hi, im also looking at purchasing a new pc strictly for audio use. i was wondering what consideration you gave to the hard drive. are "silent" drives (i think the seagate barracuda is advertised as such) necessary?
> combos for a dedicated audio workstation? Also any recommendations as too > Win 2k vs. Win XP? I'll be using the system mainly to run Logic 5.2, some > VSTi's like Halion, Kontakt, Absynth and loads of Direct X and Vst plug-ins. ive got friends who are sufferring problems with cubase under xp, and in general drivers are more common for 2k at the moment. saying that, i am installing 98se on my new pc - i believe it to be more stable and support more programs (because of hardware specific drivers) than xp. dx/vstx plugins should not behave any differently under either of those 3 systems (perhaps a little faster on 2k?). > I've used Pentium systems since the 90 mhz, but i think im open to Athalon > or Celeron systems this time around as price is definately a concern. celeron is a pentium system :-) while amd chips are speedy, they only nose ahead of intel in graphics related performance. intel chips are still superior for maths intensive apps (ie all music software), but if price matters that much athlon is probably is your chip. merry christmas! andrew --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
