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___psyrage
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Posted : Jul 3, 2001 00:13:21
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hey guys i was just wondering .. what would be better for music creation/recording AMD or INTEL? |
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___bilbobagginz
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Posted : Jul 3, 2001 03:16:41
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it's not only the CPU: the motherboard is important too, if u use scsi interface,what controller, what kind/how much ram.
IMHO amd now is better: faster and cheaper.
if u intend to buy a new pc, i'd choose now amd.
but if u already have an intel board :) u'r in deep sh#t like me: i'll have to wait until i'm able of replacing both processor & the board.
but don't forget to take care the board has no soundcard on it, and that u get a good audio card.
cheerz
cheers.
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___psyrage
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Posted : Jul 3, 2001 03:58:29
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i don't have a big budget..
i have p2-450 , 64ram ... which is kinda lausy<--
hope its spelled correctly ;)...
anyway .. i dont think its enaugh.. i gotta get an additional 7200rpm hdd, proccesor, board, soundcard..
cubase doesnt run smothly on my computer :( especially when i connect my synth to the midi interface.. :(
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___fredrik
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Posted : Jul 3, 2001 12:04:05
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a link to rme tech info
http://www.rme-audio.de/english/techinfo/lola/lola.htm
i think its very good info and psyrage, i would start with some x-tra RAM |
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___PsyTom
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Posted : Jul 3, 2001 20:10:02
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Well, i'm definitely on the AMD side. As Bilbo said, it's stronger (Athlon 1.33 Ghz has been proved stronger than P4 1.7) and cheaper.
Oh, and AMD processors goes well with the majority of the sound cards (Echo sound cards are great along with AMD), except for Digidesign cards (but don't worry, you're not gonna use them, not in the near future at least ;-)).
Tom.
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___MichaelA
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Posted : Jul 3, 2001 18:30:35
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Some imporant things:
Your motherboard must have ATA-100 interface (or get SCSI, but it's much more expensive). Audio uses a lot of hard disk work, and you want it to be fast. 7200 rpm HD is a minimum. Get as much more RAM as possible. If you're going for AMD, and you can afford it, get DDR memory. It's faster. Another thing about AMD motherboards: some of them got a FireWire (IEEE-1394) interface. It's like a super-USB. It will get more common in the future as Yamaha's mLan gets more popular and more things will work on it.
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___psyrage
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Posted : Jul 4, 2001 04:22:49
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thanks alot guys
sum it up:
ata100 board
amd 1.3
7200rpm hdd
ddr mem
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___MichaelA
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Posted : Jul 4, 2001 18:29:28
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DDR Memory only if you can afford it. And a board with 1394 if you can find it. |
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___Trip-
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Posted : Jul 6, 2001 18:41:40
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I suggest you get a DDR only motherboard. That way the motherboard will work the fastest way. 266mhz bus is simply fast - so I don't think it would matter if you have 1.2, 1.3 or 1ghz processor... (except for those CPU eating progs).
the faster the BUS, the faster everything will work, so if you have 512mb of RAM, u won't really need a fast HD like SCSI. get the 7200 ata 100 to settle with that. another thing is the video card which somehow affects the cpu - get a geforce2 32mb at least - that way the card won't use the cpu at all(almost). have fun.
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___psyrage
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Posted : Jul 11, 2001 05:52:27
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intresting how much $$$ i hafta invest... lol |
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___PsyTom
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Posted : Jul 11, 2001 23:07:35
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Hey,
Emm, I'm not quite sure DDR memories are currently worth the investment here in Israel. Most of the performence gain comes from the 266mh FSB frequency. And to enjoy that benefit with regular SDRAM, you only need a motherboard that supports it (Read: Uses the KT133A chipset), such as the ASUS A7V133.
Note that in the US of A DDR prices are currently almost eqaual to the prices of SDRAM.
As for the hard disk drive, I personally recommend the IBM 60GXP drive, codename "Erikson". They come in doubles of 20GB, up to 60GB I believe. Notice that the 60GXP is newer and more advanced than the 75GXP model. This drive is 7200RPM and has 2 MB of disk cache. I highly recommend it. Since audio editing indeed demands a state-of-the-art data storage system, you might want to consider a RAID 1 setup. The ASUS A7V133 mobo I recommended contains an on-board 3rd party ATA100 RAID controller (made by Promise).
In regards to motherboards that use the FireWire (IEEE-1394), the only motherboards I know of that support it are the AOPEN AK73Pro 1394. It's a good motherboard, a friend of mine has it and he's very pleased, but you might want to consider getting the ASUS A7V133 and adding a FireWire card instead.
Cheers,
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___alienhand
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Posted : Jul 17, 2001 11:40:06
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if you have analog equipment (sampler, synth) it's enough if you have p2 450! but update your ram to a minimum 128 mb (if you want to use w2k, upgrade to 256mb). spend more money for expensive ram than for a cpu.
and as mike already wrote... it's always good if you have a fast hd.
and to the topic of this mail tread... go for AMD.
1. cheaper, 2. the technology is on a diffrent way the same / better as INTEL, 3. intel is working together with ms.
cheers pj |
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