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Insurance settlement $$ comming, what do you think about this DAW?
wheelema
Boner-obo
I was going to do my part to let this thread die, but I just CAN'T pass up that post by RobertN.
The 'Creation Station' is a classic example of a generic PC that is pushed on the gulible computer-illterate artistic community. Slap a fancy name and a fancy price tag on a POS and, voila!, a new profit center.
Let's reverse engineer this thing piece by piece and see if we can come in under the incredible bargain price of ONLY $2999.97 (plus tax, shipping, and handling)...
This box, as specified, comes in UNDER $2400 and INCLUDES TWO 19" VIEWSONIC monitors. It has a superior mobo, processor, kick ASS memory, a CD-RW in addition to the DVD-RW, more HDD storage, a far FAR FAR better video adapter, and one of the best, and quietest, power supplies extant.
'nuff said
The 'Creation Station' is a classic example of a generic PC that is pushed on the gulible computer-illterate artistic community. Slap a fancy name and a fancy price tag on a POS and, voila!, a new profit center.
Let's reverse engineer this thing piece by piece and see if we can come in under the incredible bargain price of ONLY $2999.97 (plus tax, shipping, and handling)...
- Case
- i-Star D400L rack mounted case $200
- Four i-Star T-7 removable HDD racks $120
- Thermaltake W0049RUC Silent PurePower 680watt power supply $160
- Noise dampening case insulation by AcoustiPack $80
- Mobo, processor, memory
- Asus P5B Deluxe w/Intel 965 chipset motherboard (built-in WiFi) $250
- OCZ OCZ26672048ELGEGXT-K PC2-5400 675MHZ 2GB memory (1GB x 2) $180
- Intel Pentium D 960 (BX80553960) 3.6GHZ EM64T dual core processor $330
- Zalman CNPS9500 CPU cooler $60
- Media Drives
- Addonics 7-in-1 IDE DigiDrive w/4 media slots (does not use up a USB header) $55
- LiteOn SOHC-5236 black 52X/32X/52X CDRW+16X DVD $25
- LiteOn 16X SHM-165H6S LIGHTSCRIBE dual DVD Rewritable $37
- Western Digital 250GB CAVIAR SE16 WD2500KS 7200RPM 16MB SATA-300 (x2) Music HDD $250
- Western Digital 160GB WD1600JSRTL Caviar SATA-300 7200RPM O/S HDD $100
- Video
- Viewsonic 19" VA1912WB 1440X900 TFT LCD (BLACK) (x2) $415
- XFX GeForce 6800 XTREME 256MB $130
- Keyboards, mice, software
- Microsoft wireless optical Desktop Elite Executive Edition PS2/USB keyboard and mouse $50
- Microsoft WindowsXP Professional O/S $130
This box, as specified, comes in UNDER $2400 and INCLUDES TWO 19" VIEWSONIC monitors. It has a superior mobo, processor, kick ASS memory, a CD-RW in addition to the DVD-RW, more HDD storage, a far FAR FAR better video adapter, and one of the best, and quietest, power supplies extant.
'nuff said
anppilot
Never Act Like U Know All
So overall, You think this is a good setup ?