On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:23 AM, killingstar <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:killingstar@gmx.net">killingstar@gmx.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi Peter,<br>
I am planing a similar system on my own, cheap and powerfull.<br>
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3,0 GHz<br>
The Wolfdale series is still quite powerfull and you can get it cheap.<br>
With the right motherboard and fast RAM you'll get a nice system.<br>
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I want to try a motherboard that supports DDR3-1333, but i read DDR2<br>
isn't so much slower.<br>
I want to try an Asrock P45DE3 (Sound, G-LAN, SATA2).<br>
This motherboard is able to be overclocked to 1600 Mhz RAM.<br>
Asrock is cheap and they are getting goods reviews at the moment.<br>
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As video card i use a ATI Radeon 4650. This is enough power for my<br>
needs. I think you can choose what you like but check if the driver is<br>
good supported by the linux community.<br>
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I hope this will help you a little.<br>
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Cheers<br>
KrypTom<br>
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2011/2/21 Peter Nodiff <<a href="mailto:admin@rhythmrevolution.net">admin@rhythmrevolution.net</a>><br>
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> 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.<br>
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> 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.<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>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... <div>
<br></div><div>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...<br clear="all">
<br>-- <br>MH<div><br><a href="http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/" target="_blank">http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/</a></div><div><a href="http://wnclug.ourproject.org/" target="_blank">http://wnclug.ourproject.org/</a></div>
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