Help please on new system ....

[Mercedes-Ben]

Thanks folks for taking the time to read my first post

I want to buy a new system for some video editing and mostly for Flight sim software -FSX , and IL2 FB

Would this "Ultima OC 8800GT" Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz @ E8800+ 3.66GHz Dual Core DDR2 System
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FS-046-OK be ok , and should I go for XP or VISTA 32 or 64.

Would I be able to use QUAD core on this system if I decided to upgrade later ?

Many thanks for any advice, I built my first system 4 years ago and its all a bit new to me now


cheers

 

[Edward01]

Yeh thats a pretty good system for the cash.

Meh probably Vista, it will look nicer,just get the Home Premium not the Home basic
64 bit as well so you can use 4gb of Ram, (you can't with 32bit OS) which I strongly recomended you upgrade to for the extra 30 pound as Vista is Ram hungry!!!

 

[jimmy29]

Yup, looks like a nice system. That motherboard will support a Quad core, so you can upgrade later.
Vista or XP is your preference really, but don't think you 'have' to get Vista because XP will be around for a good few years yet.