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| Thread ID: 88915 | 2008-04-14 10:58:00 | Lets build a PC 2008 (April) | Metla (12) | PC World Chat |
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| 658778 | 2008-12-10 07:07:00 | Whoops, I forgot to mention about the sound card, Ive put extra money aside for the sound card, so thats not a prob, the ones Im looking at are about $600, Im still deciding what kind of inputs Ill need, so the soundcard should be taken care of. Im just seeing if the above will do the job nicely. I also have extra funds set aside for actual hardware for the live instruments too. One thing that is left scratching my head to is speakers... | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 658779 | 2008-12-10 07:47:00 | Hi guys, Well for my music station so far I'm looking at this (for my budget), the one thing I dont much about is the PSU, any comments appreciated. INTEL Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz 4M 1333MHz 2 x 2GB DDR2 800MHZ RAM 4GB Total in dual channel mode.. Gigabyte Nvidia 8800GTS 512MB G92 PCI-E Video Card ASUS P5Q PRO, (Express Gate), ATX, INTEL LGA775 "Cooler Master" CM 690 Black nVidia SLi Ready no PSU Corsair 650WATT Power Supply Asus Dual Layer DVD Writer Black Western Digital WD VelociRaptor 300GB 3Gb/s 16MB Cache 10000rpm for OS and working.. Samsung 1t SATA2 HDD Storage drive Microsoft XP Pro OEM installed.. Still looking for sound stuff too but cant really spend much more, this is quoted for around 2700 The Q8200 is a useless quad IMO. Overclocking-wise, anyway. If I remember correctly, Q8200 at stock beats the Q6600 by about 3% or matches it in some things, but is not as overclockable as a Q6600, especially if your motherboard has a low FSB wall. My suggestion is change it for a cheaper Q6600 and grab a 4850 for slightly more. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 658780 | 2008-12-10 20:17:00 | Hmmm, I dont think I'd be overclocking, Im quite happy with the quad for what ill be using it for. I also had to stick with xp as vista doesnt like alot of music progs. | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 658781 | 2008-12-10 23:59:00 | As said before a Seagate HDD would be better. Plus maybe a 2nd 1TB drive in RAID mirroring, unless you've got another way to backup. 1TB is a lot of data to lose at once if the drive fails! |
stormdragon (6013) | ||
| 658782 | 2008-12-11 00:36:00 | Cheers will look into seagate, cheers | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 658783 | 2008-12-16 14:01:00 | Well got the 1t seagate. And soundblaster soundcard with a tascam mixer and spectrum analyzer/eq. Looking pretty cool! |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 658784 | 2008-12-25 21:55:00 | Well got the 1t seagate. And soundblaster soundcard with a tascam mixer and spectrum analyzer/eq. Looking pretty cool! Does it look cool because you put the drive in the freezer? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 658785 | 2008-12-25 21:57:00 | Does it look cool because you put the drive in the freezer? Heh! Funny you mention that, the case has the water cooler thingy. You really notice the differance in temp. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 658786 | 2008-12-25 22:38:00 | Heh! Funny you mention that, the case has the water cooler thingy. You really notice the differance in temp. How much difference is there? Did you watercool the drive? |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 658787 | 2008-12-26 00:46:00 | If anything the temp actually goes lower, although I havent actually used it very much to get a good run out of it. I will be giving it a good test when the rest of my music gears arrive. Then Ill be able to see if it is really is helpful or just a nice to have. I have noticed with my old pc the room temp used to increase slightly, the new one doesnt seem to affect it, 7 fans plus the watercool. | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
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