What processor to get (No Gaming)

[clueless9]

What processor would you guys suggest for the following:

- NO GAMING.

- Converting AVI/MPEG to VOB(DVDs) ... Just general playing with Movie/Music ...Editing converting and whatnot...

- Using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop...Browsing web and word processing.

- Obviously, AMD is the way to go for Gaming, but I'll not be doing any gaming.. What I'm concerned about is the time it takes me to convert a 2 gig MPEG file to VOB or similar activities..

There's a sale on the following:
Abit AL8-V 945P LGA775 DDR2 Motherboard
Mushkin PC2-4200 1GB Dual Channel Memory

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=16488&vpn=AL8-V/991361&manufacture=ABit

I was considering getting that, and what processor would you guys suggest?

 

[clueless9]

Oh yeah...What do you guys think I should get for video card aswell... Again to reenforce the fact that, there'll be no gaming whatsoever...Just watching movies, and playing with media files...Editing, converting back and forth..

 

[ScHpAnKy]

stay away from AMD XP's, my 2400+ @ 2.7 took forever to encode video, my FX-53 was little better... why not look into the cheaper intel dual cores, or better, high ghz P4

 

[Zardoz]

I would look in to AMD X2 it's really good stuff. and will do what you need nicely. AMD is not just for gaming anymore...

 

[darknite]

me personally im an amd guy...but for what your doing
get a socket 774 p4 around 3.0 to 3.4
from the systems ive built...pentium is hte way to go
i built my first 775 for a music composer (he did some tracks on some final fantasy stuff...least thats what he says)
he loves it...

at least a gig of ram....