Hi, I am into video and photo editing. I want to upgrade my motherboard and processor. I am not at all into gaming, so that is no factor in my decisions. I have seen two motherboard/cpu combos that I like: one has a Celeron running at 3.20, the other a P4 running at 2.8. Motherboards are both Biostar. I would appreciate some comparative
comments on the the alternatives. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

If you want to upgrade your motherboard and processor but want to use your DDR RAM go out and get a Socekt 939 Athlon 64 X2 4400+ and an nvidia nforce 4 ultra motherboard.

Athlon 64 X2 4400+ for $250 bucks awesome preformance at an great price.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103546

ABIT KN8 Ultra Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra supports up to 8gig DDR memory for $88 bucks.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127222

$338 bucks total which is a hell of a deal considering that the AMD Athlon X2 4400+ was going for almost twice much as it is going for now 2 weeks ago.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ OC 2.7ghz
2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200
Nvidia 7900GT
SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0
Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

I would say the Celeron D 3.2g is faster than P4 since the newer prescott core has 256kb L2 cache compared to 2.8 has 533Mhz FSB. If the 2.8 have 800FSB, then it is faster than the CL D 3.2g w/ 533FSB...

TMP-Man

Asus P5P800-SE
P4 506 @ 4200Mhz 1.45v
Thermaltake CLP0024 w/ 1700RPM 92MM + AS5
1GB Corsair 2-3-3-5 DDR400
120GB/300GB 7200RPM HD
MSI 6600GT AGP 550/1150

If by video editing, you are including video encoding/transcoding. Go with the P4 as it has a larger L2 cache (usually 512kb or 1mb). I have a P4 with 512kb cache, and I encode a lot, the performance is great.

"PARIAH"[British.By.Birth]
P4 3.0 HT 800mhz FSB
Asrock P4I65G M/B
1024mb DDR 400
80GB Diamond max9 SATA 160GB Diamond max10 SATA
Club3D GeForce6600 256mb

P4's are better when it comes to celerons in editing when based on the same core.

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ OC 2.7ghz
2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200
Nvidia 7900GT
SATA II 2x 200gig 7200rpm 16mb cache RAID-0
Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

get celeron, i use it too, i can play most of the new games, and im into movie editing too :)

Iedereen wilt naar de Hemel, maar niemand wilt sterven

But Celeron has a smaller cache. So why would you get one rather than a P4?

"PARIAH"[British.By.Birth]
P4 3.0 HT 800mhz FSB
Asrock P4I65G M/B
1024mb DDR 400
80GB Diamond max9 SATA 160GB Diamond max10 SATA
Club3D GeForce6600 256mb

cause you cant afford pentium 4 :)
other than that god knows lol

Pentium4 3.20ghz@ 3.5ghz
1Gb Crucial XMS PC3200CL2
1 X 80GB HDD OS
1X 40GB HDD STORAGE
NVDIA GeForce4 MX4000 Pro
ASUS P4-U800-X
600w Dual rail 114amp
215amp
Win