[ddots-l] Re: [ddots-l]
- From: "Phil Muir" <ddots@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:49:12 -0000
You will be fine with quad core systems.
Regards, Phil Muir
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Brierley
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:24 AM
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: [ddots-l]
Thank you for your answer. That's answered my question brilliantly!
I'm going to go with a desktop, as per your advice. Just one thing. Is it
worth getting a quad core q9650 3.0GHZ 12MB processor. I've heard we can't get
the most out of quad processors at the moment. Is that right or are they the
best processor to get?
Cheers, Mark
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of D!J!X!
Sent: 14 January 2009 19:54
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: [ddots-l]
In that case I would put together a desktop which for the same price as the
laptop or less, could probably include more components or higher-performing
ones. For example my first daw setup was using my laptop with mostly external
stuff, drive for audio and sound card/interface. After going fully desktop with
internal drives and an internal card, the stability and performance
improvements I've seen, I wouldn't want to go back. Even though that was a few
years ago, and now laptop components have come a long way, but unless I was
going mobile recording, or for any other compelling reason, I would get a full
blown desktop system...But that's just my opinion. If you were to go with a
laptop, I'd recommend nothing less than a dual core, 2 gb of ram, and 7200 rpm
hard drive. Becarefull on that 1, though a drive may say it's 7200 for power
saving features/reasons, they actually do not run at that speed; which is
something else to keep in mind...I also hear that NVidia cards are better for
jaws performance, though lucky for me, I use both NVidia and ATI on various
systems and haven't noticed a difference. NVidia is generally better overall
anyways, something to keep in mind. But if you do get the laptop then you'd
have to also get an external firewire drive and sound card (doesn't have to be
firewire but that is recommended) so you'd have to make sure the laptop comes
with some or at least 1 firewire port, or get a PCMCIA card with a texas
instruments firewire chipset, as these are the least troublesome ones. Seeing
as how the site you are getting these from is an audio site, they might already
have preconfigured components that'll do the job, but nothing better than
knowing what to look out for... Of course, these are all my opinions based on
research and experiences of mine, so it's not something that is set on stone
lol...But I've been configuring and building systems from scratch since middle
school, so it's a walk in the park for me... if you need any help/assistance,
don't be afraid to ask...
HTH, D!J!!X!
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mark Brierley
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:52 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: [ddots-l]
It would mainly be in the studio. Very rarely would I need to take the
system out.
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of D!J!X!
Sent: 14 January 2009 00:47
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] Re: [ddots-l]
Will you be doing mobile recordings or mainly in the studio work?
D!J!X!
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From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mark Brierley
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 6:51 AM
To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l]
Hi list
I'm buying a new computer system, and have been looking on www.music-pc.com.
They have a laptop system which I have configured myself:
Core 2 duo t9300 2.5GHZ 800FSB 6MB
2GB DDR2 800 so dimm laptop memory x 2 (4GB)
320GB laptop SATA 7200RPM 16MB
Express card combo firewire and USB 2.0
Windows XP Home
Will that be a good system or would you get a desktop everytime? What you
reckon people?
Thanks in advance
Mark
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