On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 18:44:58 GMT, "Mark A. Smith" <MrkyAmrky@netscape.net> wrote:

>I need to put a system together fast. Wondering if there is an issue here?

Not really, anymore (though we used to avoid

Via chipsets...). BTW, these days you can buy an

off-the-shelf good PC, ready to edit with (though

I prefer to add a second monitor, at least another

hard-drive, and more capable editing software) for

about $700-$800 without monitors. It is hard to beat

this building your own anymore... Also BTW, ignore

CPU speeds - the rendering time differences between

a good 800MHz machine and a good 2.66GHz machine are

surprisingly minimal - and this is about the only

function that "CPU power" will effect much...;-)