Need a new desktop.....recommendations?

[KevB]

Originally Posted by HC_Chief

Your current system is actually sufficient. I would up the RAM to 2GB and put in a good video card.

One issue I've run into is that I purchased Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0, attempted to install, and it said my system needed to be SSE2 compliant. Well, an Athlon XP isn't. Then I started to look closer, and my video card and RAM seemed insufficient (as you suggested). Being that this pc is roughly 3-4 years old, I figured the whole thing is probably on the bottom edge of a system that will allow me to edit/burn video at an acceptable rate. I appreciate your feedback.

[HC_Chief]

Originally Posted by KevB

One issue I've run into is that I purchased Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0, attempted to install, and it said my system needed to be SSE2 compliant. Well, an Athlon XP isn't. Then I started to look closer, and my video card and RAM seemed insufficient (as you suggested). Being that this pc is roughly 3-4 years old, I figured the whole thing is probably on the bottom edge of a system that will allow me to edit/burn video at an acceptable rate. I appreciate your feedback.

Interesting. The AMD Opteron is SSE-compliant, as is the Athlon 64. You obviously don't have one of those

That XPS 400 looks like a good deal.