[TChris]

For raw speed, I’ve set up the 8 processors to work together as if they were a render farm, and when I compress video files, all 8 processor chunk out the same file in unison, and the rendering is so fast, it leaves you breathless.

That’s why I’ve got 8GB of RAM - 1GB per processor for that single purpose.

Sweet. :-)

My cheap little dual-core Athlon XP/64 keeps up with the video editing I do just fine.

I'm not sure which, if any, Windows video software would know what to do with 8 cores. Maybe Premier Pro does. *shrug*

[savedbygrace]

Well, if it turns out that the mobo in this WinXP box is going down, I might opt to buy the Mac versions of all the apps I need, and not buy another Windows box, just use the Mac.

That’s my video system, though, and there are disadvantages to having a dual use machine.

I doubt I will build another computer, though. I might just buy a Dell pre-built (w/ XP, not Vista) to replace this one . . . . if it needs to be replaced. We’re not there yet.