Plan for new PC - comments please !

sonicstrav · Post by **sonicstrav** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:34 am

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!

Post by **garyb** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:00 pm

you won't be able to use more than 4gb ram for xp(with the /3GB switch), nor will you likely need to.

sonicstrav · Post by **sonicstrav** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:20 pm

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

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:23 pm

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

Post by **hubird** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:09 am

you must be crazy if you switch to Vista, when I read thet...

emphazer · Post by **emphazer** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:16 am

audio automaticly emulated by software *urgh*

okay, the idea with vista 64 in the future died for me now...

sonicstrav · Post by **sonicstrav** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:05 pm

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?

zangsta · Post by **zangsta** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:17 pm

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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

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:29 pm

Just have Gary B. build a system for you and be done with it.

Saved me time and some studio downtime.

Greg

sonicstrav · Post by **sonicstrav** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:09 pm

No good as I'm in the UK

siriusbliss · Post by **siriusbliss** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:55 pm

updated my signature showing my system:
Good luck,

Greg

sonicstrav · Post by **sonicstrav** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:09 am

Thanks for your help