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[willow]

hi,

i recently bought a presario amd 64 and it had some random clicking in the audio. after trying to fix and then calling service and spending over two hours. i finally got them to take it back.

then someone told me that the suggested requirements for sonar are based on on track. when you start doing several tracks, then you should use a more powerful cpu. so, i started thing about the "duel-cores", then someone tells me that people have been having problems with these with compatibility problems with certain softwares.

so, i don't know what route to go? should i try another compaq 64 512, 200
(can i get by with this machine?) or should i try to save a bit more money and get a duel-core?

i know, i should get one built, but that is not possible for me right now. i need to buy one of these pre-built models right now. any suggestions, tips, or warnings about the 64 bit thing?

i will be getting a firewire non-powered mixing console also, so i won't have to worry about the generic stock sound card that comes on these, right?

any help on which of these prebuilts to get would be appreciated.

thanks

 

[Paul881]

hi,

i recently bought a presario amd 64 and it had some random clicking in the audio. after trying to fix and then calling service and spending over two hours. i finally got them to take it back.

then someone told me that the suggested requirements for sonar are based on on track. when you start doing several tracks, then you should use a more powerful cpu. so, i started thing about the "duel-cores", then someone tells me that people have been having problems with these with compatibility problems with certain softwares.

so, i don't know what route to go? should i try another compaq 64 512, 200
(can i get by with this machine?) or should i try to save a bit more money and get a duel-core?

i know, i should get one built, but that is not possible for me right now. i need to buy one of these pre-built models right now. any suggestions, tips, or warnings about the 64 bit thing?

i will be getting a firewire non-powered mixing console also, so i won't have to worry about the generic stock sound card that comes on these, right?

any help on which of these prebuilts to get would be appreciated.

thanks

Random clicking in audio is a pain to isolate - it depends on so many factors. The only real way of guaranteeing performance for music recording is to buy a lap top from a music PC specialist company. These guys have learnt through bitter experience what works and what doesn't - software, operating system setup, hardware etc.

I once used a Sony Vario and thse clicks and buzzes drove me to distraction until I systematically went through and isolated the cause - it was a software program running an updater plus a noisy power supply. Good luck!

 

[trenttati]

I'm running Sonar 4 PE on an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ on an nForce4 based motherboard with 2GB of RAM and using a Digi 002R as my interface. Recording and playback of multiple tracks (up to 30 playing back with 20+ plugins running) has been smooth as melting butter. That's with a buffer size of 128 or lower.

It's not the chip, it's probably something else in line. I love the Athlon 64's for bang-to-buck ratio. Sorry I can't be of much more help...

 

[willow]

duel cores?

has anyone tried the prebuilt duel-cores?

any problems?