On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:23 AM, killingstar <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Peter, > I am planing a similar system on my own, cheap and powerfull. > > Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3,0 GHz > The Wolfdale series is still quite powerfull and you can get it cheap. > With the right motherboard and fast RAM you'll get a nice system. > > I want to try a motherboard that supports DDR3-1333, but i read DDR2 > isn't so much slower. > I want to try an Asrock P45DE3 (Sound, G-LAN, SATA2). > This motherboard is able to be overclocked to 1600 Mhz RAM. > Asrock is cheap and they are getting goods reviews at the moment. > > As video card i use a ATI Radeon 4650. This is enough power for my > needs. I think you can choose what you like but check if the driver is > good supported by the linux community. > > I hope this will help you a little. > > Cheers > KrypTom > > > > > > > 2011/2/21 Peter Nodiff <[email protected]> > > > > What hardware would run Ubuntu Studio fast? I don't wan't to buy an i7 or > Phenom II if a dual core or Athlon with 8gigs ram would run within 10% the > speed at half the price for parts! I want to be able to run 2 or 3 apps > simultaneously without slowing the PC down. I've built a PC before using a > good 650 watt power supply, multiple cooling fans, and a generic 512mb video > card. > > > > I am looking for a seasoned user to recommend what: CPU, motherboard/ram > bus speeds, amount of ram, which video card(s), and anything else to build a > PC from parts at Newegg or similar. > > > > -- > > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > > > > > -- > Thomas Wehlan > Germaniastraße 6 > 47800 Krefeld > Tel: +49 (0) 21 51 / 4826433 > Mobil: +49 (0) 179 / 32 82 618 > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > working with video would take quite a bit more power... using JACK for realtime effects processing, or live software synths, really anything that would require super low latency might require more of a machine too... other than that, MIDI is really not that much information to process... multi-tracking with ardour and JACK, recording anolog instruments with a reasonable latency setting, not that challenging... when you start getting into mixing and running a lot of processor intensive plugins, a faster box could really come in handy too... i think for the most part, anything with multiple cores should be more than adequate for audio work, with faster P4 being kinda on the low end of that spectrum... i have a dual core box with 3gb ram that came to me for recovering some data for a friend... it has plenty of pep for my audio needs (i dont really do video).. before that i had a P4 with a gig of ram, something in the 2.4ghz range... i found that machine to be quite adequate as well... if i were building an audio rig, i would be more into the sound of the hardware... a nice quiet cool case.. quiet hard drives, or something that could be tucked away in a rack in a closet or quiet cool space somewhere... i find searching home theater PC sites to be helpful, since the needs are similar (quiet, yet powerful)... i could imagine a video guy appreciating a quieter rig as well... maybe a friendly VGA card that supports dual monitors really well out of the box, if thats your thing... -- MH http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/ http://wnclug.ourproject.org/
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