Any advice for new PC ?

Jim M3 · Messages: 3,197 Registration: 02.28.2001

I checked all the treads and decided to go and buy: -INTEL ROCK LAKE D865PERL, HT, 400/533/800, DC DDR266/333/400 4GB max., 2xSATA+2xIDE, AGP8X -INTEL. PENTIUM 4 2,800 GHZ (800Mhz) 512K -512 MB PC400 DDR VIKING or 512 MB SDRAM DIMM (133MHz) ??? some help here -ATI RADEON 9200 SE,DDR 128MB -WD80 G HD 8mb I hope that will be ok for my oo2R Any sugestions ... should I change anithing...

timers-88-325i · Messages: 355 Registration: 06.06.2001

They look fine. The problems arise with Unsupported chipsets, FW drives, slow drives nad IRQ conflicts. The same system configured the same way may behave differently. Unless you have clearly unsupported hardware, with some fiddling usually work fine.

m34ever · Messages: 42 Registration: 05.01.2001

I got this one: Asus P4C800 Deluxe FSB 800Mhz Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz 2Gb Ram DDR 400Mhz 2xIDE 80GB Combo DVD-CD/RW It works perfectly.

derbim · Messages: 239 Registration: 12.13.2003

I went AMD 64 and have not looked back once.

Hornswoggler · Messages: 2,422 Registration: 01.19.2003

Ok he asked for it. Hea hea Docta Docta give me the news, there's an Athlon 64 3400 waiting to be built by yous. Once it is finished you will wondering why, it took you so long to give Athlon a try. Because the truth is when its all said and done, the Davec score is P4 32+10, and the Athlon is 32+ 31. Now some may say big deal who needs all that power, tell that to your old lady when you get in the shower. YOu want something big and strong and doesn't sqwauk or bitch, when you hit 21 reverbs and want to play with the pitch. My advice to you is this my man, let the boys play with that P4 and don't be a fan. What you want is a system that kicks ass and doesn't stammer, something that creates bitchin music , its called the CLAWHAMMER! Now go get building your recording dream, known on the DUC as the ALLENSTEIN MACHINE! Good night fellas, Allen

skelator · Messages: 167 Registration: 04.25.2003

thanks allan ... nice one ... this could be a new lyrics for eminem but I have 2 PC in my studio ... 1st AMD 2nd Pentium ... My experience ? AMD - problems with stability Pentium - no problems at all ( and it is so quiet compare to AMD ) I dont wanna start the fight about AMD and Pentium ... I will defenetly buy an amd too in next 3 months ( I use 2 PCs one for PTLE and the other one for SoftSynths ...) but for now ... I would go on P4

Strahan · Messages: 2,075 Registration: 11.18.2002

I just bought an AthonXP AMD2400 Retail version (with Fan) and it is the quietest CPU / Fan combo I have had in 5 years.. Really nice.. and it cost me 87 bucks! I'd go with a faster one, but this one worked with my 266 MHz board and memory. Cheap upgrade... really kicks. No stability problems that I have seen. Didn't have any with my old AMD 1200 Athlon, either. (my last AMD had a Turbo-Prop Beachcraft thingy fan attached.. It really needed to be mounted outside my house.. yikes that was loud)