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"Dave" <davehowey@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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> jpsga wrote:
>> "Dave" <davehowey@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>I have been (amazingly) surviving with a celeron 400 mhz for years now.
>>>However, the time has come for an upgrade. I use my PC to do music (with
>>>logic audio) and I'm fed up with only coping with one or two effects at
>>>once!!
>>>
>>>I'm looking at the AMD 64 and Asus Socket 754 motherboards on
>>>www.overclockers.co.uk but I'm still a bit baffled for choice.. there are
>>>so many options, do I go for K8N, E, S, VSE... and for processor, I think
>>>'newcastle' is my core of choice, but is there much point in getting 3000
>>>instead of 2800?
>>>
>>>I'm looking to spend about £200-£250 for m'board, processor and 512mb RAM
>>>so any suggestions would be appreciated. I am not bothered about onboard
>>>audio, but most motherboards seem to come with it nowadays anyway.
>>>
>>>Any advice much appreciated!
>>>Thanks
>>>Dave
>>
>>
>> K8N looks like the board for you. The others include RAID controllers and
>> NIC's ( network interface circuits) and some over clocking features.
>> Things that are interesting if you are interested, but are expensive.
>>
>> JPS
>
> p.s. also, any comments on the relative performance of Nvidia versus VIA
> chipsets for motherboards? I heard in the early days (about 2 years ago)
> that some of the new motherboards for newer AMD processors had problems..
> what is hypertransport, by the way?
>
> aaargh.. back in the late 90s I though I was well on top of all this
> stuff! in the last few years I seem to have slipped behind a bit in the
> knowledge
>
> D
Lets face it Dave, your not a speed freak. Using a 400mhz celeron in 2005
would have put most of us in Bedlam!!
I was even surprised that you were looking at 64 CPU. They are expensive and
bring very little increase in through-put. All software you and I run was
compiled into 32bit code. The 64bit software includes a 32bit emulator so it
will run our programs.
Hypertransport is the bus and the speed with which the north bridge
communicates with the CPU. The 64 bit CPUs communicate directly with memory
as opposed to 32 bit system were the north bridge did that job supplied the
CPU with memory data on demand from the CPU. So currently available chip
sets are about equal in performance and are judged by what other function
they support. Usually in the area of high speed 3D graphics,
A SATA drive has the ability to supply data from /to the drive in a
serially. This allows a smaller cable and gets around the problems
associated with the old EIDE and the LBA scheme. Speed wise, a SATA drive
and a PATA drive are about the same.
A substantial increase in sustained read/write speeds come when you build
a RAID 0 array with two SATA drives. This is a feature worth spending a few
pounds sterling on as it does enhance through-put.
As to your current drive, it will do fine on the standard EIDE controller.
Yes the standard EIDE interface is an AT Attachment (aka ATA). But it is 3
years old. Just one of the good reasons to Maxtor.
As you tell from my very biased and opinionated comments I have little
respect for 64 CPUs, there day is coming but it is not here. If you like
the 64 idea move to the 939pin AMD unit. Better memory control with dual
channel and allows less expensive memory.
I have had great success with RAID 0. Using music files (.WAV and .WMA)
as well as photographic work with .TIF and JPG.
Jim
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