I'm about to do a hopefully final upgrade to my DAW, and I would really like to get it right this time.
I seem to have collected enough information to judge that both an Intel-solution are an AMD-solution are available to me, if I choose the right MB and chipset.
So I guess that the question now is, which CPU to choose, and heat is always a problem. What I have heard so far is that the P4 gets hotter than the AMD64, but I'm not completely sure. So what would you recommend?
64 bit is IMHO not really a question now, maybe in 2 years, when more of our programs are available, compiled with 64 bit options.
There are some mobos out with sockets for the Pentium 4 M (the one for the notebooks). How about this solution? The advantage: They are the lightest in power usage. Combined with an intelligent cooling system this could result in a very fast and very quiet system.
Will definitely be my own next box, maybe microATX, to have it a bit smaller since thanks to USB2 the DVD is next to the mouse now, no more fishing for the eject button, so that whole monster can disappear somewhere.
Asus has this CT-479 thingy.
Runs with P4P800 SE, should work now also with P4GD1.
hmmm P4M... Yes I've heard about this, but not really considered it an option. I have a P4M-based labtop, and although I'm happy about it (lying in bed and writing this ) I'm not completely convinced about the technique used in these P4M-chips to make them "faster than they really are".
And second, I'm slowly entering the buisiness of computergames and have the need for a truely powerful system in order to do my research
BTW It's not P4-M, it's Pentium M. The chips are in fact based on Pentium 3 with the architecture improved. Also, it's going to be a while before these chips are affordable for desktops as far as I know. Intel is working on dual-core versions (this is what Apple is so interested in).
For now I'd go for Athlon 64 - while 64bit is fairly useless right now, they simply happen to run normal 32-bit code much faster than any other CPU around.
edit - they can run really quiet.. make sure you get a decent cooler for it, like a Scythe or Zalman.
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Oh, gaming, good! I agree, indeed, my idea is targeted more for a living room solution. For fans also have a look for the Badboy series from Blacknoise, combined with Enermax PSU this can be very much low noise.
Cheers, Micha
