3D Games, Graphic Applications (rendering, Raytracing)

You clicked on this profile, so you will need really fine hardware. Since the FPU of all Intel CPUs is much better than the AMD or Cyrix FPU, you shouldn't go for any other CPU than the Celeron or the Pentium II. If you take a look at Tom's last CPU benchmark comparison you will notice why I insist on mentioning this.

Small budget:
CPU: Intel CPU (Celeron A or Pentium II) with BX motherboard
RAM: 128 MB SDRAM or more
HDD: EIDE, 6 GB or more
Graphic: at least 8 MB video memory, cards with S3 Savage3D chipset, Matrox Millennium G200 or cards with Banshee chipset
Monitor: 17", 86 kHz or more

Medium budget:
CPU: Intel Pentium II, 350 MHz or faster
RAM: 128 MB SDRAM or more
HDD: EIDE or SCSI, 6 GB or more
Graphic: at least 8 MB video memory, Riva-TNT board, Permedia 3 board
gamers maybe additional Voodoo² board(s)
Monitor: 19", 100 kHz or bigger

Unlimited budget:
CPU: Intel Pentium II, 450 MHz
RAM: 256 MB SDRAM or more
HDD: SCSI, 9 GB or more (7200 rpm or more)
Graphic: at least 16 MB video memory, Riva-TNT board plus 2 Voodoo²s, Diamond Fire GL3000 or 4000 with Voodoo²(s)
Monitor: 19", 100 kHz or bigger

Video Or Audio Editing, Harddisk Recording

If you want to do video editing you should really go for capacity. Splitting the data onto two or more hard drives ensures the data stream while accessing files of the operating system. If you can afford it, use one medium drive for the OS and your application software and additional harddisks for the video or audio data.

Small budget:
CPU: Intel Pentium II or Celeron A, 300 MHz or faster
RAM: 128 MB SDRAM or more
HDD: SCSI, 6-9 GB or more<;BR>Graphic: any graphic card combined with a video editing card (busmaster)
Audio: Sound Blaster AWE64, Terratec EWS64S, Guillemot Maxi Sound 64 Pro PnP
Monitor: 19", 90 kHz or bigger

Medium budget:
CPU: Intel Pentium II, 350 MHz or faster
RAM: 128 MB SDRAM or more
HDD: SCSI, 9 GB or more (7200 rpm)
Graphic: any graphic card combined with a video editing card (busmaster), e.g. miroVIDEO DC30 plus
Audio: Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold, Terratec EWS64XL, Turtle Beach Pinnacle Project Studio, Guillemot Maxi Sound 64 Pro PnP
Monitor: 19", 90 kHz or bigger
Plextor SCSI CD-ROM drive for audio grabbing

Unlimited budget:
CPU: Intel Pentium II, 350 MHz or faster
RAM: 256 MB SDRAM or more
HDD: one 4.5 GB SCSI (7200 rpm) for OS and applications and additional 9 GB or bigger (7200 or 10000 rpm) for data
Graphic: any graphic card combined with e.g. a miroVIDEO DV300
Monitor: 19", 100 kHz or bigger
Audio: Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold, Terratec EWS64XL, Turtle Beach Pinnacle Project Studio, Guillemot Maxi Sound 64 Pro PnP
Plextor SCSI CD-ROM drive for audio grabbing, CD recorder 4x or faster, maybe DAT

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