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Pentium or AMD ??? I have a problem!

Hi please help me with this!:..

I have a AMD 3200+ now...
And I use 10000RPM SATA harddrives....
I have 1500 Dual channel DDR rams...
Audiophile M-Audio 24/96 Sound card!....
And a Radeon X850XT 256mb
On a 575W PSU
And I run Win XP!..

The CPU doesn't handle anything to do with music making at all!:..
In games it runs soo smooth.... nothing is wrong at all!:.
But when producing.... It's crashes ... and it's restarting.. and so on!:..

It's like, if I use about 5 VST Plugin's Then the cpu runs at 100% at all time!:. and the sound qual gets crappy!:.

I am considering buying a new computer... Maybe buy the parts bundle..

What should I buy??? Hvat works??? Please help me out here guys!:.
Please give me a product!..

Motherboard: ?
CPU: ?
RAMS: ?

Thank you!:.

im producing on a 1.6 AMD with 256mb ram lol

Re: Pentium or AMD ??? I have a problem!

Try and make sure you haven't got any crap running in the background.

It's always a good idea to have your music apps installed on a separate hard drive with a separate installation of windows if you can - then do dual boot with your main drive with all of your games, apps etc on

Just keep your music drive to Windows (with service pack 2, but don't bother with any Windows updates after that and disable the ethernet adapter on that install of Windows), music software and samples etc.

Download any samples or anything from the net when booted up with your other install, virus check them, then stick them in a folder you can copy across when you're back on your music boot.

Re: Pentium or AMD ??? I have a problem!

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Originally posted by lite What should I buy???

the legal versions of the programs that you're using.

j/k lololol

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Originally posted by Inconspicuous the legal versions of the programs that you're using.

Anyway, basically, the two hot items right now are the Athlon 64 X2 and the Core 2 Duo. Personally, I'm getting the Core 2 Duo since I get a massive discount on it (I work for Best Buy). But both are very good.

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Originally posted by Inconspicuous the legal versions of the programs that you're using.

Cracked software makes fuck all difference 99% of the time... I know loads of people who get by without a single problem with a stack of illegal software...

Not saying it's right by any means and I don't encourage it, but saying that seems to be everyone's first reaction when they don't even have a clue whether the person they're talking to has legit software or not, made completely for the sake of trying to make yourself look good...

This isn't really supposed to be a personal attack, loads of people say it on here as the first response to "why doesn't my software work?", just thought I'd point out that it's rarely the problem and you don't achieve anything by saying it

better now?

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Originally posted by Stu Cox that seems to be everyone's first reaction when they don't even have a clue whether the person they're talking to has legit software or not

That's why I said it...'cuz I had no clue, and neither did anyone else who read that...and jokingly...guess too many people actually assume that...anyways...

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Originally posted by Stu Cox This isn't really supposed to be a personal attack

No worries.

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Originally posted by djkoolaide Personally, I'm getting the Core 2 Duo since I get a massive discount on it (I work for Best Buy).

I've had too many bad experiences with Intel to get anything from them for a while, but at the very least, that thing will make AMD drop their prices a whole lot, so

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Originally posted by Stu Cox Try and make sure you haven't got any crap running in the background.

It's more than likely this, but if you're still hellbent on building your own pc then go here. They sell everything you need to build your own computer.

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Originally posted by stevieboy32808 here

That place always seemed sketchy to me. Have you ever actually bought & received something from them?

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Originally posted by Inconspicuous That place always seemed sketchy to me. Have you ever actually bought & received something from them?

Yes sir I have and as Tony the Tiger would say: They'rreee Grrrreattt!
/lame joke

My parents bought me a couple hard drives as well as some other stuff from there which I forget at the moment. They also deliver nationwide and I think they have their own stores as well, but that's rare.

newegg.com > tigerdirect.com

new egg ftw. I will be making a shuttle PC soon with a good amount of space (have tons of space on my xbox) and running dual boot. 1 linux for checking email, surfing, blah blah blah, (dont know what distro yet) and 2 windows, 1 music production and 1 games.

Re: Pentium or AMD ??? I have a problem!

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Originally posted by lite I have a AMD 3200+ now... And I use 10000RPM SATA harddrives.... I have 1500 Dual channel DDR rams... Audiophile M-Audio 24/96 Sound card!.... And a Radeon X850XT 256mb On a 575W PSU And I run Win XP!..

damn..rocket PC...did you steal that one from NASA ?

Don't bother with Dual Core for music production. There isn't any music production software out there that can actually make full use of it.

Sounds to me like you need to take a look at what you have running in the background and may also need to invest in some RAM. RAM is one of the keys to being able to work with lots of stuff.

What VSTs are you using?

As Stu said you may well want to have to separate installations for games and music.

Cheers
Nem

Thank you all!... =)

I just got me the Intel Core 2 Duo, And PC6400 Dual channel Rams

I just tried it out with 20 VSt and 9 FX And it runs sooo smooth!:. Processor not over 30 %

So now Im using:

M-Audio 24/96 Sound Card.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Dual Core 1066Mhz FSB CPU... (I'm recommending it to everyone btw hehe Great cpu )
Corsair Dual channel (PC6400) 800Mhz RAM ... Also Very good performance!:.

Thanks... everyone!.. =)

I would say proper drivers for everything.

I don't really see any reason why it was crashing for you (besides possibly bad software).

It's always a good idea to make sure your computer is not running a bunch of random processes; I think mine boots up with around 32 (including antivirus and firewall (AVG free edition and Kerio/Sunbelt Personal). Even now, I have 37 running, and that includes lots of additional programs running.

Im suprised that it took untill the last post to point out what it is.
Make sure you are running good asio drivers.
And check the sample rate and latency.
Your probably running the soundcard at 96k with a latency of 1ms or something.

im ruiing a AMD 64X2 3800+ with 2gb of ram i need a new mobbo then im set. im an AMD fan tho so id say AMD FTW.

Don't forget about number of samples/buffer size.

I have mine at a decent value, around 2048 or 4096. Something like that.

I am not a sound/producing expert, though.

dude,

stop visiting pr0n sites, and do something about that trojan and spyware shit.

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