Guest iep Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 (and obviously, syntheme already has got the whole character/identity thing covered) one of those cute apogee ensemble soundcard might be a decent option too. maybe apogee even does a pink colored version ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iep Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 FUCK I keep forgetting that I'm posting hardware shit in a thread by some dude who makes acid, god damn it. ahh, nothing like the feeling of wasting your time on someone who isn't worth your time *tips hat* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adjective Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 aww syntheme is usually helpful in this subforum, why not be nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b born droid Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 what is a good 4(minimum) input soundcard? . my sound box keeps freezing my computer so i'll need to get a new one. Nothing fancy - i.e. no surround sound, just 16 bit 44khz is all i want. I have this for my laptop. Terratec Phase 88 Firewire. It was a tad expensive but I like it. I've been using Terratec for 5 years now and I've not had one fuck up on me. I like that German "eins-zwei" type efficiency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon124 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 syntheme, I wholeheartedly recommend an m-audio delta 44. GREAT soundcard, 4 ins, 4 outs, full duplex, great , extremely stable asio drivers. trust me, you want it. Ive been using it for a while, excellent card. 24 bit, 44khz, the standard. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/MAu...stem?sku=701346 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoon Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 get an EMU soundcard, or if you can stretch (and it's quite a stretch) the fireface400 but i heard really good things about this recent EMU series, especially considering the prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ۞ Syntheme ۞ Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 cheers for the sound card recommendations. will look into that further CPU\AMD Athlon 64 X2 AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000+ 2MB SKT-AM2 Memory\DDR2 2gb DDR2 PC-5400 667 MHZ Hard Drives\SATA 500 GB SATA HDD UDMA 300 7200 16MB Second Hard Drive NOT INCLUDED Graphics Cards INTERGRATED 3D VIDEO Motherboards\AM2 ASUS SKT-AM2 M2N8-VMX S/V/L M-ATX 2000 Optical Drives\DVD Writers SAMSUNG DVD+/-RW 18x6x18x8 D/LAYER BLACK (IDE) Second Optical Drive NOT INCLUDED Floppy Drives NOT INCLUDED Card Readers NOT INCLUDED Power Supplies STANDARD 350 PSU INCLUDED WITH CASE Operating Systems NOT INCLUDED Microsoft Office NOT INCLUDED Anti Virus NOT INCLUDED Sound Cards ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL 5.1 SOUND Firewire Card NOT INCLUDED USB Ports 4 X USB 2.0 PORTS Networking FAST 10/100 LAN (BROADBAND READY) Technical Support 1 YEAR - E-MAIL SUPPORT Warranty Package 1 YEAR RETURN TO BASE Delivery Options NEXT DAY AFTER COMPLETION Inc VAT £294.16 + Interlink Delivery £34 = 330QUIDUS i think that's quite expenxive, non? the delivery is a lot inuit? perhaphs I should get it from a local computer shop/fayre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoon Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 WHY AMD??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b born droid Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I don't know much about AMD so I can't comment, but £330 for what you've just listed there (500Gb HD, 2Gb RAM etc) seems pretty good to me?? I wouldn't get an integrated graphics card as I've mentioned, but yeah.... seems quite good. Man computers are cheap these days and I need to replace my desktop.... *puts on thinking cap* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ۞ Syntheme ۞ Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 WHY AMD??? no particular reason!!! is there a similarly priced/better performing intel chip? I don't know much about AMD so I can't comment, but £330 for what you've just listed there (500Gb HD, 2Gb RAM etc) seems pretty good to me?? I wouldn't get an integrated graphics card as I've mentioned, but yeah.... seems quite good. Man computers are cheap these days and I need to replace my desktop.... *puts on thinking cap* i'll eventually get another graphix card so i can have multiple monitors, but to begin with i can just use the on-board GPU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 i have just scored to fuck this week, i got a reconditioned 4 gigabyte, dual core 2.4 processor 700 gigabyte RAID HD top notch pc for 400 quid, and i also swapped my 101 for the 26/1 focusrite saffire pro and a set of really nice monitors. well cheaper than building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ۞ Syntheme ۞ Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 i just checked, i could get a 'INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6400 1066FSB SKT775' system for the same price as the 'AMD ATHLON 64 X2 6000+ 2MB SKT-AM2' which is a faster processor for audio though? EDIT: I checked on techreport.com and the athlon outperforms the intel on all of their tests. Only the top of the range intels outperform the amd64x2-6000 and they are way more expensive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ۞ Syntheme ۞ Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 sse/3d now based test (i use certain softwares that really heavily on SSE/3d now code) although, their conclusion is that the Core 2 Duo E6400 is the best option for value for money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ۞ Syntheme ۞ Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Yes I've looked over plenty of bench-marks. the intel does better over all except in the SSE/3d max trials. I have some software that uses all that vector stuff (i don't know what that means, that's just what this person told me to say), so the AMD is the logical choice. For the rest of the software, the intel would be better though. so in conclusion: I'm not sure yet - but either will make a big difference anyway so i probably shouldn't fret too much about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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