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Posted by Mane on Jul-11-2005 08:56:

Computer Update

Hello
I was wondering if someone could help me to choose updates to my computer i need it to making music only), Ive already have :
epox 8rda (nvidia nforce 2)
amd athlon 2200+
512 ram 333
sblive 1024
rivatnt2 (but i dont need better for making music )
codegen 300w

any help would be great

cheers

Lukas

Posted by Rob on Jul-11-2005 09:48:

You could start by buying a harddrive

Posted by Mane on Jul-11-2005 11:52:

heheh lol i thought its obvious ive got hdd

Posted by Storyteller on Jul-11-2005 13:22:

maybe a bit more RAM memory if you use a lot of software samplers (kontakt/atmosphere etc etc).

A better/faster processor would be nice too, 2200 is doable if you install your system properly, I'm still not having any problems with my 2500+ processor.

And most important imo, a better sound card, low latency is nice, low price is even better. M-audio audiophile 2496 is the cheapest solution out there with great quality.

Posted by staticblue on Jul-11-2005 14:14:

get some DDR and a sound card ???

but you didnt tell us how much money you were going to spend

Posted by Mane on Jul-11-2005 14:53:

yeah i would like to know what is the best and not the most expensive :P i was thinkg about buy sound card + midi keyboard instead of better proceor with mother board? or maybe its bad idea?

Posted by staticblue on Jul-11-2005 15:36:

well if you have CPU speed problems, then you'd better get a more powerful CPU yes

a keyboard is not necessary to produce, but if you dont have enough power you are "limited" to a certain number of instruments or FX.

Posted by syk0 on Jul-12-2005 07:06:

More RAM almost always makes a computer run faster.
Do you have good speakers?
You might want to get a SATA hdd if you don't have one yet. If you do have one, you could add two more and configure RAID 5. Hardware based RAID is best.

Posted by Rob on Jul-12-2005 09:25:

The epox 8rda doesn't have SATA connectors tho.

The cheapest noticeable performance upgrade would be to get an Socket A Athlon XP 3000. It's still compatible with that motherboard.

Posted by Mane on Jul-12-2005 10:11:

ok thx for all help really apreciate

Posted by Mycron on Jul-12-2005 10:27:

cool mane, looking forward to the release of your ep at real music

Posted by Mane on Jul-12-2005 11:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Mycron
cool mane, looking forward to the release of your ep at real music

thx i am a bit nervous about that tho