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| Woody4eva |
I wasn't sure exactly where to post this question, but seen as this is my most commonly visited forum, I'm posting it here.
I have reasonably good computer:
AMD Athlon XP
1.67GHz
256 MB of RAM
But when I really get into a song, which includes alot of VSTs (I use FL), it reaches the cpu limit and I have to export some VST lines as .wav's to save cpu. What I want to do is increase the cpu of my computer, so it's more powerful and I can go on creating without these issues. Is there anyone that knows what they're talking about, who can advice me on a way of doing this? |
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| RiCo |
| Get a faster CPU that'll fit in your motherboard slot. Or get a new motherboard with a faster CPu, and lots of ram...very necesarr. :) |
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| Woody4eva |
| So what's a good speed, or is it just the more the better? Can you recommend any particular brands? |
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| Thunder5 |
Get atleast AMD athlon xp 2600+ B, do not get the 2700+ TB, because it has 256KB L2 cache, 2600 has 512KB cache... Do not overclock because in creates stability problems.
At least 1024MB (Kingston is a good brand and Corsair) of ram, more the better. :)
Good soundcard which can process the sound efficiently (Creative cards wont do). |
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| Woody4eva |
Cheers Thunder, that's a big help!
I bought a Creative SoundBlaster Audigy about a year ago, and I've had no problems with it. But you say it's not good enough? What's a better one to get?
Oh and what's overclock mean? |
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| Thunder5 |
Heard a lot good about M-Audio delta series. Some RME cards are also said to be good.
There are few threads about different soundcards. Go through them to see what people think and have experienced.
But I think that the soundcard isn't your biggest problem now.. :)
Overclocking = running your processor at a speed faster than it's rated. Most processors can run faster than their rated speed with some sacrifice of reliability. |
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| KilldaDJ |
dude u got the same setup as me
amd athlon xp2000+
well ur mobo should support up to a 3000+ get urself one of those |
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| Woody4eva |
I did a search for AMD athlon xp 2600+ B but they all seem to have Ram in the 200's.
Where's the best place to buy it with alot of RAM.
I'm really quite a novice when it comes to going inside computers.
Reading the specifications for my motherboard it says:
CPU Socket:
-Support AMD Athlon 700MHz~1.4GHz processor.
-Support AMD Athlon 600MHz~1.3GHz processor.
-Support AMD Athlon XP1500+~XP2200+ processor.
-Support 200MHz/266MHz (Double Data Rate) Front Side Bus frequency processors.
It all just got too complicated for me. :eek: |
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| SOLTRI |
check out this link. It's the lists the parts for builiding the The Allenstein Machine (a digi approved box). It's comforting to know that other people have tried this set up for music production.. I'm sure some of you would recommend different components
http://duc.digidesign.com/showflat....b=5&o=7&fpart=1 |
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| Woody4eva |
I dunno, that doesn't really help, and some of the links don't work. I certainly wouldn't buy any of that. Thunder was more along the right lines with his earlier repsonse.
So i'm basically after an AMD Athlon 2600+ and 1024MB of RAM. But I haven't got a clue what I specifically have to do to get this... :conf:
Is this the thing? But then that only has 256KB of RAM, so how do you upgrade that? And is there anything you need to check compatability-wise before you use it on your system?
It isn't very expensive so I wouldn't mind spending a bit more for the 3200+ or whatever, but what would that entail? |
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| SOLTRI |
you have to know the specs on your current mobo,
what kind of ram does it support, ddr or sdram?
you also have to know if your board can support the cpu.
Go to the manufacture's website and look up your board and it'll tell you what you can use.
check out pricewatch.com for prices...damn, you're in england, that won't help |
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| Woody4eva |
Is this what you're talking about?
This is all so confusing. |
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