I am planning on building a new pc within the next month. i have about $2500 to kill to build it from scratch (don't have monitor, printer, etc...). My primary focus is photo and video editing, and some multitrack audio (pro tools digi001). i was looking for a couple hardware suggestions reguarding:
1. an 800mhz vs a 533mhz P4 processor
2. "dual channel" vs regular DDR
3. anything else that could help performance wise
my primary concern is bus speeds.. is it better to get the highest on the market (and is it worth the cost), or components that "match up" per say?
this will be my 2nd pc build so i am still somewhat of a novice (the first was an AMD XP 1700+ on a $500 budget) so any overall suggestions are appreciated.