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4035118&CatId=1826

I know nothing here is extremely high-end or anything, but extremely high end isn't exactly what I'm looking for. So, basically, does what I linked look pretty good for what I do? I use two monitors. One is a 23" Acer @ 1920x1080, adn the other is an HP monitor @ 1280x1024. I use Photoshop CS3. I work with fairly large 10mp images that are 4752x3168.

Thanks!

 

[sirmonkey1985]

for being a barebone setup its not bad.. and the 9500gt would work perfectly fine for what you need.. you would probably want to overclock the e5200.. if you can with that motherboard.. should help you out a lot as well with the photo editing... since PS is such a memory hog..

 

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Thanks! Yeah, If I can "get it done" on this Athlon XP machine, then the system I linked should be able to "get it done with more ease". More opinions, please.

 

[tiraides]

I have no problems with the barebones system as a whole or with the video card. However, replace the power supply as soon as you have the money to. Most "no-name" generic power supplies can't actually handle the full load that they're capable of... I don't believe that it's worth the risk to keep that thing any longer than necessary.

You can find a decent 300-450 watt power supply for around $40-$60. Look for one from Antec, Seasonic, Enermax, or Corsair, among others.

 

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^^Thank you for the tip! Anyways, I kinda changed some specs around a little. I found that the motherboard on the system only supports single channel memory...I didn't like that, so I changed the motherboard and went from 2gb of RAM to 4gb. Also changed the video card.