^ can't you read the previous replies?

May i remind you of this topic:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...15&pagenumber=1

now please get out of here instead of posting stupid shit. The topicstarter doesn't want a mac. I'll contact you once anyone is askin for your opinion about a mac, untill that time please stay away from your pc/mac (or whatever) to avoid any more of these stupid low-intelligence kind of posts. Thank you.

And now for some usefull content. As said, hp isn't the best place to buy. As I'm looking through your specs it looks nice BUT you have no description of the most essential part... the Mainboard, which type is it, what FSB speed has it got, what kind of chipset. If the mainboard isn't good you can spend tons on upgrading all other stuff, but the actually advantage will be near to 0%. Thus: make sure you have a good mainboard and cpu to start with.

As for the soundcard, I wouldn't buy one from a regular store, they would probably recommend something along the lines of the creative audigy, which could be the beginning of an era of blue screens as I had. I would personally recommend to stay away from creative, you can buy cheaper but better cards if you look in some other threads in this forum.

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If less is more think about how much more more would be. -Frasier

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Originally posted by retrobyte The processor you chose is a good one, but keep in mind that not many programs are optimized for 64-bit processing yet - particularly audio applications. The only program I can think of offhand that can take advantage of that boost is Cakewalk Sonar. So even though it's a great chip, you're not going to everything you can out of it from the get go.

The fact that it is 64-bit is nothing to do with anything. 64-Bit is the future and all processors being made now by Intel and AMD are 64-bit compatible and work perfectly fine with 32-bit applications. They have advanced intregated memory controllers, thus making them alot faster in the long run. Athlon 64s are some of the most powerful desktop processors you can get at the moment.

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Originally posted by CJConstable The fact that it is 64-bit is nothing to do with anything. 64-Bit is the future and all processors being made now by Intel and AMD are 64-bit compatible and work perfectly fine with 32-bit applications. They have advanced intregated memory controllers, thus making them alot faster in the long run. Athlon 64s are some of the most powerful desktop processors you can get at the moment.

Id have to disagree, first of all on the part of all pentiums being 64 bit, which just isn't true, the amd processor has a 32bit emulator. Pentium hasn't. So no 64bit pentium processor would work on your current version of windows as it does on the AMD's. (actually it is the other way around, the normal windows xp wouldn't work on the pentium 64bit.)

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If less is more think about how much more more would be. -Frasier

so after further reading, i found out not all softwares work with the athlon 64 x2. cubase, fruity loops, sound forge... do any 64 owners run any of these programs? its really not worth buying this processor if i cant run these important programs.

p.s. does anyone know of the windows x64 or something?

LOL

Everything does work with athlon 64 processors, even if it is 32 bit.
With Pentium this is not the case.

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If less is more think about how much more more would be. -Frasier

If you plan on going with windows.

Build your own PC its alot cheaper then buying a brand new one from the shop.

I build's mine its just like putting lego together.

Buy a AMD DUAL CORE X2 64 4800 1mb cache, 2gb ram, asus sli motherboard and a good soundcard and ur sorted trust me dude this machine runs like a beast, i have ran loads of vsts and obviously u wont need that many but its great u haven't gotta worry about cpu problems or anything unless u use mega overload of instruments then it might break up a touch hehe but i got 1 of these pcs a few weeks back and i love it Ryan g has just brought 1 also and he recommends it. www.ryangrenz.com

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Originally posted by DigiNut Dell uses commodity-based purchasing, which means they buy massive quantities of whatever happens to be the best value at a given time in order to build their systems. They don't care about performance or reliability. This approach has actually proven better in the consumer market than HP, Gateway, etc., because those other companies don't even care about value, they simply buy the cheapest components they can find (often end-of-line or nearly-end-of-line) and cut corners wherever possible. That is why their pricing is so "cheap". Compaq and IBM do a better job in the server market. When it comes to consumer-oriented PCs, though, the only big company I've seen do a decent job is Alienware, and obviously the smaller computer stores. Don't buy mass-marketed consumer PCs, for any reason, under any circumstances. And if you do, don't say I didn't warn you.

my pc is a dell, never had any bother with it nor has any1 i know with a dell.

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Just wanted to say that a PC can't be fast enough for audio or video production. I thought I had it all sorted getting the fastest bastard I could find but I'm still very limited in CPU power. Don't be in a hurry to get a reasonably fast comp for a few bob less cash, save up for the real deal.

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Music has survived wars, famines, the plague and many other things and has evolved with man across many cultures. Dance music is just the next step in the evolutionary chain. My guess is that it will probably be with us untill we are extinced.

for 3k ill build you the ultimate music PC. Well providing you live in the states.

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