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| Stu |
Oh and ignore anything to do with 64 bit technology unless you're buying a Mac G5
Theres no point until there is a major operating system and software written to take advantage of the achitecture.
Save your money, Windows & Cubase have no 64 bit optimised instructions |
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| NiNo LoCo |
I think its getting a tad carried away hehehe
We seem to be all Dr's in Computer Science =) Or nurses if theres any girls who participated =)
Remeber he has a $2000 budget not a $3000 or more. |
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| Stu |
ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe - $275
Intel Pentium 4 2800C 800FSB HT - $250
1024MB Corsair TwinX 184-pin DDR SDRAM 2x512MB sticks - $363
Seagate SATA 160G - $186
128M ASUS ATI 9600XT VIVO DVI W/TV Video Card - $295
Pioneer OEM 107D 8x DVD Writer - $189
= $1558
That leaves $442 for a case, power supply, keyboard, mouse, monitor and soundcard of choice... plenty
The motherboard includes 3Com 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Firewire, 6 Channel Audio, Dual RAID Chip, 8 USB Ports
That system would officially CWANK
All prices taken from MSY except the Corsair Memory from Aus PC Market |
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| waXology |
just did this for a production comp
not finished yet :P
CPU - Intel Pentium 4 3.40G-C (800Mhz FSB) $615.00
MBOARD - Asus P4C800-E-DLX $286.00
HDRIVE - Seagate 80G 7200RPM SATA-150 8M Cache $120.00
HDRIVE2 - Western Digital 120G 7200RPM SATA-150 (8MB buffer) $157.00
RAM - 2 x 512M DDR PC3200 400Mhz $326.00
VIDEO - Gigabyte AGP 128MB FX5200 nVIDIA TV/Twinview $108.00
SOUND - M-Audio Audiophile 2496 $499.00
MONITOR - 2 x 17" LCD $1,200.00
TOTAL $3,311.00
cant give a about the video cards just need twin view. but its looking ok but too pricey will try get it down a bit :( sacrifices will need to be made |
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| Stu |
If you pay $500 for an M-Audio Audophile you are officially a tit
www.doctoraudio.com
You can get the Audiophile 2496 for US$139
I know many people who have ordered from them and received it in less that 2 weeks for around AUD$200 |
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