I just bought a TC works Native Bundle plug-in set, a VST and Direct-X format bundle which I'm using with Cubase VST 3.7. I used a few plug-ins and and the PC is slowing up. I realize that processing and plug-ins tax the Processor (a Celeron running normally at 333) and the drive. The rest of my set-up is 128meg PC100 ram, Maxtor 7200 rpm 20 gig UDMA 33 Hard Drive which my dedicated drive for audio files.
OK now to my questions,I'm planning on upgrading my CPU to either a Pentium 3 600, or Celeron 600. Is there really any benefit with Pentium 3 vs. Celeron? Is there any benefit to using dual processors for audio?
I've read that defragging my hard drive will help performance (yes my 20 gig hard drive is about 1/2 full). Is this a substantial benefit? I've heard that I should back up all my audio files prior to doing this. I was planning on backing up to CD-r's (a lot of them I geuss). I was going to get Norton's Disc Doctor to do the defrag. Will I have to restore my files? Or is that only for precaution?
Please help!
Sincerely needing more power,
Tioshi
OK now to my questions,I'm planning on upgrading my CPU to either a Pentium 3 600, or Celeron 600. Is there really any benefit with Pentium 3 vs. Celeron? Is there any benefit to using dual processors for audio?
I've read that defragging my hard drive will help performance (yes my 20 gig hard drive is about 1/2 full). Is this a substantial benefit? I've heard that I should back up all my audio files prior to doing this. I was planning on backing up to CD-r's (a lot of them I geuss). I was going to get Norton's Disc Doctor to do the defrag. Will I have to restore my files? Or is that only for precaution?
Please help!
Sincerely needing more power,
Tioshi