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Date: 08-Jun-03 @ 05:00 PM Edit: 08-Jun-03 | 08:31 PM -
Please enlighten me about...
...the current crop of motherboards and the like. My last desktop was a P1, my current computer is a P3 laptop, and my next computer is one I want to be able to use as long as I have been using my laptop - three years and going.
I think I'm looking for a MoBo for a fast P4 with the fastest FSB and a huge cashe, able to handle 2gig of fast memory (what are the diferent flavors these days: DIMM, DRAM, SRAM, SDRAM?), SCSI for my current HD, CDrom, CDR/W, 3xUSB for my US428 and Midiman interfaces, RAID to experiement with, firewire, as many slots as possible but no onboard sound or video and probably a few other things I'm not aware of as yet. I do know It wants to be fast fast fast fast fast!!! Oooohwheeeeheeheehee!! I want to be able to use plug-ins like Waves & GRM Tools, and Kantos, which seem to take up a lot of CPU resources.
I would like to keep it under a grand (US) for the MoBo, power supply, CPU, heat sink, memory and case. I'll use my old monitors hard drives, keyboards, mouse, etc., for now. Later I'll be interested in removable HDs, I don't know if that makes a difference regarding the case's form factor.
I'm asking a lot?
Thanks as always, I'll be checking back in between surfing 'round for ideas.
Yours in unenlightened confusion,
Mick
PS: Any thoughts on these recommendations?
http://members.rogers.com/mlomas/2PCDAW.html
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,997602,00.asp - "Core plumbing", "display", "storage", "house and power plant" only.