Is this pc tower ok for After Effects?

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PhatStack

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Hi everyone this is my first post,i'd like to ask this?
Im going to buy a tower from ebay,ive seen some kickbutt towers on their
my question is? Is this tower good enough to run After Effects CS3 or 4?
im only going to buy something like this mainly for its CPU and i'll just add the
RAM and also can anyone tell me of a half decent "video card" if thats what its called that will give me crystal clear video footage to work with AE, thankyou.

Intel Dual Core3.4GHz
Intel 965 Express chipset
1GB DDR2 Ram loaded
80GB HDD
No Optical Drive ( No CD No DVD )
Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000): Integrated Broadcom 5755 Netxtreme Gigabit PCIe LAN
Onboard Graphic card
On board sound card
OS: Windows XP Professional with COA and XP Pro Install Disk
1x PCI Express Slots, 1x PCI Slots
External I/O ports:
8x USB 2.0 Port ( 2 in front, 6 in back)
Serial port & Parallel Port
Audio Port
RJ45 Network Port
 
you dont really need a incredibly good computer to run after effects. your normal £300 laptop will run it smooth enough. as for the graphics card that one has a onboard (built into motherboard) so go with another one. for after effects you dont need a top of the range graphics card either, you will barely get better quality from a good one. also that build is terrable. im assuming you will be doing alot of video editing so you will want more than a 80GB hard drive.
also dont buy from ebay, they have strange prices, and outdates computers.
overall dont buy that computer, it may be best to build one yourself.
 
No worries mate i'll take your advise on that one,besides ive seen a better one with an
AMD ATHLON II X2 250 DUAL CORE (3.0GHz) AM3 CPU
ONBOARD NVIDIA GEFORCE 6100 / NFORCE 430 GPU
GeIL 2GB DDR3-1333 CL9 MEMORY (HEATSINK) ULTRA FAST RAM

trust me mate when youve used a 1.7ghz 1200gb ram for a number of years
you'll appreciate anything,also which is your pref'? ATI or NVDIA?
 
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