I would like to build a Scope system with a dual boot configaration, one for flight simualator X and other games on Vista, the other for Scope on XP with a fast drive and lots of RAM for streaming samples into Kontakt and the Vienna Instruments running in Sibelius 5. Also, it has to be dead quiet.
What case should I go for to fit all this stuff in and also to give adequate cooling?
For the gaming partition should I disable the Scope card and just use the onboard sound or buy another audio card (EAX sort of thing)?
This seems difficult to build and I know it will be expensive but is it possible?
I was thinking of a powerful Intel dual-core, perhaps 4 GB of ram, 2 even 3 hard drives (one a 10,000 raptor), powerful nvidia geforce 8600 512k graphics card with custom cooling?
Is going the route of water cooling, refrigeration viable?
Possible to build Gaming PC with Scope Card?
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sonicstrav
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What you are suggesting is certainly possible, and wouldn't be that difficult....
You didn't really mention your budget, if money is no object, you should look at the Zalman 500AFanless case. Probably the best solution for a studio..... Personally I would keep away from water cooling, as it can get messy. Your next best bet would be the Antec P-190, I have a P-180 and run the fans on LOW so you I hardly hear them, this keeps the case temperature around 28degress Celcius, and I overclock......
If you want a good gaming expereince, then invest in a decent sound card with EAX.... Last thing you want is crap sound coming out your reference speakers from the onboard soundcard (I assume you will be using your nice speakers since this is a studio machine aswell
).... get aleast an Audigy 2 and turn off the onboard.....
You need to be super carefull with 10,000 rpm drives, they overheat very easily. So you need to have extra space around for air circulation and perferably one of those drive cooling units....... what are you intending to use this particular drive for ? and if you are spending the bucks why not go for an 8800 768mb ???
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You didn't really mention your budget, if money is no object, you should look at the Zalman 500AFanless case. Probably the best solution for a studio..... Personally I would keep away from water cooling, as it can get messy. Your next best bet would be the Antec P-190, I have a P-180 and run the fans on LOW so you I hardly hear them, this keeps the case temperature around 28degress Celcius, and I overclock......
If you want a good gaming expereince, then invest in a decent sound card with EAX.... Last thing you want is crap sound coming out your reference speakers from the onboard soundcard (I assume you will be using your nice speakers since this is a studio machine aswell
).... get aleast an Audigy 2 and turn off the onboard.....You need to be super carefull with 10,000 rpm drives, they overheat very easily. So you need to have extra space around for air circulation and perferably one of those drive cooling units....... what are you intending to use this particular drive for ? and if you are spending the bucks why not go for an 8800 768mb ???
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I didn't mention I have a Scope Pro full length card so would the cases mentioned be OK?
I am not bothered about the water cooling as long as the fans are super quiet (I do have a P4 Prescott processor at the moment and its roasting all the time - even the Zalman fan I have sounds like an aircraft on the runway.
I didn't know the 10,000 rpm drivers were noisy - would 7200 rpm drives be OK as long as I have loads of RAM?
Budget - well I'm not doing this on the cheap as I want to get it to work really well so approx £1500 UK $3000 US - however I want to get it right if I' spending this much money.
Suggestions for motherboard? I know it will be a prob be an Asus with Intel chipset - but which one - also the RAM?
I am not bothered about the water cooling as long as the fans are super quiet (I do have a P4 Prescott processor at the moment and its roasting all the time - even the Zalman fan I have sounds like an aircraft on the runway.
I didn't know the 10,000 rpm drivers were noisy - would 7200 rpm drives be OK as long as I have loads of RAM?
Budget - well I'm not doing this on the cheap as I want to get it to work really well so approx £1500 UK $3000 US - however I want to get it right if I' spending this much money.
Suggestions for motherboard? I know it will be a prob be an Asus with Intel chipset - but which one - also the RAM?
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Have a look at THIS and you can see the inside of my system with a Pulsar II installed. It fits ok. Is the Scope Pro longer or the same length ?strav100 wrote:I didn't mention I have a Scope Pro full length card so would the cases mentioned be OK?
Oh then there may be a problem with your current set up. I currently have a P4 Prescott 3.7ghz running at 4.08ghz using a coolermaster cooler, I cant remember the name, but you can see it in that picture. It rarely goes over 40degrees C, which is typical operating temp.strav100 wrote: I am not bothered about the water cooling as long as the fans are super quiet (I do have a P4 Prescott processor at the moment and its roasting all the time - even the Zalman fan I have sounds like an aircraft on the runway.
I didn't say noisy, I said hot... they run very hot... and it might not be ideal for you if you are trying to keep things cool and quite. Anyway, The only real advantage you will get from 10,000 rpm drive is a quicker seek time.strav100 wrote: I didn't know the 10,000 rpm drivers were noisy - would 7200 rpm drives be OK as long as I have loads of RAM?
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