To build a PC, what hardware to run Ubuntu Studio fast without overspending?

Mike Holstein mikeh789 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 23 17:59:50 UTC 2011


On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:23 AM, killingstar <killingstar at gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
> I am planing a similar system on my own, cheap and powerfull.
>
> Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3,0 GHz
> The Wolfdale series is still quite powerfull and you can get it cheap.
> With the right motherboard and fast RAM you'll get a nice system.
>
> I want to try a motherboard that supports DDR3-1333, but i read DDR2
> isn't so much slower.
> I want to try an Asrock P45DE3 (Sound, G-LAN, SATA2).
> This motherboard is able to be overclocked to 1600 Mhz RAM.
> Asrock is cheap and they are getting goods reviews at the moment.
>
> As video card i use a ATI Radeon 4650. This is enough power for my
> needs. I think you can choose what you like but check if the driver is
> good supported by the linux community.
>
> I hope this will help you a little.
>
> Cheers
> KrypTom
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> 2011/2/21 Peter Nodiff <admin at rhythmrevolution.net>
> >
> > What hardware would run Ubuntu Studio fast? I don't wan't to buy an i7 or
> Phenom II if a dual core or Athlon with 8gigs ram would run within 10% the
> speed at half the price for parts! I want to be able to run 2 or 3 apps
> simultaneously without slowing the PC down. I've built a PC before using a
> good 650 watt power supply, multiple cooling fans, and a generic 512mb video
> card.
> >
> > I am looking for a seasoned user to recommend what: CPU, motherboard/ram
> bus speeds, amount of ram, which video card(s), and anything else to build a
> PC from parts at Newegg or similar.
> >
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working with video would take quite a bit more power... using JACK for
realtime effects processing, or live software synths, really anything that
would require super low latency might require more of a machine too... other
than that, MIDI is really not that much information to process...
multi-tracking with ardour and JACK, recording anolog instruments with
a reasonable latency setting, not that challenging... when you start getting
into mixing and running a lot of processor intensive plugins, a faster box
could really come in handy too... i think for the most part, anything with
multiple cores should be more than adequate for audio work, with faster P4
being kinda on the low end of that spectrum... i have a dual core box with
3gb ram that came to me for recovering some data for a friend... it has
plenty of pep for my audio needs (i dont really do video).. before that i
had a P4 with a gig of ram, something in the 2.4ghz range... i found that
machine to be quite adequate as well...

if i were building an audio rig, i would be more into the sound of the
hardware... a nice quiet cool case.. quiet hard drives, or something that
could be tucked away in a rack in a closet or quiet cool space somewhere...
i find searching home theater PC sites to be helpful, since the needs are
similar (quiet, yet powerful)... i could imagine a video guy appreciating a
quieter rig as well... maybe a friendly VGA card that supports dual monitors
really well out of the box, if thats your thing...

-- 
MH

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