Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-06 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Arnold Krille wrote: On Thursday 06 August 2009 00:41:23 Esben Stien wrote: Fons Adriaensen f...@kokkinizita.net writes: Rack mount is preferred but not essential. What are you talking about..!?!?. Of course, it's essential;). Some metal brackets and some screws will

Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-06 Thread Arnold Krille
On Thursday 06 August 2009 10:58:30 you wrote: Arnold Krille wrote: On Thursday 06 August 2009 00:41:23 Esben Stien wrote: Fons Adriaensen f...@kokkinizita.net writes: Rack mount is preferred but not essential. What are you talking about..!?!?. Of course, it's essential;). Some metal

Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-06 Thread drew Roberts
On Thursday 06 August 2009 05:33:58 Arnold Krille wrote: On Thursday 06 August 2009 10:58:30 you wrote: Arnold Krille wrote: On Thursday 06 August 2009 00:41:23 Esben Stien wrote: Fons Adriaensen f...@kokkinizita.net writes: Rack mount is preferred but not essential. What are you

Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-05 Thread Jens M Andreasen
On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 23:52 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote: What would you recommend to look at ? For a four-way, I would - because of cache issues and bandwidth considerations - recommend NOT to look at Core2. Nehalem looks like the platform of choice at this point in time. /j TIA,

Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-05 Thread Loki Davison
On 8/5/09, David Robillard d...@drobilla.net wrote: On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 11:39 +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote: Hi, I have been using an asus board with intel core quad cpu q6600 for about a year now with no hassles. Ditto. Same CPU on a Asus P5E-VM HDMI -dr Ditto, Q6600 on recent high

Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-05 Thread Esben Stien
Fons Adriaensen f...@kokkinizita.net writes: I'm looking for a high performance (e.g. quad core) machine to be used for audio processing (and running Linux of course). There's six cores available now, btw. For serious boards, there's really only Tyan and iWill. There's also supermicro in that

Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-05 Thread Esben Stien
Jörn Nettingsmeier netti...@folkwang-hochschule.de writes: if noise is not a problem, no problem. if it is, check the silent boxes from thomas-krenn.com If noise or dust is a problem, which of course, it is, you'd go for water cooling.

Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-05 Thread Arnold Krille
On Thursday 06 August 2009 00:41:23 Esben Stien wrote: Fons Adriaensen f...@kokkinizita.net writes: Rack mount is preferred but not essential. What are you talking about..!?!?. Of course, it's essential;). Some metal brackets and some screws will do nicely. No need to pay some vendors

[LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-04 Thread Fons Adriaensen
Hello all, I'm looking for a high performance (e.g. quad core) machine to be used for audio processing (and running Linux of course). Rack mount is preferred but not essential. What would you recommend to look at ? TIA, -- FA Io lo dico sempre: l'Italia è troppo stretta e lunga.

Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-04 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
Fons Adriaensen wrote: Hello all, I'm looking for a high performance (e.g. quad core) machine to be used for audio processing (and running Linux of course). Rack mount is preferred but not essential. What would you recommend to look at ? if noise is not a problem, no problem. if it is,

Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-04 Thread Patrick Shirkey
Hi, I have been using an asus board with intel core quad cpu q6600 for about a year now with no hassles. Does have a fairly noisy fan but I haven't actually looked into replacing it with a quieter system. I have found asus boards to be very compatible with Linux and especially my audio needs

Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-04 Thread Raymond Martin
On Tuesday 04 August 2009 17:52:23 Fons Adriaensen wrote: Hello all, I'm looking for a high performance (e.g. quad core) machine to be used for audio processing (and running Linux of course). Rack mount is preferred but not essential. What would you recommend to look at ? I had been

Re: [LAD] A question for power HW experts

2009-08-04 Thread David Robillard
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 11:39 +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote: Hi, I have been using an asus board with intel core quad cpu q6600 for about a year now with no hassles. Ditto. Same CPU on a Asus P5E-VM HDMI -dr ___ Linux-audio-dev mailing list