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Hi
I'm going to buy a new computer soon for audio work. I will record
music on it, especially acoustic instruments with a microphone, like
wind and string instruments. I won't do much MIDI work.
I need advice on parts for the computer.
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 939
Motherboard: This is the most problematic part. I have a few options.
Gigabyte, which is relatively inexpensvie and have the Nforce3 chipset.
Asus which is more expensive but I think they only have the Nforce4
chipset, which I'm not sure I need.
Abit which I heard many good things about, but they only use the Via
chipset, and I was told to go with the Nvidia chipset.
MSI which has both Via and Nvidia Nforce3. A little expensive.
I understand some motehrboards won't work with some memories or
graphics cards etc. How do I know what works? (For example I was told
Gigabyte motherboards only supposrt graphics cards that work with 1.5V
and not 0.8V)
Memeory cards: I'll use 2 X 512MB (1GB total RAM) of PC3200/400 DDR
SDRAM. I'll buy either Corsair or Kingston, the first being more
expensive. Is there a real difference between CL2 and CL2.5, or I won't
notice much difference? How do I match the right memories to the
motherboard?
Graphics card: What is the difference between AGP and PCI Express? I
saw some motherboards have an AGP slot, and some have PCI Express, or
did i miss something?
I'll probably go with the Nvidia FX5200 by either Gigabyte or Asus. I
don't think I need a very good graphics card (I won't play any games or
even have internet on this computer).
Hard drives: Two hard drives, one 80GB, and one 120GB. Options are WD
or Seagate. Which is better or quieter?
DVD burner: NEC 3520A. Do I need another CD drive or will this be
enough? (What I'll do is listen to CDs, watch DVDs, and burn CDs and
DVDs, I think this drive can do all this right?)
Any recommendations on case and power supply, or any is ok? I hope to
make the computer pretty quiet, but I don't want to spend too much
money on that. I understand some people change the CPU fan to a quieter
one, and that there are special cases and quiet power supplies.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much
Nitai
Hi
I'm going to buy a new computer soon for audio work. I will record
music on it, especially acoustic instruments with a microphone, like
wind and string instruments. I won't do much MIDI work.
I need advice on parts for the computer.
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ socket 939
Motherboard: This is the most problematic part. I have a few options.
Gigabyte, which is relatively inexpensvie and have the Nforce3 chipset.
Asus which is more expensive but I think they only have the Nforce4
chipset, which I'm not sure I need.
Abit which I heard many good things about, but they only use the Via
chipset, and I was told to go with the Nvidia chipset.
MSI which has both Via and Nvidia Nforce3. A little expensive.
I understand some motehrboards won't work with some memories or
graphics cards etc. How do I know what works? (For example I was told
Gigabyte motherboards only supposrt graphics cards that work with 1.5V
and not 0.8V)
Memeory cards: I'll use 2 X 512MB (1GB total RAM) of PC3200/400 DDR
SDRAM. I'll buy either Corsair or Kingston, the first being more
expensive. Is there a real difference between CL2 and CL2.5, or I won't
notice much difference? How do I match the right memories to the
motherboard?
Graphics card: What is the difference between AGP and PCI Express? I
saw some motherboards have an AGP slot, and some have PCI Express, or
did i miss something?
I'll probably go with the Nvidia FX5200 by either Gigabyte or Asus. I
don't think I need a very good graphics card (I won't play any games or
even have internet on this computer).
Hard drives: Two hard drives, one 80GB, and one 120GB. Options are WD
or Seagate. Which is better or quieter?
DVD burner: NEC 3520A. Do I need another CD drive or will this be
enough? (What I'll do is listen to CDs, watch DVDs, and burn CDs and
DVDs, I think this drive can do all this right?)
Any recommendations on case and power supply, or any is ok? I hope to
make the computer pretty quiet, but I don't want to spend too much
money on that. I understand some people change the CPU fan to a quieter
one, and that there are special cases and quiet power supplies.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much
Nitai