I absolutely had enough of my HP Pavilion Athlon 1.66ghz laptop. Just won't cut it these days. I was trying to record Vocals and Guitar w/ my toneport plus ez drummer playing in the background with Sonar 4xl and every time after 20 secs in it would dropout on me. Way to bogged down so i did a clean install but even still this computer is too outdates probably going on 6 years. Upgrade NEEDED badly.
1. So, I'm thinking of building a new computer that can handle my needs.
Probably going to base the DAW around Core 2 Quad Q6600 or higher. The Q6600 is 2.4GHz and has FSB of 1066MHz or do think it is worth to get the Q9550 with 2.83GHz and a FSB of 1333MHz. Both say they come with heatsink fans. Are those good or would i need to buy a better one?
2. I'm also kinda confused on which MOBO would be compatible I mean what are the key specs i should be comparing. I heard ASUS are good boards to go along with Intel.
3. What is needed for a Video card? I see 128 bits to 256 bits whats the difference? Also how much memory should be more then enough in a DAW, 128, 256, 512MB. What should i be looking for in compatibility with the Mobo
4. Power Supplies, which ones are good out there and how much Watts would be enough 500? less/more?
5. Cases, I kinda was eyeing an Antec nine hundred or twelve hundred. Any experience with these
6. I see a lot of people using dual monitors is this really worth it or would a widescreen LCD 22 or 24 inch suffice. What monitors are good out there?
Im gonna def put in 2 seperate hard drive (7200rpm). One for the os, apps, vst and another for saving my work on
Gonna stick to XP home and use 4 gigs of ram and i know it only uses about 3.2 but incase i upgrade later to windows 7 when it comes out ill be ready.
Is 800 a good speed for the ram or do i need to go higher to 1066 or 1333
I know its a lot but its hard to find specific answers when doing a search. Any help is greatly appreciated.
1. So, I'm thinking of building a new computer that can handle my needs.
Probably going to base the DAW around Core 2 Quad Q6600 or higher. The Q6600 is 2.4GHz and has FSB of 1066MHz or do think it is worth to get the Q9550 with 2.83GHz and a FSB of 1333MHz. Both say they come with heatsink fans. Are those good or would i need to buy a better one?
2. I'm also kinda confused on which MOBO would be compatible I mean what are the key specs i should be comparing. I heard ASUS are good boards to go along with Intel.
3. What is needed for a Video card? I see 128 bits to 256 bits whats the difference? Also how much memory should be more then enough in a DAW, 128, 256, 512MB. What should i be looking for in compatibility with the Mobo
4. Power Supplies, which ones are good out there and how much Watts would be enough 500? less/more?
5. Cases, I kinda was eyeing an Antec nine hundred or twelve hundred. Any experience with these
6. I see a lot of people using dual monitors is this really worth it or would a widescreen LCD 22 or 24 inch suffice. What monitors are good out there?
Im gonna def put in 2 seperate hard drive (7200rpm). One for the os, apps, vst and another for saving my work on
Gonna stick to XP home and use 4 gigs of ram and i know it only uses about 3.2 but incase i upgrade later to windows 7 when it comes out ill be ready.
Is 800 a good speed for the ram or do i need to go higher to 1066 or 1333
I know its a lot but its hard to find specific answers when doing a search. Any help is greatly appreciated.