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| Dj Yoel Culiner |
I need some feedback from you guys :)
Very soon I might buy a AMD mother board and CPU
and I'v had some thoughts about it, but I would like some feed back from you too...
AMD Athlon 64 3200
Asus SK8N nForce 3 Pro150 Motherboard
What do you say????
I need something powerful for producing seriously....
Is this good or is it too much?????
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| Subtle |
it is never too much.. thats for sure...
Im upgrading my computer from AMD 2500+ to AMD 64 3200+ using the same RAM (1024) |
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| ZxZDeViLZxZ |
| when building any computer the main issue i can not stress enough is to make sure your ram is the best. this might not allways mean the most expensive but in most casses it does. my advice search google for posts on what kind of ram to buy and sift trhough about 20 or 30 of them and then go with what the majority says. when using a 64bit cpu the kind of ram can really mean the differnce in a computer or a stable computer... for example i build custom computers and sell them and quite offten the main issue i get from people is that they went to office depot bought a stick of 512mb for 70bux and stuck it in their box and now it runs fast but it still s up at time. main issue is mixed ram speed mixed kinds and so on. its possible to run 2 differnt speeds of ram in the same machine sometimes but it will require you to setup the ram configuration differntly. it varies on all motherboards. the only brand of ram i sugggest is corsair. theres a reason why the price tag on it is hefty and thats becuase its the best. |
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| Rob |
| The problem with going over to a Atlon 64 is the Dual Channel RAM issue. Basically, you'll need and EVEN amount of IDENTICALsticks of RAM to fill the RAM banks on the motherboard(only if it's a dual channel mobo tho). You can't just fill one bank, or otherwise it won't work. You can't fill one with 512, and the other one with 256, or it won't work. That being said, I think a few A64 mobos have single channel functionality, although it is slower. |
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| Dj Yoel Culiner |
I think I'm going to stick with what I found and buy two
512 Kingston ram... |
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| Derivative |
if you need something powerful for producing you'll want the fastest CPU money can buy, the biggest hard disk you can afford cuz you are gonna be rendering one HELLUVA lot of 32 bit wavs and thats gonna eat HD space like you wouldnt believe. as a consequence of getting a faster CPU you will also want alot of fast memory to prevent bottlenecking.
the CPU is the most important, since your CPU will be playing your synths and samples and effects in realtime when you monitor your tracks. this is an enormous strain on your CPU. alot of people add a few zetas + effects and thats enough to cripple most PCs under the strain. the more strain placed by CPU load the more stuttered and jumpy your track will play back. your mouse will become jerky and in some cases your PC will just crash. either way, at high CPU loads (80% +) it becomes very hard to monitor what you are creating.
more memory for the purposes of production allows you to load more VSTis, effects and samples into RAM although its highly unlikely you'll use up even 512MB of RAM before it starts to kill your computer under the CPU load. i have 1.6ghz P4 with 512MB RAM. the RAM is fairly slow. CAS latency 3. just your bog standard cheapo RAM. and yet its never been the RAM that has been the limiting factor. always the CPU gives way before i encounter any problems from lack of memory. always.
audio interface wise, anything that has stable ASIO drivers is a must. if you dont plan on using hardware at all dont even bother going for those big rackmounted 10 in 10 out ADAT monsters - you aint gonna use either of those features if you dont have a load of hardware or if you dont plan on ever getting a load of hardware. it wont ease CPU load. it wont process audio any faster and tbh it doesnt really make much difference in terms of the playback quality either. |
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