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Plan for new PC - comments please !
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:34 am
by sonicstrav
OK
This is a plan i've got so far::- (edited)
Case - Antec Titan (to fit Scope Pro)
CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12M Cache S775 1333MHZ
(Yorkfield - 45nm)
Motherboard - Asustek S775 Intel X38 ATX Audio Lan (Maximus Formula)
- based on Intel X38 chipset (2 normal PCI 2.2 slots)
or Gigabyte / DTI board
RAM - 4GB G.Skill DDR2 PC2-8000 PQ Series (5-5-5-15) Dual Channel kit
Hard Drives - Seagate Barracuda 750GB 7200RPM S300 32MB
Seagate Cheetah 15000 RPM 73GB U320 SCSI 3.5"
Comments please!
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:00 pm
by garyb
you won't be able to use more than 4gb ram for xp(with the /3GB switch), nor will you likely need to.
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:20 pm
by sonicstrav
I was thinking of 8Gb beacuse of the release of new Vista Drivers and Vista is more hungry for RAM.
Altough I prefer XP it might be a pre-requisite to have a Vista system if I want the PC to last 3-4 years without upgrading.
I'll have to see what happens when users start testing Vista SP1 with the new Scope 5 Vista drivers
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:23 pm
by siriusbliss
strav100 wrote:I was thinking of 8Gb beacuse of the release of new Vista Drivers and Vista is more hungry for RAM.
Altough I prefer XP it might be a pre-requisite to have a Vista system if I want the PC to last 3-4 years without upgrading.
I'll have to see what happens when users start testing Vista SP1 with the new Scope 5 Vista drivers
<take with a large dose of salt>
Why Vista sounds worse
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/20 ... technology
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:09 am
by hubird
you must be crazy if you switch to Vista, when I read thet...
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:16 am
by emphazer
audio automaticly emulated by software *urgh*
okay, the idea with vista 64 in the future died for me now...
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:05 pm
by sonicstrav
Yeah - my minds made up!
F**k Vista
- and its 4Gb of RAM
But I'm still looking forward to Scope 5.....I'll wait until the announcement!
And wait for XP SP3!
Thanks for the advice
BTW: I've used ASUS motherboards - does anyone like other brands?
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:17 pm
by zangsta
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BTW: I've used ASUS motherboards - does anyone like other brands?[/quote]
Look at Gigabyte as well..
Do a search here, and a few will show up that´s recommended.
Jörgen
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:29 pm
by siriusbliss
Just have Gary B. build a system for you and be done with it.
Saved me time and some studio downtime.
Greg
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:09 pm
by sonicstrav
No good as I'm in the UK
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:55 pm
by siriusbliss
updated my signature showing my system:
Good luck,
Greg
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:09 am
by sonicstrav
Thanks for your help