Hello,
I'm yet another one assembling my first homemade computer, to be used primarily for recording audio (DAW), and maybe a little video editing and Photoshop, but no gaming. I think I've narrowed down my components, and would really appreciate any advice/thoughts and potential compatibility issues. I'm going for pretty good speed and (obviously) as quiet as reasonably possible.
I already have:
Antec P180 case
Asus A8V Deluxe mobo
What I'm thinking of getting:
CPU: AMD X2 4400
Cooling: Scythe Ninja + Arctic Silver
Video Card: Matrox P650
Power: Seasonic S12 500w (for future power needs, and I currently have a PCI powered 8-channel audio interface [Aardvark Q10])
RAM: 2 GB Corsiar TwinX2048 3200C2
Hard Drives: Seagate NL35 ST3250623NS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150,
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3300622AS 300GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
Also if anyone can recommend a good combo DVD/CD drive, preferably dual layer, with as much compatibility as possible (DVD+/-RW, DVD+/-R, CD+/-RW, etc.). I was looking at the Pioneer DVR-R100?
Is there anything I've left out? Will I need additional/replacement fans? What kind?
Thank you very much for any advice or help!
I'm yet another one assembling my first homemade computer, to be used primarily for recording audio (DAW), and maybe a little video editing and Photoshop, but no gaming. I think I've narrowed down my components, and would really appreciate any advice/thoughts and potential compatibility issues. I'm going for pretty good speed and (obviously) as quiet as reasonably possible.
I already have:
Antec P180 case
Asus A8V Deluxe mobo
What I'm thinking of getting:
CPU: AMD X2 4400
Cooling: Scythe Ninja + Arctic Silver
Video Card: Matrox P650
Power: Seasonic S12 500w (for future power needs, and I currently have a PCI powered 8-channel audio interface [Aardvark Q10])
RAM: 2 GB Corsiar TwinX2048 3200C2
Hard Drives: Seagate NL35 ST3250623NS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache Serial ATA150,
Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 ST3300622AS 300GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
Also if anyone can recommend a good combo DVD/CD drive, preferably dual layer, with as much compatibility as possible (DVD+/-RW, DVD+/-R, CD+/-RW, etc.). I was looking at the Pioneer DVR-R100?
Is there anything I've left out? Will I need additional/replacement fans? What kind?
Thank you very much for any advice or help!