new pc - what do you think?

[him again]

Hi all,

i'm planning on assembling a new pc for audio purposes and this is the
setup i have in mind (based on some reference-pc's and availablility
in my local shop). Any comments are more than welcome.

Asus P4P800
Intel PIV 2.6 Boxed FSB800
Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm
Maxtor 80GB Sata 7200rpm
or
Seagate 80GB Sata 7200 rpm
Asus Ati 9200SE/T AGP Tv-out 64MB DDR
or
Sapphire Ati 9200 256MB
2x 512mB DDR 400 ram (Corsair, Apacer, Twinmoss, Take MS?)
Cdr: an older HP 9500 from my current setup.

I haven't yet decided what ram to go with. Any suggestions (the shop
sells Corsair, Apacer, Twinmoss and Take MS)? Also, i'm still
considering wether to go for maxtor or seagate hd. Noise is an issue
hear, and seagate seems to be quiter but slower. Any opinions?

thanx

 

[kony]

Hi all,

i'm planning on assembling a new pc for audio purposes and this is the
setup i have in mind (based on some reference-pc's and availablility
in my local shop). Any comments are more than welcome.

Asus P4P800
Intel PIV 2.6 Boxed FSB800
Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm
Maxtor 80GB Sata 7200rpm
or
Seagate 80GB Sata 7200 rpm
Asus Ati 9200SE/T AGP Tv-out 64MB DDR
or
Sapphire Ati 9200 256MB
2x 512mB DDR 400 ram (Corsair, Apacer, Twinmoss, Take MS?)
Cdr: an older HP 9500 from my current setup.

I haven't yet decided what ram to go with. Any suggestions (the shop
sells Corsair, Apacer, Twinmoss and Take MS)? Also, i'm still
considering wether to go for maxtor or seagate hd. Noise is an issue
hear, and seagate seems to be quiter but slower. Any opinions?

thanx

Seagate is slightly quieter. The above (or most any other
configuration) will be fine, use as much memory as is affordable
(suggest 1GB as a pair of 512MB modules, for faster editing) the only
thing particularly notable is that you might want to add a high-end
sound card too, and if you really want quiet, use a case with large
92-120mm fans running at < 1800 RPM and not the Intel retail heatsink,
as it's whiney and gets worse in a few month's time. A better 'sink
would take an 80x25mm fan, that fan being an undervolted Panaflo L1A
80mm... either use a speed controller or resistor inline or whatever,
but if it's the shop doing it you might need get that heatsink first
and have them install it, in an effort for them to provide (whatever)
warranty they will with it in the system... which is more likely if
they install it and confirm it working themselves, and the same goes
for the fans.


Dave